His first film with Nisar Bhai and Hamed Bhai jwar bhata was released in 1944. In 1947 he appeared in the film jugnu In 1949, he co-starred with raj kapoorin the romantic melodrama andaz and in 1955 he co-starred with dev anand in insaniyath He appeared in deedar(1951), amar(1954), devdas(1955) and madhumati(1958).
He also played lighthearted roles such as a swashbuckling peasent in aan (1952) and a comic role in azaad (1955). In 1960 he starred in the historical film mughal e azam which as of 2008 was the second highest grossing film in Hindi film history.2 He played the role of the mughal crown-prince Salim.
In 1961 he produced and starred in ganga jamuna in which he and his real-life brother Nasir Khan played the title roles. In 1962 British director david lean offered him the role of Sherif Ali in his 1962 film lawrence of arabia but Kumar declined the part.3 The role eventually went to omer shariff the Egyptian actor. In the mid 1960s, he played a dual role of twins separated at birth in the film ram aur shyam(1967).
In the 1976 film bairaag he played triple roles.
In 1981 he returned to film with kranti He went onto play character roles in films including shakti(1982),vidhata (1982), maashal (1984) and karma (1986). In 1993 he won the .filmfare lifetime achievment award He was awarded the best actor in Shakti in 1982
In 1996 he was attached to make his directorial debut with a film titled Kalinga but the film was shelved. In 1998 he made his last film appearance in qila. His films mughal e azam and naya daur were fully colourised and re-released.
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