Manoj Kumar

Manoj Kumar
Manoj Kumar
Born Harikrishna Giri Goswami
July 24, 1937 (1937-07-24) (age 74)
Abbottabad, Hazara Division, British India (now Pakistan)
Other names Bharat Kumar
Manoj
Occupation Actor , Director
Years active 1964–present (Retired)
Spouse Sashi Goswami

Manoj Kumar (born Harikrishna Giri Goswami[1] on 24 July 1937) is an award-winning Indian actor and director in the Bollywood film industry. He is known for acting in and directing films with patriotic themes, and has been given the nickname "Mr Bharat" (Bhaarat is the Sanskrit and Hindi term for India). In 1992, he was honoured with the Padma Shri by the Government of India.

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Early life

Manoj Kumar was born in Abbottabad, a town of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa, then part of India. Abbottabad is now located within the borders of Pakistan. His original name was Harikishan Giri Goswami. When he was 10, his Gosain Hindu family had to move to Delhi owing to partition. His family lived as refugees in Vijay Nagar, Kingsway Camp and later moved to Patel Nagar area of New Delhi.

After graduating from Hindu College, University of Delhi, he decided to enter the film industry.

Career

As a youth, he admired Bollywood superstar Dilip Kumar, and decided to name himself Manoj Kumar after Dilip's character in Shabnam (1949).[1]

After making a little-noticed début in Fashion in 1957, Manoj landed his first leading role in Kaanch Ki Gudia (1960) opposite Sayeeda Khan. Piya Milan Ki Aas and Reshmi Roomal followed, setting the stage for the Vijay Bhatt-directed Hariyali Aur Raasta (1962) opposite Mala Sinha. Kumar then appeared with Sadhana in Raj Khosla's Woh Kaun Thi (1964), and reunited with Vijay Bhatt and Mala Sinha in Himalaya Ki God Mein (1965).

The patriotic hero

Kumar's image as the patriotic hero started with the 1965 film Shaheed,[2] based on the life of Bhagat Singh, a martyr in the struggle for India's freedom. After the Indo-Pakistani War of 1965, Prime Minister Lal Bahadur Shastri asked him to create a film based on the popular slogan Jai Jawan Jai Kissan (hail the soldier, hail the farmer).[1]

The result was Kumar's magnum opus and his directorial debut, Upkaar (1967). In it, he played both a soldier and a farmer. The film was also noted for the famous song Mere Desh Ki Dharti, written by Gulshan Bawra, composed by Kalyanji-Anandji and sung by Mahendra Kapoor. Upkaar was a hit and won Kumar his first Filmfare Best Director Award.

After dabbling in various roles in the late 1960s, Manoj returned to patriotic themes in Purab Aur Paschim (1970), in which life in the East and West are juxtaposed. In 1972, he starred in Be-Imaan (for which he won the Filmfare Best Actor Award) and directed and starred in Shor (1972). The latter, opposite Nanda, was not a huge box office success, but it did feature the memorable song Ek Pyar Ka Nagma Hai, a duet by Lata Mangeshkar and Mukesh, which was composed by Laxmikant Pyarelal.

Later career

The mid-1970s saw Kumar star in three hit films: Roti Kapda Aur Makaan (1974) was a social commentary featuring an all-star cast including Zeenat Aman, Shashi Kapoor and Amitabh Bachchan that won him his second Filmfare Award for Best Director; Sanyasi (1975) had Kumar and Hema Malini in the lead roles of a religious-themed comedy; and Dus Numbri (1976) also gave Kumar and Hema top billing. In 1981, Kumar reached the peak of his career when he got the opportunity to direct his idol, Dilip Kumar, as well as star in Kranti, a story about the struggle for Indian independence in the 19th century. Kranti was the last notable successful film in his career. He also starred in the hit Punjabi film Jat Punjabi.

After Kranti, Kumar's career began to decline in the 1980s as all of his films failed at the box office. In 1989 he cast Pakistani actors Mohammad Ali and Zeba in his film Clerk which was considered to be a groundbreaking event. He quit acting after his appearance in the 1995 film Maidan-E-Jung. His son, Kunal Goswami, tried to revive the patriotic theme and was directed by Kumar in the 1999 film Jai Hind which was a flop. Kumar was awarded the Filmfare Lifetime Achievement Award that same year.

His trademark hand-covering-the-face was very popular and continues to be the butt of jokes of latter day stand-up comedians. In 2007, the Shah Rukh Khan film Om Shanti Om featured the lead character pretending to be Manoj Kumar so as to sneak into a movie premiere, by holding his hand over his face. Kumar filed a lawsuit, which was settled out of court.[3]

Politics

Like many other Bollywood stars, Kumar decided to enter politics following his retirement. Before the 2004 general election in India, it was announced that he had officially joined the ranks of the Shiv Sena.

Personal life

Kumar is married to Shashi Goswami (originally from Jodhkan, Sirsa district, Haryana). He has two sons, Vishal and Kunal, Vishal tried his skills as a singer and Kunal as an actor. His brother, Rajiv Goswami, also entered the film industry, but none were able to gain any footing in Bollywood.

Awards

Civilian award

National Film Awards

Filmfare Awards

Winner

Nominated

Honours

  • 2009 - Phalke Ratna Award by the Dadasaheb Phalke Academy [5]

Other Awards

Special Honour

In the honour of devotion of Manoj Kumar towards Shri Sai Baba; Shri Saibaba Sansthan Trust, Shirdi has renamed "Pimpalwadi Road" in Shirdi, as "Manojkumar Goswami Road".[8]

Selected filmography

Actor

Year Film Role Other notes
1957 Fashion
1958 Panchayat
Sahara
1959 Chand
1960 Honeymoon
1961 Suhaag Sindoor
Kaanch ki gudiya
Reshmi rumal
1962 Hariyali Aur Rasta Shanker Mala Sinha/Shashikala
Dr Vidya Vyjantimala
Shaadi BalrajSahni-Saira Banu-Manoj Kumar-Dharmendra
Banarsi Thug Shyam Vijaya Chaudhari
Maa beta
Piya milan ki aas'
Naqli nawab
1963 Apna bana ke dekho
Ghar basake dekho
Grahasti
1964 Apne huye paraye
Woh Kaun Thi? Dr Anand Sadhana
Phoolon Ki Sej
1965 Shaheed Shaheed-e-Azam Bhagat Singh
Himalaya Ki God Mein Sunil Mehra Mala Sinha
Gumnaam Anand Nanda
Poonam Ki Raat
1966 Do Badan Vikas Asha Parekh
Saawan Ki Ghata Sharmila Tagore
Saajan Asha Parekh
1967 Patthar Ke Sanam Rajesh Waheeda Rehman/Mumtaz
Anita Neeraj Sadhana
Upkaar Bharat Winner, Filmfare Best Movie Award
1968 Neel Kamal Ram Waheeda Rehman
Aadmi Dr Shekhar Waheeda Rehman
1970 Purab Aur Paschim Bharat Saira Banu
Yaadgar Banu Nutan
Pehchan Gangaram Babita
Mera Naam Joker David
1972 Shor Shankar Nanda/Jaya Bachchan
Be-Imaan Mohan Winner, Filmfare Best Actor Award
1974 Roti Kapda Aur Makaan Bharat Zeenat Aman/Moushumi Chatterji
1975 Sanyasi Ram Rai Hema Malini
1976 Dus Numbri Arjun Hema Malini
1981 Kranti Bharat/Kranti Hema Malini
1987 Kalyug Aur Ramayan Pawan Putra (Shri Hanuman) Madhavi
1989 Santosh Santosh Singh
Clerk Bharat Rekha
1995 Maidan-E-Jung Master Dinanath

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