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     1'''Manoj Kumar (b. 1937)''' 
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     4Hindi actor, director and producer born in 
     5Abbotabad, North West Frontier Province (now 
     6Pakistan) as Hari Krishna Goswami. Went to 
     7India on Partition and lived in a refugee camp 
     8near Delhi. Début as actor in his cousin Lekhraj 
     9Bhakri’s films. Broke through with Kaanch Ki 
     10Gudiya and Hariyali Aur Raasta. Wellknown 
     11hero in 60s commercial Hindi socials, 
     12e.g. as Bhagat Singh in the biopic Shaheed. 
     13Worked as a ghost director before his official 
     14début. Described his directorial début, 
     15Upkaar, as a ‘16000-foot-long celluloid flag of 
     16India’. Indulges in national chauvinism, 
     17contrasting son-of-the-soil goodness with 
     18Western evil, providing moral lessons together 
     19with the commercially attractive scenes of the 
     20abhorred debauchery (e.g. Purab Aur 
     21Paschim). Prominent campaigner for the 
     22fanatic Hindu communalist Bhartiya Janata 
     23Party in 1991 elections. Also acted in his 
     24productions. 
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     27'''FILMOGRAPHY''' (* also d): 1957: Fashion; 
     281958: Panchayat; Sahara; 1959: Chand; 
     291960: Sunehri Raatein; 1961: Kaanch Ki 
     30Gudiya; Piya Milan Ki Aas; Reshmi Rumal; 
     31Suhaag Sindoor; 1962: Apna Banake Dekho; 
     32Banarasi Thug; Dr Vidya; Hariyali Aur 
     33Raasta; Maa Beta; Naqli Nawab; Shadi; 1963: 
     34Ghar Basake Dekho; Grihasthi; 1964: Apne 
     35Huye Paraye; Phoolon Ki Sej; Woh Kaun Thi; 
     361965: Bedaag; Gumnaam; Himalay Ki God 
     37Mein; Poonam Ki Raat; Shaheed; 1966: Picnic; 
     38Do Badan; Sawan Ki Ghata; 1967: Upkaar*; 
     39Anita; Patthar Ke Sanam; 1968: Admi; Neel 
     40Kamal; 1969: Saajan; 1970: Purab Aur 
     41Paschim*; Mera Naam Joker; Pehchan; 
     42Yaadgaar; 1971: Balidan; 1972: Shor*; 
     43Beimaan; 1974: Roti Kapda Aur Makaan*; 
     441975: Sanyasi; Amanat; 1976: Das Numbri; 
     451977: Shirdi Ke Sai Baba; 1981: Kranti*; 
     461987: Kalyug Aur Ramayan; 1989: Clerk*; 
     47Santosh; Deshwasi; 1995: Maidan-e-Jung. 
     48 
     49[[Actor]] 
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     51[[Director]] 
     52 
     53[[Producer]]