'''Manoj Kumar (b. 1937)'''


Hindi actor, director and producer born in
Abbotabad, North West Frontier Province (now
Pakistan) as Hari Krishna Goswami. Went to
India on Partition and lived in a refugee camp
near Delhi. Début as actor in his cousin Lekhraj
Bhakri’s films. Broke through with Kaanch Ki
Gudiya and Hariyali Aur Raasta. Wellknown
hero in 60s commercial Hindi socials,
e.g. as Bhagat Singh in the biopic Shaheed.
Worked as a ghost director before his official
début. Described his directorial début,
Upkaar, as a ‘16000-foot-long celluloid flag of
India’. Indulges in national chauvinism,
contrasting son-of-the-soil goodness with
Western evil, providing moral lessons together
with the commercially attractive scenes of the
abhorred debauchery (e.g. Purab Aur
Paschim). Prominent campaigner for the
fanatic Hindu communalist Bhartiya Janata
Party in 1991 elections. Also acted in his
productions.


'''FILMOGRAPHY''' (* also d): 1957: Fashion;
1958: Panchayat; Sahara; 1959: Chand;
1960: Sunehri Raatein; 1961: Kaanch Ki
Gudiya; Piya Milan Ki Aas; Reshmi Rumal;
Suhaag Sindoor; 1962: Apna Banake Dekho;
Banarasi Thug; Dr Vidya; Hariyali Aur
Raasta; Maa Beta; Naqli Nawab; Shadi; 1963:
Ghar Basake Dekho; Grihasthi; 1964: Apne
Huye Paraye; Phoolon Ki Sej; Woh Kaun Thi;
1965: Bedaag; Gumnaam; Himalay Ki God
Mein; Poonam Ki Raat; Shaheed; 1966: Picnic;
Do Badan; Sawan Ki Ghata; 1967: Upkaar*;
Anita; Patthar Ke Sanam; 1968: Admi; Neel
Kamal; 1969: Saajan; 1970: Purab Aur
Paschim*; Mera Naam Joker; Pehchan;
Yaadgaar; 1971: Balidan; 1972: Shor*;
Beimaan; 1974: Roti Kapda Aur Makaan*;
1975: Sanyasi; Amanat; 1976: Das Numbri;
1977: Shirdi Ke Sai Baba; 1981: Kranti*;
1987: Kalyug Aur Ramayan; 1989: Clerk*;
Santosh; Deshwasi; 1995: Maidan-e-Jung.

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