Manoj kumar film actor biography clint

Category: Cinema. He is a successful director as well as a glamorous hero.

Indian actor, film director, screenwriter, lyricist and editor who worked in Hindi cinema.

His real name was Harikishan Giri Goswami and as he was a great fan of Dilip kumar, he renamed himself as Manoj Kumar. He debut Bollywood through a less-significant role in movie Fashion. But he got the role of a hero in Kaanch ki gudia. After a couple of movies he was casted opposite Mala Sinha in Hariyali aur rastha with memorable songs.

In , the suspense thriller Woh kaun thi opposite Sadhana was released. This movie is remembered most for its Madan Mohan tunes like lag ja gale and nayana barse beautifully pictured on Sadhana and Manoj Kumar. The director of the movie Raj Khosla gave him a couple of movies again seeing the success of Woh kaun thi. But in movie, Shaheed, he portrayed the role of Bhagath Singh and thus begun the series of patriotic movies.

It gave first Filmfare to Manoj Kumar for his direction. Manoj kumar got attracted to patriotic themes and he directed the next patriotic movie — Purab aur paschim. This movie showed the positive features of our country in different angles and its dialogues and songs are still famous. Saira Banu did a wonderful role in this movie as a foreign lady, yet with an Indian mind.

Veteran actor Ashok Kumar did a memorable role in this movie. He is a versatile personality who has won awards in Filmfare for acting, direction, dialogues as well as story.