VETERAN ACTOR BHARAT MONOJ KUMAR IS NO MORE!

 

Veteran actor Manoj Kumar known as Bharat Kumar was admitted to Kokilaben Dhirubai Ambani Hospital in Mumbai, where he died at 3:30 am on Friday due to Chronic heart-related complications. The secondary cause of death is decompensated liver cirrhosis, as per the medical certificate issued by the hospital.Kumar died at the age of 87 in Mumbai on 4 April 2025.

 

Kumar was born in 24^th July 1937 into a Punjabi Hindu Brahmin family in Abbottabad, a town in the North-West Frontier Province, British India.  His birth name is Harikrishan Giri Goswami. When he was 10, his family migrated from Jandiala Sher Khan to Delhi due to the Partition. Kumar pursued a Bachelor of Arts degree from Hindu College before trying his luck in films. When he was young, he admired actors Dilip Kumar, Ashok Kumar and Kamini Kaushal and decided to name himself Manoj Kumar, after Dilip Kumar's character in Shabnam.

 

Manoj Kumar was an Indian actor, film director, screenwriter, lyricist and editor who worked in Hindi cinema, and who was also an actor. He was known for acting and making films with patriotic themes, and was given the nickname Bharat Kumar. He was the recipient of a National Film Award and seven Filmfare Awards, in varied categories. He was honoured the Padma Shri in 1992 and Dadasaheb Phalke Award; highest award in field of cinema in 2015 by the Government of India for his contribution to Indian cinema and arts.