Name(s) MANOJ KUMAR - Birth Name: Harikrishna Giri Goswami
Date of Birth July 24, 1937 – Abbottabad, North-West Frontier Province, Undivided India (now in Pakistan).
Identity Indian Film Actor and Director
Other Events & Developments
  • He is known for acting in and directing films with patriotic themes, and has been given the nickname "Bhaarat Kumar".
  • After independence and partition of India, the family of Manoj Kumar migrated to Delhi.
  • He got his first lead role in Kaanch ki Gudiya in 1960.
  •  The 1965 film ‘Shaheed’, based on the life of Bhagat Singh, a great martyr in the struggle for India’s freedom, helped Manoj to create his public image as of a patriotic hero.
  • He made his debut as Director with the film ‘Upkaar’ which was based on the suggestion of the them Prime Minister, Lal Bahadur Shastri, who wanted some film to be based on the then popular slogan ‘Jai Jawan, Jai Kisan’. Upkaar was a hit and won him his first Filmfare Best Director Award.
  • After his retirement, he decided to enter the politics and joined Shiv Sena in 2004.
Awards and Accolades 1992 – Padma Shri from Govt. of India.
2008 - National Kishore Kumar Award by the Government of Madhya Pradesh.
2010 - National Raj Kapoor Award by the Government of Maharashtra.
1968 - Filmfare Best Movie Award for Upkaar
1968 - Filmfare Best Director Award for Upkaar
1968 - Filmfare Best Story Award for Upkaar
1968 - Filmfare Best Dialogue Award for Upkaar
1972 - Filmfare Best Actor Award for Beimaan
1975 - Filmfare Best Director Award for Roti Kapda Aur Makaan
1999 – Filmfare Lifetime Achievement Award
2009 - Phalke Ratna Award by the Dadasaheb Phalke Academy.
2012 - "Bharat Gaurav Award" in New Jersey, USA.
2008 - In an honour to Manoj Kumar, the Government of Madhya Pradesh has decided to institute a Rs 100,000 award in his name.
2011 - 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".

... plus many more awards.
Other Incidntally, his birthplace Abbotabad is the same place where the world's most wanted terrorist, viz. Osama Bin Laden, was traced and killed by the Americans much to the chagrin of the Pakistani authorities, who had been harbouring and nurturing him secretly, and pleasuresome welcome of this event by the rest of the world.
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