The original name of Manoj Kumar, the famous actor and producer-director of his time, was Harikishan Giri Goswami, but there is a very interesting story of why and how his name was Manoj Kumar. This story tells how many film lover Manoj Kumar was actually. Generally, there were many such actors in our Hindi film industry who spread the magic of their acting and glamor on screen, but cinema was not a big thing for him in real life. But like Dev Anand, Manoj Kumar is also called such artists who used to love the art of cinema. He was always lost in the story and characters of the film.
Harikishan Giri Goswami was also attracted to films since childhood. The desire to make a film remained till the last time. Since Manoj Kumar was such artists about whom there are many curiosities. Among them, the most curiosity has been about his name. When Manoj Kumar came to Delhi to receive the 2015 Dadasaheb Phalke honor, he had a brief but pithy meeting. During this, some of his questions were asked.
There was also a question about his film name in questions. How did Manoj Kumar adopt? He was lost in childhood days on this question. Said- I will probably be ten-twelve years old then. Used to watch films a lot. I loved many stars. But Dilip Saheb affected the most. His film was started in those days- Shabnam. This film was started in 1949. It was just two years since the country became independent. There were new dreams in front of the youth. The curtain of cinema was also a mirror of his dreams. The character of Dilip Kumar's character in this film was Manoj Kumar. He told that- he liked the name very much. Since I also wanted to become a hero, I will keep the same name on the screen when I become an actor.
In those days, apart from Dilip Kumar, Manoj Kumar's favorite artists were Ashok Kumar and Kamini Kaushal. Dilip Kumar and Ashok Kumar, who were fond of putting Kumar in their names, were only in the name of Dilip Kumar and Ashok Kumar. Shabnam he saw again and again. Dilip Kumar and Kamini Kaushal were accompanied by other artists- Jeevan and Shyama. SD Burman's music had ten songs in the film. The infamous for you…, you had to live in the palace…, you had to be separated in luck…, once you have learned to cheat in love…, where did my heart be suffering…, whom should we tell you how to tell…, see the first love night… etc.
This was the story of Manoj Kumar, but one of your names Bharat Kumar is also very famous. After all, what is the secret behind him? When and how did you want to keep this name? Manoj Kumar said in response to this question that this is done when the martyr film was premiered. Manoj Kumar played the role of Shaheed Bhagat Singh in this film. It holds a very important place in the series of patriotic films after Chetan Anand.
The then Prime Minister Lal Bahadur Shastri was invited at the premiere of the martyr film. Shastri ji saw that film. He praised Manoj Kumar. A day later, Shastri ji called Manoj Kumar to meet separately and said, look- I have given a new slogan- Jai Jawan. Jai Kisan. Can a film be made on this?
On Shastri's question, Manoj Kumar immediately agreed and sought blessings. Promised that he will definitely make a film on this slogan. This was followed by the creation of favor, in which Manoj Kumar's name was Bharat Kumar. The entire story related to the film film in the second article. At the moment, tell that Manoj Kumar was born on 24 July of 1937 in Abbottabad, undivided India. At the age of just 10, he fell victim to the destruction of India-Pakistan partition. His entire family stayed in a settlement of refugees in Vijayanagar, Kingsway Camp, Delhi for a long time. Later, near Karol Bagh from Pusa Road, he was built in Old Rajinder Nagar. To become a Mumbai hero from Delhi, hero went but also made many more artists with him.
