Kranti For his 1981 multi-starrer Kranti, the actor leaves no stone unturned to create a epic aura around its stalwart cast of Dilip Kumar, Shashi Kapoor, Shatrughan Sinha, Hema Malini, Parveen Babi and himself in the titular role, a feat he wasn't able to recreate with subsequent releases that bombed badly at the box-office. Besides winning him the Best Director trophy from Filmfare, RKAM is keenly remembered for Laxmikant-Pyarelal's super hit songs like Hai hai yeh majboori and Main na bhoolunga. Roti Kapda Aur Makaan Manoj Kumar roped in Amitabh Bachchan, Shashi Kapoor, Zeenat Aman and Moushumi Chaterjee for his socially relevant Roti Kapda Aur Makaan which is about a man's eternal struggle to provide the three basic necessities of life in a world filled with unemployment, poverty and strife. Manoj Kumar plays a small but important role as Simi Garewal's beau in Mera Naam Joker, with his keen understanding and profound words (which he wrote himself), which influence the joker's (Rishi Kapoor in his screen debut) younger years and chart the entire course of his life. Its hit songs Aye watan aye watan humko teri kasam, Sarfaroshi ki tamanna and O mera rang de basanti chola by Prem Dhawan and its leading man's gripping delivery continues to resonate nationalistic sentiments to this date. Shaheed In this National-award winning feature, directed by S Ram Sharma, Manoj Kumar portrays revolutionary Bhagat Singh and his endeavours to attain freedom for India.
As the veteran actor is set to be conferred with the prestigious Dadasaheb Phalke Award for the year 2015, we walk down the memory lane and look at his most memorable performances. Though he later ran out of steam with self-indulgent flops like Kalyug Ki Ramayan and Clerk, Manoj Kumar with his iconic pose, jingoistic fervour and steadfast contribution to filmmaking remains one of Hindi cinema's inimitable luminary.
With Upkar, he made his debut as a filmmaker and continued the impressive run in social dramas with a jingoistic overtone in Purab Aur Paschim, Roti Kapda Aur Makaan and Kranti.
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