The Congress on Friday condoled the demise of veteran actor-filmmaker Manoj Kumar, with former party chief Rahul Gandhi saying his films were a medium of entertainment and also carried patriotic and social messages.
Kumar, who came to be known as ‘Bharat Kumar’ for his series of patriotic films such as “Shaheed”, “Upkar” and “Purab Aur Paschim”, died in a Mumbai hospital early Friday. He was 87.
The industry veteran, whose films ruled the box office in the late 1960s and 1970s, had been ailing for a while and died of age related issues at the Kokilaben Ambani Hospital around 3.30 am, family friend and filmmaker Ashoke Pandit told PTI.