Manoj Kumar Quotes

Manoj Kumar

Profession : Actor

Birth : July 24, 1937

Gulshan Bawra is alive in every word of 'Mere Desh ki Dharti.'

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Gulshan has only gone away physically. He was a wonderful man. He was a friend to everyone, never gossiped.

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I had the privilege of meeting Bhagat Singh's brothers and I have slept on his mother's lap.

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Shaheed' was the first film to win three National Awards. I was the first writer to get the award for story writing.

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I remember Kamini Kaushal had said goodbye to films when I was making 'Shaheed.' But I narrated the story to her and convinced her to do my film.

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I spent a number of days with Batukeshwar Dutt and learnt a lot from him about Bhagat Singh.

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Watching films is my obsession and I am lucky that my obsession became my profession.

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Lagan' was not a patriotic film. It was more of a mercy petition from our end.

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Keeping the same background and repeating the same shots is not choreography. It means that a song should take the story forward. If you dont know that, you have no right to choreograph a song.

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I have no respect for anybody who is not original, irrespective of the fate of his/her product at the box-office.

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I rejoice in all the love and respect I have received from my audience.

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The feel of patriotism might be the common factor in my onscreen avatars, yet they were all very different from each other. All the characters had different circumstances and faced different challenges, just like two different individuals.

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I can't really compare them, all my characters are very close to my heart.

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Though every Independence Day is memorable, I can't forget the day when Pt Jawahar Lal Nehru, raised the flag of independent India in Delhi.

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