Name: Manoj Kumar

Height: 5'7"

Date of Birth: 24 July , 1937

Birthplace: Lahore, Punjab, India [now Pakistan]

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Manoj Kumar is the patriotic face of Indian cinema. With his epic role in Shaheed in (1965), a film based on the story of legendary freedom fighter Bhagat Singh, Hrikishen Goswami a.k.a Manoj Kumar established his identity as ‘Mr. Bharat’ forever. Later on, all the films he produced, directed or acted in always carried his trademark stamp of nationalism and patriotic fervour.
Just about the time of Shaheed, the late Lal Bahadur Shastri asked him to make a film on contemporary times, when the issue of Indo-Pak war was hot and the slogan 'Jai Jawan Jai Kisan' was making waves throughout the country.