Question

3. Given below is the profile of Manoj Kumar. Write a biographical sketch in 40-50 words using the
information given below.
5X1=5
Height / Weight : 165 cm, strong body, good physique, weight 43 kg
Family
: only child; father-Inspector in Delhi Police; mother-teacher
Hobbies
: reading, playing cricket, viewing TV
Dream
: wants to be an IPS officer
Likes
: fond of studies and playing
Likes to do something for the country
Dislikes
: dishonesty, cheating, corruption etc​

Answer 1

Explanation:

• Manoj Kumar’s real name is Harikrishna Giri Goswami. He was born on July 24, 1937.
• He was born to a Brahmin family in Abbottabad, a town of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa, which was a part of India before partition. Abbottabad is now located within the borders of Pakistan, and is the same place where the most feared terrorist- Osama Bin Laden was killed.
• Manoj Kumar was only 10 when his family moved to Delhi. He did his graduation from Hindu College, Delhi University.
• As a youth, he admired Bollywood superstar Dilip Kumar so much that he decided to name himself Manoj Kumar after Dilip's character in Shabnam.
• He made his debut in a film named Fashion in 1957, but the movie did not bring him any kind of laurels. Manoj landed his first leading role in Kaanch Ki Gudia (1960) opposite Sayeeda Khan.
• On former Prime Minister Lal Bahadur Shastri’s request, Manoj made Upkaar. In it, he played both a soldier and a farmer. He won the Filmfare award for Best Director.
• After his movie Kranti (1981) did well in box office, he quit acting in 1995 as his movies were not performing well.
• Manoj Kumar is married to Shashi Goswami and has two sons- Vishal and Kunal.
• Manoj Kumar has won several awards in his career. He was awarded Padma Shri by the Government of India in 1992.
• He was among the first to cast a Pakistani actor in his movie. In 1989 he cast Mohammad Ali and Zeba in his film Clerk which was considered to be a revolutionary event.