Indian movie actor Manoj Kumar is a partriotic hero who is aften known as Mr. Bharat for his acting and also directing the patriotic film. He was the real son of soil. Manoj Kumar was born with a birth name of Harikishen Goswami in Abbottabad, a town of the North-West Frontier Province, Pakistan. When he was at 10, he saw partition and his Hindu family had to move to India due to that reason. As a youth, he was very much inclined to Bollywood superstar Dilip Kumar, and because of that he also rename himself as Dilip Kumar`s on-screen name in `Shabnam`. He also decided to enter the film world by his own.

After making a unnoticed debut in `Fashion` in the year 1957, Manoj landed his first leading role in `Kaanch Ki Gudia`. In that film Sayeeda Khan was opposite to him. This film followed the `Piya Milan Ki Aas` and `Reshmi Roomal`, setting the stage for the Vijay Bhatt directed `Hariyali Aur Raasta` in the year 1962 opposite Mala Sinha. After that Manoj Kumar was seen in `Woh Kaun Thi` in the year 1964, and reunited with Vijay Bhatt and Mala Sinha in `Himalaya Ki God Mein` in 1965. Manoj`s image as the patriotic hero started with the 1965 film Shaheed, which was based on the life of Bhagat Singh. He was a martyr in the struggle for india`s freedom. His acting was awsome and he became the iconic figure. At that time with memories of the India-Pakistan War still fresh, Prime Minister Lal Bahadur Shastri asked him to create a film based on the popular slogan `Jai Jawan Jai Kissan`. And with a result the viewers got the masterpiece and his directorial debut, Upkar in the year of 1967. In it, he managed to convincingly play both a jawan and a kissan. The film was also noted for the famous song `Mere Desh Ki Dharti`, written by Gulshan Bawra. The song was composed by Kalyanji-Anandji and sung by Mahendra Kapoor. Upkar also won Manoj Kumar his first Filmfare Best Director Award. The film was a huge hit and made Manoj the authority on Bollywood patriotism. After dabbling in various roles in the late 1960s, Manoj returned to patriotic themes in `Purab Aur Paschim`, in which life in the East and West are juxtaposed. In the year 1972 he starred in Be-Imaan and directed and starred in `Shor`. `Shor` which was opposite with Jaya Bhaduri, was not a huge box office success, but it did feature the memorable song `Ek Pyar Ka Nagma Hai`. This duet was sung by Lata Mangeshkar and Mukesh and was composed by Laxmikant Pyarelal.

In mid-1970s Manoj Kumar acted in three hit movies. One of tehm was `Roti Kapda Aur Makaan`. This was a social commentary featuring an all-star cast including Zeenat Aman, Shashi Kapoor and Amitabh Bachchan that won him his second Filmfare Award for Best Director. The other one was `Sanyasi`. This film featured Manoj Kumar and Hema Malini in the lead roles of a religious-themed comedy. The third one was Dus Numbri which also starred Manoj and Hema. All of tehm were huge hit. In 1981 Manoj reached the peak of his career when he got the opportunity to direct his idol, Dilip Kumar as well as star in Kranti. This was the story about the struggle for Indian independence in the 19th century. `Kranti` was the last notable successful film in his career. After Kranti, Manoj`s career began to decline as many of his films failed at the box office including his 1989 released film `Clerk`. He quit acting just after his flop film Maidan-E-Jung. He tried to revive his patriotic aura in his son, Kunal Goswami and directed the 1999 film `Jai Hind` which was a flop as well. Manoj Kumar entered politics following his retirement. Before the 2004 general election in India, it was announced that he had officially joined the ranks of the Shivsena. Recently he came into limelight because of Farha Khan`s `Om Shanti Om`.

Indian movie actor Manoj Kumar was a great of earlier Bollywood. Even today his charisma has not declined. He was a award winning actor who has awarded many a times in his career. In the year 1968 he got filmfare best movie award for `Upkaar` and for the saem film `Upkaar` he also got filmfare best director as welll as best story award. The film also got filmfare best dialogue award for `Upkaar`. In the year 1968 the film got national film award for second best feature film for `Upkaar`. It also got BFJA awards as best dialogue for `Upkaar`. In the year 1972 he was awarded filmfare best actor award for `Be-Imaan`. In 1975 he got filmfare best director award for `Roti Kapda Aur Makaan`. Manoj kumar got filmfare lifetime achievement Award in the year 1999. He also got Star Screen lifetime achievement award in the year 2008.