Manoj Kumar Last Photo: Manoj Kumar never forgave Shahrukh, said in the last meeting, don't forget 'Drishyam 2'
Manoj Kumar Death: As long as Manoj Kumar was conscious, he kept reading the newspaper every day. He had completely stopped watching television many years ago. He kept reading only political news in the newspaper.
This is just two years ago. Shahrukh Khan's recently released film 'Pathan' was making a buzz all over the country. It had not even been a week since the release of the film and in the meantime, the then Cultural minister of Maharashtra Sudhir Mungantiwar reached out to invite Manoj Kumar to the pune International Film Festival. Some people from the media also went along and on this occasion, the press people were able to take his last photo. During this, a discussion took place with him on the films of the current era. When the talk reached Shahrukh's film 'Pathan', he immediately said, "Don't forget, Ajay Devgan's film 'Drishyam 2' has also been a hit."
Very few people would know that Manoj Kumar has played a major role in making Ajay Devgan's father Veeru Devgan a stunt director. Manoj Kumar launched Veeru Devgan as a stunt director in the film 'Roti Kapda Aur Makaan'. In this film, Veeru Devgan has done the work of Amitabh Bachchan's duplicate in the scene of Amitabh riding a motorcycle with one hand. Actor, writer, producer, and director Manoj Kumar, who has been awarded the dadasaheb phalke Award, the highest national honor of cinema given by the government of India, could not forgive shahrukh khan till the end.
That day also it seemed from his words that he had not forgotten the joke made about him in the film 'Om Shanti Om'. Even at the age of 85, his memory was fine till then. During the conversation, as soon as the record-breaking success of Shahrukh Khan's film 'Pathan' was mentioned, he brought up Ajay Devgan's name in the conversation. When he was asked which was the last movie he saw in a cinema, he said, “The last time I saw Aamir Khan's movie 'Three Idiots' in a cinema.”
About today's movies, Manoj Kumar said, “Today's movies are being made in the same way that gulab jamun has Jamun in its name but it does not have the taste of Jamun.” Manoj Kumar was to be honored for his invaluable contribution to cinema at the 21st pune International Film Festival, but due to health reasons, Manoj Kumar was not in a condition to attend this program. That is why the then-cultural minister of maharashtra, Sudhir Mungantiwar, went to his house on january 31 and honored him.
As long as Manoj Kumar was conscious, he kept reading the newspaper daily. He had completely stopped watching television many years ago. He kept reading only political news in the newspaper. That day, in the conversation, the story of actor dharmendra also came up. On hearing his name, Manoj started laughing loudly and tried to laugh. Very few people know that when dharmendra saw that his work was not working in films, he had once prepared to leave bombay (now Mumbai). He had booked a ticket to go back to Punjab. And, he had already left to catch the train when Manoj Kumar came to know about it. It was Manoj Kumar who brought dharmendra back after getting him off the train. When this incident was mentioned, the glow on Manoj Kumar's face was worth seeing.
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