Manoj Kumar to receive lifetime achievement award

Manoj Kumar who is popularly known as “Bharat Kumar” in the Indian film industry and among the Indian audiences is called so because he has acted in a lot of patriotic movies. He has not only been an actor in these movies but he has also directed and produced some of them to show his immense feeling of patriotism to others.


The veteran actor, producer and director is now going to enjoy one more precious moment of his life. He will be conferred with the Lifetime Achievement Award. Manoj Kumar has been there in the world of Hindi Cinema since last three decades. He has worked in various movies like Purab Aur Paschim, Kranti,Upkar etc. The actor has also participated actively in movies like Sanyasi , Kapda Aur Makaan, Dus Numbri etc. Before taking a retirement from movies, he did the movie titled as “Maidan-E-Jung”. This movie was released in the year 1995. Now the actor is going to be honoured with an award at MAMI.

Manoj Kumar will receive his Lifetime Achievement Award at the 12th Mumbai Film Festival. The actor commented that he is happy to get that award because it is as valuable as an Oscar award. The talented 73-year-old actor will receive this honour at the festival that will be organised by MAMI (Mumbai Academy of Moving Image). This event will be held between Oct 21-28. The actor has earlier received Padma Shri and Phalke Ratna Award by the Dadasaheb Phalke Academy.