Who is Manoj Kumar's wife? Whose love made him a superstar! His sons flopped, even Sridevi could not save his career

Manoj Kumar Family: Manoj Kumar, who was known as 'Bharat Kumar', debuted in 1957 with the film 'Fashion' and gained fame in 1960 with 'Kanchi Ki Gudiya'. He died on 4 April 2025. Let us tell you... Read more

Many big actors were fans of Dilip Kumar. Similarly, a boy was also a big fan. On 24th July, 1937, a boy was born in Abbottabad, Pakistan. The family named him Harikrishna Goswami with great love. But after the partition of India and Pakistan, the whole family came to India. Then the whole family settled in Rajendra Nagar, Delhi. This boy was also good in studies. He studied at Hindu College of DU and then got addicted to films. After watching Dilip Kumar's Shabnam, he also decided that now he too will become an actor.

This story is of none other than veteran actor Manoj Kumar who was known for making patriotic films. This is why the whole world started knowing him as 'Bharat Kumar'. Manoj Kumar entered the film industry in 1957 with the film 'Fashion' and gained fame with the 1960 film 'Kaanch Ki Gudiya'. Manoj Kumar, who worked in about 45 films, was awarded the Padma Shri in 1992 and the Dadasaheb Phalke Award in 2015. But at the age of 87, he said goodbye to this world. There is a wave of mourning in the industry due to his demise. On April 4, 2025, Hindi cinema lost a big star.

Manoj Kumar's wife, love story and children

1985, Portrait of Indian film actor Manoj Kumar. (Photo by Dinodia Photos/Getty Images)

Do you know about Manoj Kumar's wife and sons? What do the wife and sons of an actor who became so famous do? Let us tell you about their love story and children. It was the year 2013, when Manoj Kumar and his wife Shashi Goswami narrated their love story in an interview. In an interview given to 'Dainik Jagran', Manoj Kumar told that during his graduation days, he used to go to a friend's house in Old Delhi for studies and that is where he saw Shashi for the first time. For one and a half years, they kept looking at each other from a distance because no one had the courage to talk. Manoj Kumar says that he had never seen a girl like this before in his life. But Shashi had a magic that he could feel.

Love from the balcony

Manoj Kumar revealed that with the help of some friends, he and Shashi went to Delhi's Odeon Cinema to watch the film 'Udankhatola'. After this, they both started meeting each other a lot. The actor's family had no problem with this relationship, but Shashi's brother and mother were against their relationship. They used to see each other from the roof of the college and the house so that no one would know.

Shashi said that both of them love movies a lot, but their choices are not the same. But both of them respect each other's happiness and space and watch each other's favourite show or movie together. Manoj Kumar also agreed that in love, one has to agree to some things and some things have to be agreed to .

Manoj Kumar, who became a superstar because of his wife,

said that the biggest change in his life after marriage was the blockbuster success of his film 'Hariyali Aur Raasta', which became the reason for his becoming a superstar. Shashi jokingly said that the credit for his success goes to her because Manoj Kumar became a superstar after she came into his life.

Manoj Kumar had two children, Vishal Goswami and Kumal Goswami. Talking about Vishal, he tried his luck in the film industry like his father. Not as an actor but as a music, visual and producer. Sometimes he handled the music department and sometimes worked as a production manager. Vishal Goswami worked as a producer in the film Clerk and as a production manager in the film Jai Hind. Talking about Kunal Goswami, he debuted as a child star in Kranti (1981) which was made by his own father Manoj Kumar.

Both sons were flops, now they do this work

Kunal was no less than a hero in looks too. With a height of 6.3, he looked like a hero, but his magic as an actor did not work in the industry. After working as a child actor in Kranti, Kunal Goswami worked in Sridevi's film Kalakar (1983) in which the song Neele Neele Ambar was there and it became a big hit. But Kunal's career did not get back on track. Later, he also appeared in films like Do Gulab, Paap and Ghungroo. But they could not become hits. After giving back to back flops, he started his own business. Now he runs a catering business in Delhi.

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