Mumbai, April 4 -- Veteran actor-director Manoj Kumar, also known among his fans as Bharat Kumar, breathed his last on Friday morning at Mumbai's Kokilaben Dhirubhai Ambani Hospital.

Remembering Kumar, Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan, via his post on X, talked about how the late actor made films that uplifted India.

"Manoj Kumar ji made films that uplifted our country, our cinema, and focused on unity with unmatched sincerity. A legend in every sense. His films shaped an era and left a mark on our cinema. Thank you, sir. You will always be 'Bharat' to us," SRK posted.

Born Harikrishan Goswami on July 24, 1937, in Abbottabad (now in Pakistan), Kumar became an iconic figure in Indian cinema, especially in the 1960s and 1970s. The acto...