Mumbai, April 4 -- Actor Anupam Kher fondly remembered legendary actor and filmmaker Manoj Kumar, who passed away early Friday morning.

The 'Wednesday' actor took to Instagram to share a video, recalling his childhood memories of watching Manoj Kumar's films and also spoke about how Kumar's movies played a major role in shaping his feelings of patriotism.

"The first film I saw in my life, which I remember very well, was Upkaar. Films were shown in our locality. So this film was my first introduction to Manoj Kumar ji," Kher said in the video.

"Manoj Kumar ji has a huge contribution in awakening the spirit of patriotism in my heart. India had become independent. It had been only 15-20 years and the fight for revolution, the freedom move...