New Delhi:

Veteran actor Manoj Kumar, known for his roles in patriotic films such as Purab Aur Paschim and Kranti, dies at 87 in Mumbai. Kumar was admitted to Kokilaben Dhirubai Ambani Hospital in Mumbai, where he died due to heart-related complications. The secondary cause of death is decompensated liver cirrhosis, as per the medical certificate issued by the hospital.

Kumar was born in Abbottabad, a small town in the North-West Frontier Province, British India (now Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan), in 1937 and was named Harikrishnan Goswami.

Manoj Kumar made his debut into Bollywood in 1957 with the film ‘Fashion’. He then got his break in Kanch Ki Gudiya (1961), where he acted with Sayeeda Khan.