Patriot, true legend, and an institution: Tributes pour in for Manoj Kumar

NEW DELHI: (Apr 4) “A close friend”, “patriot” and a “true cinema legend” is how prominent celebrities including Dharmendra, Shah Rukh Khan, Aamir Khan, Akshay Kumar and Ajay Devgn remembered veteran actor-filmmaker Manoj Kumar, who died at the age of 87.

The industry veteran, who ruled the box office in the late 1960s and 1970s, had been ailing for a while and passed away at the Kokilaben Ambani Hospital around 3.30 am.

Veteran actor Dharmendra and wife Hema Malini remembered Kumar as a close friend