Rajesh Khanna's death makes Manoj Kumar skip b'day celebrations
News
oi-Tarneet
By Puri
Mumbai:
Veteran
actor
Manoj
Kumar
turned
75
on
July
24.
Earlier
the
actor
had
planned
to
celebrate
his
birthday
in
a
very
lavish
manner
but
cancelled
the
plan
when
he
heard
the
news
of
Rajesh
Khanna's
demise.
Rajesh
Khanna
was
Manoj
Kumar's
very
good
friend.
Not
many
people
know
that
the
house
in
which
Rajesh
Khanna
lived
was
said
to
be
haunted
and
before
Rajesh
Khanna,
Rajendra
Kumar
used
to
live
in
that.
It
was
Manoj
Kumar
who
told
Rajendra
Kumar
not
to
believe
in
ghost
story
and
perform
a
puja
before
moving
in.
Manoj
Kumar
and
Rajendra
Kumar
were
best
friends
at
that
time.
Manoj
Kumar's
original
name
is
Harikrishna
Giri
Goswami,
later
he
changed
his
name
to
Manoj
Kumar
for
films.
Manoj
made
his
acting
debut
with
Fashion,
released
in
1957.
But,
it
was
Kaanch
Ki
Gudia
released
in
1960,
which
made
him
famous.