Manmohan Krishna (26 February 1922 – 3 November 1990) was a popular

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n film actor and director, who worked in

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s for four decades, mostly as a

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. He started his career as a professor in Physics and held master's degree in physics. He anchored the radio show ''Cadbury's Phulwari'', a singing contest. Many people don't know that Manmohan Krishna sang his first song, 'Jhat khol de' in Afsar (1950), a

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film with music by

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. He was a favourite with the Chopra brothers and played small or large roles in movies directed and/or produced by them. '' Deewar'', '' Trishul'', '' Daag'', '' Hamraaz'', ''

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'', '' Kanoon'', '' Sadhna'', ''

Kaala Patthar ''Kaala Patthar'' () is a 1979 Indian Hindi-language action drama film produced and directed by Yash Chopra, with a screenplay written by Salim–Javed. The film was based on the Chasnala mining disaster, and is the fourth collaboration betwe ...

'', ''

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'', '' Waqt'' and '' Naya Daur'' are some examples. He worked in nearly 250 films, notably '' Naya Daur'' (1957), ''

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'' (1965), '' Sadhana'' (1958), '' Waqt'' (1965) and '' Hamraaz'' (1967). He won acclaim for his work in '' Bees Saal Baad'' (1962) and won the

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for his role as Abdul Rasheed in ''

'' (1960), where the song epitomizing Nehruvian

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, ''Tu Hindu banega na Musalman banega, insaan ki aulaad hai, insaan banega'' was picturised on him. Beside these, he also acted in 12

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s, played a pivotal role in

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's ''

Shehar Aur Sapna ''Shehar Aur Sapna'' () is 1963 Hindi film directed by Khwaja Ahmad Abbas, about a young couple searching in vain for a home of their own in a metropolis, amidst the backdrop of rapidly developing city, and the many who flocked to it in hope for ...

'' (1963), which won the

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, and acted in the first Indo-Soviet co-production '' Pardesi'' (1957), which was nominated for the

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1958 Cannes Film Festival The 11th Cannes Film Festival was held from 2 to 18 May 1958. The Palme d'Or went to the '' Letyat zhuravli'' by Mikhail Kalatozov. Jury The following people were appointed as the Jury of the 1958 competition: Feature films *Marcel Achard (Franc ...

. Later in his career he directed the hit film for

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, '' Noorie'' (1979), for which he was also nominated for

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.List of Filmfare Award Winners and Nominations, 1953-2005
/ref> He died at Lokmanya Tilak Hospital,

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at the age of 68 in 1990. His son Dr Ram Chaddha is a famours spine surgeon at Lilavati Hospital in Mumbai

Selected filmography

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Krisna, Manmohan Indian male film actors 1922 births 1990 deaths People from Lahore Male actors in Hindi cinema Hindi-language film directors Filmfare Awards winners 20th-century Indian male actors