Some of his best films had an unerring feel of what audiences wanted Manoj Kumar was a solid actor, but turned in some of his best work as a director. His ‘Roti Kapda Aur Makaan’ from 1975 ...

Manoj Kumar, the Indian actor-filmmaker best known for infusing the country with a brand of fervent nationalism through films like “Upkar” and “Purab Aur Paschim,” died April 4 in Mumbai.

Manoj Kumar, who has died aged 87, was a suavely sincere star of Bollywood’s postwar golden age who branched out in the late 1960s as a writer-director of considerable note. Even at his most ...