By Admin 
Manoj Kumar-Shah Rukh Khan Controversy: Bollywood veteran actor Manoj Kumar is no longer among us. The world affectionately calls him ‘Bharat Kumar’. His death has mourned in Bollywood. This great star used to go for his patriotic films and great acting for his signature style. The best thing was that he was stronger in real life than the characters played on screen. He never hesitated to say his point and always talked about steak.
Whenever he did not like anything right, he did not hesitate to raise his voice against him. An example of this was seen when he sued a defamation case against Shah Rukh Khan and his film ‘Om Shanti Om’. Let’s know why he did this.
What was Manoj Kumar’s controversy with Shahrukh
The matter of 2007 was the Farah Khan directed and Shah Rukh Khan starrer film Om Shanti Om was released in theaters. The film was a blockbuster at the box office. Many veteran stars and their signature moves were also seen in a song of this film. The film also had a scene about veteran actor Manoj Kumar which the actor did not like and filed a case against producer, Shah Rukh Khan and Eros International. There was a lot of controversy about this at that time.
Actually, on the release of the film, Manoj Kumar had expressed displeasure over how his character is shown in the film. According to the scene, the film copies the signature style covered by Shah Rukh Khan Manoj Kumar’s face with the palm. The reports said that Manoj Kumar felt humiliated and announced his intention to file civil and criminal action against the manufacturers, in which the compensation of Rs 100 crore was sought. However, later when the producers convinced Manoj Kumar, his displeasure was removed.
The film was released without removing the scene in Japan
The makers promised him that the controversial scene would be removed from the future version of the film and the lead actor himself would apologize to him, but none of these assurances were fulfilled. The film was later released in Japan without removing that scene. To which according to the report of Hindustan Times, the actor said, “I had forgiven them twice but not this time.
Why Manoj Kumar took the case back
However, Manoj Kumar later withdrew his case. Manoj Kumar’s lawyer Rizwan Siddiqui had said that Shah Rukh Khan had promised Kumar that he would remove objectionable scenes and apologize, but he did not follow that commitment, in addition, the deleted scenes were re -appeared in the new international release. As a result, veteran actor Manoj Kumar has decided to leave the case, assuming that the case has not created a sense of accountability in Shah Rukh Khan and Farah Khan.
Also read: Manoj Kumar Death: Bollywood, from Akshay to Karan Johar, posted tribute to veteran actor by posing to Manoj Kumar Death