{"id":274491,"date":"2025-04-05T01:27:14","date_gmt":"2025-04-05T01:27:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2025\/04\/05\/manoj-kumars-upkar-co-star-aruna-irani-recalls-his-final-days-fluids-would-fill-up-in-his-lungs\/"},"modified":"2025-04-05T01:27:14","modified_gmt":"2025-04-05T01:27:14","slug":"manoj-kumars-upkar-co-star-aruna-irani-recalls-his-final-days-fluids-would-fill-up-in-his-lungs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2025\/04\/05\/manoj-kumars-upkar-co-star-aruna-irani-recalls-his-final-days-fluids-would-fill-up-in-his-lungs\/","title":{"rendered":"Manoj Kumar&#8217;s Upkar Co-Star Aruna Irani Recalls His Final Days: &#8220;Fluids Would Fill Up In His Lungs&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"text-align:center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i3.wp.com\/c.ndtvimg.com\/2025-04\/opfbjjs_aruna_625x300_04_April_25.jpg?im=FitAndFill%2Calgorithm%3Ddnn%2Cwidth%3D1200%2Cheight%3D738&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"Manoj Kumar&#8217;s Upkar Co-Star Aruna Irani Recalls His Final Days: &#8220;Fluids Would Fill Up In His Lungs&#8221;\" title=\"Manoj Kumar&#8217;s Upkar Co-Star Aruna Irani Recalls His Final Days: &#8220;Fluids Would Fill Up In His Lungs&#8221;\" \/><\/div>\n<div id=\"ignorediv\">\n                                        <!-- Story Text --><br \/>\n                                                                                <b class=\"place_cont\">New Delhi: <\/b><\/p>\n<p>Renowned Indian actor and filmmaker <a class=\"sp_lnk2\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ndtv.com\/entertainment\/dharmendra-whom-manoj-kumar-once-called-greedy-actor-arrives-to-pay-his-last-respects-8085432\">Manoj Kumar<\/a> died on Friday at Mumbai&#8217;s Kokilaben Dhirubhai Ambani Hospital. He was 87. His co-star and actress <a class=\"sp_lnk2\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ndtv.com\/entertainment\/dharmendra-whom-manoj-kumar-once-called-greedy-actor-arrives-to-pay-his-last-respects-8085432\">Aruna Irani<\/a>, who was coincidentally hospitalised at the same facility, shared her memories of his final days in a conversation with ETimes.<\/p>\n<p>Irani, who was unable to visit <a class=\"sp_lnk2\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ndtv.com\/entertainment\/dharmendra-whom-manoj-kumar-once-called-greedy-actor-arrives-to-pay-his-last-respects-8085432\">Manoj Kumar<\/a> due to her own health issues, revealed, &#8220;When I fractured my leg, I was admitted to the same hospital as him, but I was unable to meet him because of my state. Fluids would fill up in his lungs, and he had to spend a few days in the hospital before he could come back.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><!--MIDTABOOLA--><\/p>\n<p>Speaking about her long-standing relationship with Manoj Kumar and his family, Irani expressed, &#8220;His wife (Shashi Goswami) was always nice to us, and we received special treatment from the two, and I worked in the majority of his films.&#8221; The two actors collaborated on several significant projects, including <em>Upkar (1967), Roti Kapada Aur Makaan (1974)<\/em>, and <em>Patthar Ke Samaan (1967)<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>She added, &#8220;He was a great person with a kind heart, and when you share that bond with someone, you don&#8217;t just remember the films you did together, but you remember all the memories you made while working with them.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Throughout his career, Manoj Kumar earned the moniker &#8220;Bharat Kumar&#8221; for his contributions to patriotic cinema in India. His illustrious filmography features critically acclaimed works such as <em>Shaheed (1965), Upkar (1967), Purab Aur Paschim (1970)<\/em>, and <em>Roti Kapada Aur Makaan (1974)<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>Kumar&#8217;s son, Kunal Goswami, confirmed his father&#8217;s death and announced that the final rites will be conducted tomorrow.<\/p>\n<p>                                        <!-- Featured Video --><br \/>\n                                                                                                                        <!-- Recommended Widget -->\n                                                                                                                    <\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ndtv.com\/entertainment\/manoj-kumars-upkar-co-star-aruna-irani-recalls-his-final-days-fluids-would-fill-up-in-his-lungs-8085534#publisher=newsstand\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>New Delhi: Renowned Indian actor and filmmaker Manoj Kumar died on Friday at Mumbai&#8217;s Kokilaben Dhirubhai Ambani Hospital. He was 87. His co-star and actress Aruna Irani, who was coincidentally hospitalised at the same facility, shared her memories of his final days in a conversation with ETimes. Irani, who was unable to visit Manoj Kumar [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":274492,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/c.ndtvimg.com\/2025-04\/opfbjjs_aruna_625x300_04_April_25.jpg?im=FitAndFill,algorithm=dnn,width=1200,height=738","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[619],"tags":[26841,26838,426,3495,2865,1146,65792,11909,15918,34759,9217,84805,210380,5029,210500],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/274491"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=274491"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/274491\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":274493,"href":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/274491\/revisions\/274493"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/274492"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=274491"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=274491"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=274491"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}