Veteran actor Manoj "Bharat" Kumar breathes last at 87

Beloved Bollywood actor Manoj Kumar passed away in the wee hours of Friday at Mumbai's Ambani Hospital

The legendary actor, who died of a heart attack, had been battling with a decompensated liver cirrhosis

The Bollywood icon arrived on the scene with the film 'Fashion', in 1957

He went on to act and direct patriotic films like 'Shaheed' (1965), 'Upkaar' (1967), and 'Kranti' (1981)

This earned him the honorific 'Bharat Kumar'

President Droupadi Murmu, PM Modi offered their condolences

Akshay Kumar, Manoj Bajpayee, and filmmaker Ashoke Pandit also paid their respects