Veteran actor Manoj Kumar was taking a siesta on Friday afternoon when incessant ringing of the phone woke him up. The calls haven’t stop coming since and the 78-year-old doesn’t mind that. After all, they were all congratulatory messages from his friends and well wishers on being named as the winner of the 47th Dadasaheb Phalke Award for his unparalleled contribution to cinema.

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