Veteran actor Monty Kumar has been vocal about his love and admiration for cinema. Manoj Kumar. He also often calls him his mentor, as he worked as an assistant for the actor and filmmaker for about eight years. Looking back on their time together, Nath opened up about his relationship with Manoj Kumar, sharing more details about the first time the two met.
Monty Nurse Shares his experience of meeting Manoj Kumar for the first time
While talking to Vickey Lalwani on a talk show, the veteran icon opened up about how it felt to meet Manoj Kumar for the first time. When reporters asked him about his first meeting with the ‘Purab Aur Paschim’ actor, Nath shared that the two met on the sets when Kumar and his father, the legendary star, met for the first time on the sets. Prem Nath We are working on a project together.He shared an incident that happened between the two on the sets and further added details and shared, “On the day of shooting, he asked his assistant, ‘I haven’t received the dialogue yet’ and he said, ‘Manoj ji aaye nahin’, Manoj ji is writing the dialogue. ‘Woh aayenge, abhiDialogue likhenge, then we will give it to you'”.
Monty Nath says his father reached understanding with Manoj Kumar
However, that’s not how his father works. Monty Nurse explained that his father, who had a theater background, used to prepare lines and “do his homework” a day in advance. However, when he found out that the dialogue was still being written, he called Manoj Kumar to his dressing room at that time. He added, “So, he said, ‘Please call Manoj.'” Manoj walked into the dressing room. My father explained: “This is my problem. I believe you wrote the dialogue on set and I got used to the lines. So, before I took this photo, I wanted to prepare myself for what I was going to get into, what shot I was going to get into. “Manoj Kumar then told his father that the two of them had to compromise and meet in the middle while trying to develop their own styles. Kumar then told his father, “‘Let me do it my way. I’ll provide the dialogue on the set. You can take the time to prepare it however you want, and then we’ll do it.’ So it started on that note, but what kind of tuning developed between the two of them…”Monty Nath and Manoj Kumar are very close and have worked together for many years. Monty started out as Kemal’s assistant and even contributed behind the scenes of one of his most famous films, Kranti.
