Gulshan Kumar Success Story: Gulshan Kumar was shot dead in Mumbai on 12 August 1997
Gulshan Kumar Success Story: Tisha Kumar, daughter of T-Series co-owner Krishan Kumar, has died of cancer at the age of 21 while undergoing treatment in Germany. Tisha's father Krishan Kumar became very popular with the film 'Bewafa Sanam', but after a few films, he quit acting and became a producer. Currently, Krishan Kumar is running T-Series along with his nephew Bhushan Kumar. Gulshan Kumar was shot dead in Mumbai on 12 August 1997. At that time, Bhushan Kumar was just 19 years old and it was Krishan Kumar who took over T-Series and took Gulshan Kumar's legacy forward.
How did Gulshan Kumar start the T-Series company?
Gulshan Kumar was born on 5 May 1951 in a Punjabi Arora family in Delhi. His father Chandrabhan Dua used to sell juice in Daryaganj, Delhi. In his childhood, Gulshan Kumar used to help his father at the juice shop and sell juice. While working at the shop with his father, Gulshan Kumar developed an interest in business. After this, at the age of 23, he took a shop with the help of his father and started selling audio cassettes apart from records. Gulshan Kumar, who first sold juice and then audio cassettes, later started the biggest company in the music industry, T-Series.
How did Gulshan Kumar's cassette business become popular?
Gulshan Kumar named his audio cassette business 'Super Cassettes Industries Limited (T-Series)'. At that time, he used to record original songs in other voices make cassettes and sell them at low prices. Gradually, his popularity started increasing because while other companies' cassettes were sold for Rs 28, Gulshan Kumar kept the price of his cassettes at Rs 15 to 18. This is when Gulshan Kumar's luck changed and he founded the T-Series company in Noida. After this, Gulshan Kumar became a big name in the music industry.
Gulshan Kumar himself used to sing devotional songs.
Along with other songs, Gulshan Kumar also started recording devotional songs (Gulshan Kumar Bhakti Song), which people liked very much. During this time, he himself used to sing devotional songs. After this, the demand for Gulshan Kumar's cassettes increased and in the 70s , he became one of the most successful businessmen in the music industry. After achieving success in the audio cassette business, Gulshan Kumar moved to Mumbai and entered the film industry. Along with the cassette business, Gulshan Kumar started producing music albums, Bollywood films, and films related to Hindu mythology as well as serials.
Gulshan Kumar's luck shone in Mumbai.
After becoming a big name in the cassette industry, Gulshan Kumar's luck shone even more after he went to Mumbai. In the year 1988, Gulshan Kumar recorded an album of 10 romantic songs. All the songs of the album became hits and then Gulshan Kumar felt that he could take advantage of its success. After this, he produced the film 'Lal Dupatta Malmal Ka' with these songs in the same year. There was no big star in the film, but despite this, the film earned a lot from VHS. After this, it was also released in cinema halls and this film encouraged Gulshan Kumar to fully enter filmmaking.
After this, Gulshan Kumar got real recognition in the film industry with the film Aashiqui released in 1990. This film was directed by Mahesh Bhatt and actor Rahul Roy made his debut with Anu Agarwal. This film was a blockbuster at that time. The songs of this film also created a lot of buzz and even today its songs are liked a lot. Gulshan Kumar made the film 'Bewafa Sanam' in 1995, which was recognized by his brother Krishna Kumar. Gulshan Kumar produced this film as well as directed it.
Used to spend a part of earnings on social work
After making a splash in the music industry and the film industry, Gulshan Kumar also earned a lot of name and money from films. After this, he started doing social work. Gulshan Kumar was a devotee of Vaishno Devi and for this reason, he organized a Bhandari for the devotees on the way to Vaishno Devi and provided free food, which continues even today. His success caught the eye of the underworld and the underworld started demanding money from him.
16 bullets echo outside the temple
It is said that underworld don Dawood Ibrahim and his right-hand man Abu Salem had demanded Rs 10 crore from Gulshan Kumar. When Gulshan Kumar refused to give the money, Abu Salem gave a contract to sharpshooters to kill Gulshan Kumar. After this, Gulshan Kumar was shot dead outside Jiteshvar Mahadev temple in Mumbai on 12 August 197. He was shot with 16 bullets and his entire body was riddled with bullets.
Krishan Kumar-Bhushan Kumar took over T-Series
When Gulshan Kumar was murdered, T-Series had become a big name in the film industry along with the music industry. At the time of Gulshan Kumar's murder, his son Bhushan Kumar was just 19 years old, then Gulshan Kumar's brother took charge of the company and carried forward the legacy. Currently, Krishna Kumar is running T-Series along with his nephew Bhushan Kumar. Many reports claim that the T-Series business is spread across 24 countries and till now the company has produced many superhit films.
Who all are there in Gulshan Kumar's family
Gulshan Kumar's son Bhushan Kumar is the Chief Managing Director of Super Cassette Industries Limited (T-Series). One of Gulshan Kumar's daughters Tulsi Kumar is a playback singer and the other daughter Khushali Kumar is a model, actress and designer. Bhushan Kumar married model and Bollywood actress Divya Khosla on 13 February 2005 at the Vaishno Devi temple in Jammu and Kashmir. They also have a son, Ruhaan, who was born on 11 October 2011.