His video of the Hanuman Chalisa is one of the most popular Indian videos on Youtube with 1.8 billion views. Gulshan Kumar also started a Bhandara at the shakti-peeth Vaishno Mata which still runs. The label of T-series cassettes of Hindu devotional songs had flooded the music market and the middle-class household loved collecting the same and playing them on their occasions. Worth noting that the ‘T’ in T-Series denotes the Trishul of Mahadev. He promoted devotional music in movies, as well as non-filmy bhajans, which were also given a prominent platform by T-Series. However, in his fairy tale success, the Music Mogul didn’t distance himself from his Sanatani roots. He also made inroads into movie-making and hit jackpot with films like Ashiqui which was both a musical and box office success. On the other hand, there was Gulshan Kumar, who had started as a fruit Juice seller in the capital city and with unprecedented industry and dedication, had built an empire in Mumbai and was giving breaks to many new talents like Sonu Nigam and Anuradha Paudwal. Bollywood had never done justice to the grandeur of the Sanatan Dharma and had relegated the stature of Bhagwan Shri Ram to the quintessential servant, Ramu Kaka.
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It will not be untrue if we hold the murder of Gulshan Kumar not as a matter of professional rivalry alone, but as an attack on the only standing pillar of Hinduism in an Industry that was driven by Urdu philosophy and was under Muslim hegemony from the era of Dilip Kumar. The HC also dismissed the state government’s appeal against the acquittal of Taurani. J: The Bombay High court upheld Rauf’s conviction and the life sentence, quashed his conviction under IPC sections 392 and 397. The state government filed an appeal challenging Taurani’s acquittal. He filed an appeal challenging his conviction.
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January 2001 : Police apprehended one of the gunmen Daud Merchant alias Abdul Rauf from Kolkata.Īp: 19 people accused, including Ramesh Taurani in the case were acquitted in the case, while Abdul Rauf was held guilty under section 27 (possession of arms) of the Indian Arms Act, 120(b) (criminal conspiracy), Sections 302 (murder), 307 (murder attempt), 392 (robbery) and 397 (causing grievous hurt in robbery) of the Indian Penal Code and sentenced to life imprisonment. 15 people were taken under arrest, while other arrests continued. November 1997 : A 400-page long charge sheet, with 26 people named accused, was filed by the Mumbai police. It was also being alleged that the business rival had given a sum of 25 lakh rupees to the shooters.
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October 1997: Tips Industries co-founder and movie producer Ramesh Taurani was detained under charges of abetting Gulshan Kumar’s murder. He immediately fled to the United Kingdom and has been staying there ever since. Here we present to you a quick rundown of events in the Gulshan Kumar murder case.Īug: Nadeem Akhtar Saifee of the Music Composer duo Nadeem-Shravan was named a co-conspirator in the Music Mogul’s murder. ” The gunmen fired 16 rounds at him that caused severe injuries leading to his immediate death. Witnesses claim that before shooting at him, the criminals taunted him by saying, “you have done enough pooja. It has been more than 2 decades since the fateful day when Gulshan Kumar stepped out of a temple after his morning prayers and was shot dead by Muslim gangsters.