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{{Infobox person
| name =
| image = Gulshan_Kumar.jpg
| imagesize = 200px
| birth_date = {{Birth date|df=y|1956|5|5}}
| birth_place = [[New Delhi]], [[Delhi]], [[India]]
| death_date = {{death date and age|df=y|1997|8|12|1956|5|5}}
| death_place = [[Mumbai]], [[Maharashtra]], India
| nationality = [[Indian people|Indian]]
| occupation = Businessman, film producer
| children = [[Bhushan Kumar]] (son)<br>[[Tulsi Kumar]] (daughter)<br>[[:hi:खुशहाली कुमार|Khushali Kumar]] (daughter)
| relatives = [[Krishan Kumar (actor)|Krishan Kumar]] (brother)<br>[[Tanya Singh]] (sister-in-law)<br>[[Divya Khosla Kumar]] (daughter-in-law)
| education = [[Deshbandhu College]], [[Delhi University]]
| death_cause = [[gunshot wound|Ballistic trauma]] to upper body and head<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/cover-story/story/19970825-killing-of-gulshan-kumar-reveals-mumbai-underworld-nexus-with-bollywood-is-turning-nasty-831964-1997-08-25|title=Killing of Gulshan Kumar Reveals Mumbai Underworld's Nexus with Bollywood is Turning Nasty|date=25 August 1997|first=Smruti|last=Koppikar|work=India Today|access-date=23 January 2020}}</ref>
| birth_name = Gulshan Kumar Dua
| yearsactive = 1972–1997
|known_for = [[T-Series (company)|T-Series]] founder
}}

'''Gulshan Kumar Dua''' (5 May 1956 – 12 August 1997),<ref>[https://gulshan-kumar.tributes.in/][http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/individual/563459 Gulshan Kumar] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130830065548/http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/individual/563459 |date=30 August 2013 }} ''[[British Film Institute]]''.</ref> was an Indian businessman who was the founder of the [[Super Cassettes Industries T-Series|T-Series]] [[music label]] ([[Super Cassettes Industries]] Ltd.),<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20040604010925/http://www.atimes.com/atimes/South_Asia/FE29Df05.html Indian film financing comes of age, 29 May 2004]</ref> and a [[Bollywood]] movie producer. He founded T-Series in the 1980s and established it as a leading record label in the 1990s.

In 1997, he was murdered by the [[Mumbai underworld]] syndicate [[D-Company]]. After his death, T-Series has since been run by his younger brother [[Krishan Kumar (actor)|Krishan Kumar]] and son [[Bhushan Kumar]].<ref>[http://www.t-series.com/about.asp About Us] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090305150519/http://www.t-series.com/about.asp |date=5 March 2009 }} ''T Series'' Official website.</ref> His daughters [[Tulsi Kumar]] and Khushali Kumar are also playback singers.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.newkerala.com/topstory-fullnews-75996.html/|title=The daughter of the legendary Gulshan Kumar of T Series Tulsi Kumar comes out with her maiden solo album]|website=www.newkerala.com}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Watch: Gulshan Kumar's daughter Khushali makes screen debut with revived 'Mainu Ishq Da Lagya Rog'|work=[[DNA India]]|url=http://www.dnaindia.com/entertainment/report-watch-gulshan-kumar-s-daughter-khushali-makes-screen-debut-with-revived-mainu-ishq-da-lagya-rog-2134641|access-date=1 September 2020}}</ref>

==Biography==
Gulshan Kumar Dua was the son of Chandrabhan Kumar Dua, a fruit juice vendor who worked the streets of the [[Daryaganj]] neighbourhood in the heart of Delhi. Dua started working with his father from an early age. He was a devoted worshiper of [[Shiva|Shri Shiv Ji]] and [[Goddess Parvati|Devi Parvati]], as he was a follower of the [[Shaivism|Shaiva]] tradition of [[Hinduism]].

Dua changed career paths when his family acquired a shop selling records and inexpensive audio cassettes, which foreshadowed the onset of a vast music empire.<ref>[http://www.rediff.com/entertai/aug/12super1.htm Gulshan!] [[Rediff.com]], 12 July 1997</ref>

== Music business and film career ==
Gulshan Kumar started his own audio cassette operation known as "Super Cassettes Industries," which turned in to a profitable business. He began a music production company in [[Noida]]. As his business started growing, he moved to Mumbai.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thelallantop.com/tehkhana/how-gulshan-kumar-has-changed-music-industry-by-using-plagiarism-with-his-brand-t-series/|title=बॉलीवुड का सबसे विख्यात और 'कुख्यात' म्यूजिक मैन, जिसे मार डाला गया [Bollywood's most famous and "infamous" music man, who was murdered]|work=The Lallantop ([[Living Media|India Today Group]])|date=30 December 2016|access-date=16 April 2017}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{cite web|title = Gulshan Kumar Biography – Gulshan Kumar Profile, Childhood, Life, Timeline|url = http://www.iloveindia.com/indian-heroes/gulshan-kumar.html|website = iloveindia.com|access-date = 18 October 2015}}</ref>

His first movie in Bollywood was ''[[Lal Dupatta Malmal Ka]]'' in 1989. Next was the big hit ''[[Aashiqui]]'' in 1990 which is remembered for its music by [[Nadeem–Shravan]]. His other movies included ''[[Bahaar Aane Tak]]'', ''[[Dil Hai Ke Manta Nahin]]'', ''[[Ayee Milan Ki Raat]]'', ''Meera Ka Mohan'', ''[[Jeena Marna Tere Sang]]'' and [[Bewafa Sanam]].<ref name=":0" />

===T-Series music label===
{{main|T-Series (company)}}
During the life of Gulshan Kumar, T-Series emerged as one of the top music labels in India. It continues to be a major label.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.indiaglitz.com/hindi|title=Bollywood Cinema News {{!}} Bollywood Movie Reviews {{!}} Bollywood Movie Trailers – IndiaGlitz Bollywood|website=IndiaGlitz.com|access-date=10 May 2019}}</ref>

Today T-Series controls more than 60% share of the Indian music market. In international market, T-Series enjoys a turnover in excess of $4.2 million, and exports to 24 countries across six continents. In India, it has the largest distribution network of over 2500 dealers.

=== Film Acted ===
{| class="wikitable"
|- style="background:#b0c4de; text-align:center;"
! rowspan="2" style="width:80px;"|Year
! rowspan="2"|Film
! colspan="2"|Credited as
|- style="background:#b0c4de; text-align:center;"
! Director
! Producer
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|1989
| ''[[Lal Dupatta Malmal Ka]]''
|{{no}}
|{{yes}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|1990
| ''[[Appu Raja]]''
|{{no}}
|{{yes}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|1990
| ''[[Aashiqui]]''
|{{no}}
|{{yes}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|1990
| ''[[Bahaar Aane Tak]]''
|{{no}}
|{{yes}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|1991
| ''[[Ayee Milan Ki Raat]]''
|{{no}}
|{{yes}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|1991
| ''[[Jeena Teri Gali Mein]]''
|{{no}}
|{{yes}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|1991
| ''[[Dil Hai Ke Manta Nahin]]''
|{{no}}
|{{yes}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|1992
| ''[[Meera Ka Mohan]]''
|{{no}}
|{{yes}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|1992
| ''[[Jeena Marna Tere Sang]]''
|{{no}}
|{{yes}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|1992
| ''[[Sangeet (film)|Sangeet]]''
|{{no}}
|{{yes}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|1993
| ''Shabnam''
|{{no}}
|{{yes}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|1993
| ''Aaja Meri Jaan''
|{{no}}
|{{yes}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|1993
| ''Kasam Teri Kasam''
|{{no}}
|{{yes}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|1995
| ''[[Bewafa Sanam]]''
|{{yes}}
|{{yes}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|1995
| ''Suryaputra Shanidev''
|{{no}}
|{{yes}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|1995
| ''Satyanarayan Ki Virat Katha''
|{{no}}
|{{yes}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|1997
| ''Char Dham''
|{{no}}
|{{yes}}
|}

==Assassination and death==
Gulshan Kumar Dua died in a shooting outside the Jeeteshwar Mahadev Mandir, a [[Hindu temple|Hindu mandir]] dedicated to [[Lord Shiva]] of which he attended daily in Jeet Nagar, [[Andheri]] West suburb of [[Mumbai]],<ref name=gu>[http://www.indianexpress.com/res/web/pIe/ie/daily/19970813/22550763.html Gulshan Kumar shot dead, scare in filmdom] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090505042754/http://www.indianexpress.com/res/web/pIe/ie/daily/19970813/22550763.html |date=5 May 2009 }} ''[[The Indian Express]]'', 13 August 2001.</ref> on 12 August 1997. He was shot 16 times.

On the day of the assassination, his bodyguard, provided by the Uttar Pradesh government, was sick. Although he had received two threatening calls, on 5 and 8 August 1997, Kumar refused to pay the extortion money. The hired killers, including Rauf and Abdul Rashid, conducted reconnaissance for a month, but did not proceed because of the armed bodyguard. At 10.40 am, while returning from the temple, he was confronted by one of the assassins who said: "Bahut puja kar li, ab upar ja ke karna (you have done enough puja, now do it up there)." Initially, Kumar survived and sought shelter in nearby huts, but residents shut their doors. His driver Suraj was shot in both legs as he tried to shelter Kumar.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/cover-story/story/19970825-killing-of-gulshan-kumar-reveals-mumbai-underworld-nexus-with-bollywood-is-turning-nasty-831964-1997-08-25|title=Killing of Gulshan Kumar reveals Mumbai underworld's nexus with Bollywood is turning nasty|first=Smruti|last=Koppikar|date=August 25, 1997|website=India Today}}</ref>

A [[Mumbai underworld]] organisation called [[D-Company]] is considered to have been responsible for this assassination.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Prakash |first1=Aryan |title=Gulshan Kumar murder mystery: Recalling the day when 16 bullets were pumped into him |url=https://www.inuth.com/india/gulshan-kumar-murder-mystery-recalling-the-day-when-16-bullets-were-pumped-into-him/ |website=Inuth |access-date=10 March 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal|title=The Mafia Calls The Shots|journal=[[Outlook (Indian magazine)|Outlook]]|date=25 August 1997|url=https://www.outlookindia.com/magazine/story/the-mafia-calls-the-shots/204098}}</ref> The police also accused film composer Nadeem Saifi of the music duo [[Nadeem-Shravan]] of having paid for the murder due to a personal dispute and fled the country after the murder. However, on 9 January 2001, Abdul Rauf Merchant (known as "Raja") confessed to being the murderer. On 29 April 2002, Sessions Judge M. L. Tahilyani sentenced Rauf to life imprisonment, stating that he was not imposing the death penalty because the prosecution had failed to prove that Rauf was a contract killer. The police alleged that Saifi paid [[Abu Salem]], a known associate of [[Dawood Ibrahim]], to assassinate Dua and assigned Rauf to the job, but it just so happened that Ibrahim and Abu Salem were already planning on murdering Dua as he had refused to pay [[Pizzo (extortion)|protection money]] to D-Company as part of an extortion attempt. As per his family's wishes, Gulshan Kumar Dua was cremated in a ''[[Shmashana|shamshan]]'' (cremation ground) in Delhi.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20090505041030/http://www.indianexpress.com/res/web/pIe/ie/daily/19970813/22550683.html Stunned silence at Super Cassettes' Delhi factory] ''[[The Indian Express]]'', 13 August 2001.</ref>

After the police's allegations against him, Nadeem Saifi had fled to the United Kingdom. In 2001, the case was taken to the [[London High Court]], which rejected the [[Indian government]]'s request for [[extradition]] on the ground that there was no ''prima facie'' case against Saifi. In August 2001, the prosecution's main witness, Mohammed Ali Hussain Shaikh, who had earlier claimed Saifi participated in the murder, eventually claimed that he didn't know Saifi and had never seen him.<ref>{{cite news|title=Gulshan murder: Approver denies knowing anything about the case|url=http://www.rediff.com/news/2001/aug/08gul.htm|date=8 August 2001}}</ref> Abu Salem also denied Nadeem's involvement on Indian national television. Saifi was also [[exonerated]] by four courts, including the [[House of Lords]] in the United Kingdom and the sessions court in [[Mumbai]]. Saifi eventually acquired British citizenship, and later moved to [[Dubai]], where he runs a successful [[perfumery]] business.<ref>{{cite news|last=Farooqui|first=Mazhar|title=Exclusive: 'I request Narendra Modi to help me get justice'|url=http://gulfnews.com/xpress/news/exclusive-i-request-narendra-modi-to-help-me-get-justice-1.1825520|work=[[Gulf News]]|date=11 May 2016}}</ref><ref>[https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-26248138 Bollywood exile Nadeem Saifi seeks government apology], [[BBC]], 19 February 2014</ref>

Abdul Rauf alias Daud Merchant was convicted in 2002 for the murder of Gulshan Kumar. He fled India after he was granted furlough by the Bombay high court in 2009. He was extradited from Bangladesh in 2016.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/india/dawood-aide-abdul-rauf-to-be-sent-back-to-india-bangladesh-minister/story-WKGQicRF7HBEosTdcCzlhI.html|title=Dawood aide Abdul Rauf to be sent back to India: Bangladesh minister|date=18 January 2016|website=Hindustan Times}}</ref> He is currently in the high-security Arthur Road jail in Mumbai.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thedailystar.net/world/south-asia/daud-merchant-indian-jail-1313188|title=Daud Merchant lands in jail after deportation|date=11 November 2016|website=The Daily Star}}</ref>

In late 1980s and early '90s, Bollywood was impacted by the Mumbai mafia dominance and extortions. The influence of organised crime in the film industry was such there were regular reports of film stars attending events hosted by mafia bosses and allegedly enjoying their patronage.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.inuth.com/india/gulshan-kumar-murder-mystery-recalling-the-day-when-16-bullets-were-pumped-into-him/|title=Gulshan Kumar murder mystery: Recalling the day when 16 bullets were pumped into him|date=1 September 2017}}</ref> It is believed that Gulshan Kumar had refused to pay extortion to gangster [[Dawood Ibrahim]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/mumbai-news/absence-of-gun-toting-bodyguard-made-gulshan-kumar-an-easy-target/story-xpMuE8tlrJw6QdYan3APcL.html|title=Absence of gun-toting bodyguard made Gulshan Kumar an easy target|date=12 November 2016|website=Hindustan Times}}</ref>

==Legacy==
In 2017, T-Series announced plans to produce a biographical film about Kumar titled ''Mogul – The Gulshan Kumar Story''.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/bollywood/mogul-first-look-akshay-kumar-to-play-gulshan-kumar-who-was-gulshan-kumar-4569629/|title=Mogul first look: Akshay Kumar to play Gulshan Kumar. Who was Gulshan Kumar?|work=The Indian Express|date=15 March 2017}}</ref>

==See also==
* [[Music of Bollywood]]

==References==
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==External links==
* {{IMDb name|0474806}}
* [http://in.rediff.com/news/super.htm The Gulshan Kumar Murder Homepage] at ''[[Rediff.com]]''

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