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Gulshan Kumar Dua (5 May 1951 – 12 August 1997), was an Indian film and music producer and businessman who was the founder of the Super Cassettes Industries Limited (T-Series) music label in the Bollywood industry. After founding T-Series in 1983, Dua established it as a leading record label in the 1990s.
• On 12 August 1997, when Gulshan Kumar gave a regular visit to a Shiva Temple in Andheri, Mumbai, two men hiding in the hutment colony near the temple fired 3 bullets at Kumar who fell to the ground and tried to crawl into one of the huts and asked a woman to shut the door to keep the killers out.
Jul 1, 2021 · Gulshan Kumar, the owner of T-Series, was shot dead while coming out of a temple in Mumbai on August 12, 1997. The killers, including Rauf, had been keeping a tab on Kumar’s movement for over two months before they fired bullets at him.
Jul 1, 2021 · Former music moghul Gulshan Kumar was shot dead in Juhu, Mumbai on August 12 in 1997. At the time, a few people were arrested and the Sessions Judge at the time, ML Tahilyani, had given a sentence of life imprisonment to Abdul Rauf aka Daud Merchant in 2002 of April.
However, Gulshan Kumar was murdered by the Mumbai mafia syndicate D-Company on 12 August 1997. Since then, T-Series has been led by his son Bhushan Kumar and younger brother Krishan Kumar.
Jul 1, 2021 · The Bombay High Court confirmed the life sentence of Dawood Ibrahim's associate Abdul Rauf Merchant, who was one of the gunmen who killed T-Series founder Gulshan Kumar in 1997. The court also acquitted film producer Ramesh Taurani of the charges.
Learn how Gulshan Kumar, the founder of T-Series, rose from humble beginnings in Delhi to become a music legend in India. Read about his achievements, controversies and tragic death in 1997.
