Although he had received two threatening calls, on 5 and 8 August 1997, Kumar refused to pay the extortion money. On the day of the assassination, his bodyguard, provided by the Uttar Pradesh government, was sick. Gulshan Kumar Dua died in a shooting outside the Jeeteshwar Mahadev Mandir, a Hindu mandir dedicated to Lord Shiva of which he attended daily in Jeet Nagar, Andheri West suburb of Mumbai, on 12 August 1997. In India, it has the largest distribution network of over 2500 dealers. In international market, T-Series enjoys a turnover in excess of $4.2 million, and exports to 24 countries across six continents. Today T-Series controls more than 60% share of the Indian music market.

T-Series music label ĭuring the life of Gulshan Kumar, T-Series emerged as one of the top music labels in India. 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. Next was the big hit Aashiqui in 1990 which is remembered for its music by Nadeem–Shravan. His first movie in Bollywood was Lal Dupatta Malmal Ka in 1989. As his business started growing, he moved to Mumbai. He began a music production company in Noida. Gulshan Kumar started his own audio cassette operation known as 'Super Cassettes Industries,' which turned in to a profitable business. His son Bhushan Kumar now manages the service.ĭua changed career paths when his family acquired a shop selling records and inexpensive audio cassettes, which foreshadowed the onset of a vast music empire. Even after his sad demise in 1997, the service still continues till today and is widely revered all across India. It was first started in 1983 at Baan Ganga location which is situated in between of the Vaishno Devi Temple's pilgrimage. Due to traditional faith, love and respect towards Vaishno Devi, he ran a free of cost meal assistance service in which free meals are offered as 'Prasad' to all the devotees visiting Vaishno Devi Temple.

He sung many religious and traditional songs in favour of almost all major deities in Hinduism.

Gulshan Kumar was a devoted worshiper of Shiva and especially Vaishno Devi.

Dua started working with his father from an early age. His family came as refugees from the Jhang province of West Punjab after the anti-Hindu riots during the partition of India in 1947. Born in 1956, Gulshan Kumar Dua was the son of a fruit juice vendor who worked the streets of the Daryaganj neighbourhood in the heart of Delhi.

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