Sanjeev Kumar wurde am 9 Juli 1938 in Surat, Bombay Presidency, British India geboren. Er war Schauspieler, bekannt für Sholay (1975), Trishul (1978) und Koshish (1972). Er starb am 6 November 1985 in Indien.
Gulzar and Sanjiv Kumar were great friends, Sanjiv used to share all his worries with him, and Gulzar persuaded him to undergo kidney transplant after the latter's Diabetic Nephropathy. Sanjeev never married.