Ashok Kumar (Hindi: अशोक कुमार, Urdu: اَشوک کُمار) (October 13, 1911 – December 10, 2001) was an Indian Bollywood actor. Born Kumudlal Kunjilal Ganguly (Bengali: কুমুদলাল কুঞ্জিলাল গাঙ্গুলি) in Bhagalpur, Bengal Presidency he attained iconic status in Indian cinema. He broke from the theatrical style then common in Indian film towards a more naturalistic method.
His father Kunjalal Ganguly was a lawyer and his mother Gouri Devi came from a wealth...
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Ashok Kumar (Hindi: अशोक कुमार, Urdu: اَشوک کُمار) (October 13, 1911 – December 10, 2001) was an Indian Bollywood actor. Born Kumudlal Kunjilal Ganguly (Bengali: কুমুদলাল কুঞ্জিলাল গাঙ্গুলি) in Bhagalpur, Bengal Presidency he attained iconic status in Indian cinema. He broke from the theatrical style then common in Indian film towards a more naturalistic method.
His father Kunjalal Ganguly was a lawyer and his mother Gouri Devi came from a wealthy family and the family was based in Khandwa of Madhya Pradesh. His brothers Kishore Kumar and Anoop Kumar also acted in films. The three brothers worked together in the comedies Chalti Ka Naam Gaadi, Badhti ka naam Daari and Chalti Ka Naam Zindagi. Ashok, though the eldest of the three by quite a margin, survived them both. In fact, he stopped celebrating his birthday after the youngest brother, Kishore, died on that day in 1987. His sister, Sati Devi, was married to Sashadhar Mukherjee of the Mukherjee-Samarth family.
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