December 04, 2024
Ashok Kumar was born on 13-10-1911 in Bhagalpur in the state of Bihar, India. He was an Indian Film Actor, Television Actor, TV Host & Painter who was best known for his work in Hindi, Bengali and Marathi cinema.
Other Name: | Kumudlal Kunjilal Ganguly, Kumudlal Ganguly, Dadamoni, Sanjay |
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Other Professions: | Television Actor Television Presenter Painter |
Appearance: | Bollywood Bengali Marathi |
AWARD NAME | AWARD CATEGORY | RECEIPT YEAR | RECEIPT FIELD |
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Dadasaheb Phalke Award | Indian Cinema Award | 1988 | Hindi Film Industry |
Padma Bhushan | Civilian Award | 1999 | Arts |
Ashok Kumar died on 10-12-2001 at his residence in Chembur in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India, at age of 90. He died of heart failure.
DEATHDAY | 10 December,2001 (Tuesday) |
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DEATH PLACE | Chembur, Mumbai, Maharashtra |
DEATH COUNTRY | India |
He was born to Kunjlal Ganguly (a lawyer) and Gouri Devi (a homemaker) in a Bengali family in Bhagalpur (Now in the Bihar state of India). He was the eldest of four with two brothers Kalyan (actor Anoop Kumar), Abhas (Popular singer and actor Kishore Kumar) and a sister Sati Devi (married to Sashadhar Mukherjee).
He had an arranged marriage with Shobha at the very young age and the couple had a harmonious married life and had four children son named Aroop Ganguly and three daughters named Bharati Patel, Rupa Verma and Preeti Ganguly (Died in 2012).
Ashok Kumar was 90 years 1 month & 28 days old age.