Ashok Kumar Bio - Biography

Name Ashok Kumar
Height
Naionality Indian
Date of Birth 13 October 1911
Place of Birth Mumbai, Maharastra, India
Famous for Acting
His father Kunjalal Ganguly was a lawyer and his mother Gouri Devi came from a wealthy Bengali family. His family was based in Khandwa, Madhya Pradesh. His brothers Anoop Kumar and Kishore Kumar also acted in films. Three brothers worked together in the comedies Chalti Ka Naam Gaadi, Badhti Ka Naam Dadhi 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. Ashok Kumar married Shobha. They had a troubled marriage due to his wife being an alcoholic.

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