Ashok Kumar was one of the renowned actors in Bollywoood. He has featured in various hit films. He is popularly known as 'Dada Muni'. In the year 40s and 50s, he had done some major work. He had acted in over 300 film. He made his debut in 1936 Bombay Talkies film Jeevan Naiya
Over his career span he has featured in the films like 'Kangan', 'Bandhan', 'Jhula' and 'Bandini' released in 1963 cannot be forgotten. Ashok Kumar was the elder brother of famous singer Kishore Kumar. On the 76th birthday of Ashok Kumar, Kishore Kumar died. Kishore Kumar's death anniversary falls on Ashok Kumar's birthday. Kishore Kumar died of a heart attack.
Ashok Kumar aka Kumudlal Ganguly is step-grandmother of Kiara Advani. Her step grandmother Bharti Ganguly was the daughter of Ashok Kumar. Bharti was first married to a Gujarati businessman and her daughter is famous actress Anuradha Patel. After Bharti broke the first marriage, she went against her family and married Hamid Jafri. Hamid Jafri was a Muslim and already had two daughters who became Bharti's step-daughters. Both Shaheen Jafri and Genevieve Jafri were daughters of Hamid Jafri. Shaheen Jafri is a famous model and Saeed Jafri, brother of Kiara's father Hamid. Genevieve who was Hamid's second daughter married a Sindhi businessman and became Genevieve Advani and then came Kiara Advani. So Ashok Kumar is Kiara's maternal grandfather.
Ashok Kumar was also in deeply in love with Nalini Jaywant. Nalini Jaywant and Ashok Kumar appeared to be Kajol's paternal grandmother in the relationship. She was the cousin sister of Kajol's paternal grandmother, Shobhana Samarth. The two had many superhit films together, including films like 'Kafila', 'Nastik', 'Kala Pani', 'Jalpari', 'Lakerein', 'Mr X' and 'Toofan Mein Pyaar Kahan'. The relationship lasted for about 10 years.
This south actor most popular star in IMDb rating, 6 out of 10 are south actors
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