Name: Ashok Kumar
Date of Birth: 13 October 1911
Father of Preeti Ganguli
Brother of Kishore Kumar and Anoop Kumar.
He became the first-ever actor to play a negative role in a Bollywood movie in the 1943 movie Kismat.
He never celebrated his birthday after his brother died in 1987 on his birthday.
His daughter runs an acting school in his name.
Besides acting, he was a fine painter and also an active practitioner of homeopathy, often solving cases even regular doctors couldn't solve.
His nickname, Dadamoni, means "jewel of an older brother."
... Was best friends with Saadat Hassan Manto.
Was a lab assistant before joining films.
According to Saadat Hassan Manto, he had a tough time directing "8 days" because V.H. Desai had a problem in memorizing lines. After doing 12 retakes of a scene Ashok ended up hitting his head with his fists.
Uncle of Bappi Lahri
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