Ashok Kumar

About Ashok Kumar

Ashok Kumar is a contestant and actor working in Telugu cinema. Clapnumber holds 7 titles for Ashok Kumar, from Bhale Ammayilu in 1957 to Kushi in 2023. By decade, that is 1 in the 1950s, 1 in the 2000s, 1 in the 2010s and 4 in the 2020s. Those titles are mostly drama, romance and action.

Biography

Ashok Kumar (born Kumudlal Ganguly; 13 October 1911 – 10 December 2001) was an Indian actor who worked in Hindi cinema. He is regarded as one of the greatest and most successful actors in the history of Indian cinema. He is considered to be the first superstar of Indian cinema as well as the first lead actor to play an anti-hero. He also became the first star to reinvent himself, enjoying a long and hugely successful career as a character actor. He was a member of the cinematic Ganguly family. He was honoured in 1988 with the Dadasaheb Phalke Award, the highest national award for cinema artists, by the Government of India. He received the Padma Shri in 1962 and Padma Bhushan in 1999 for his contributions to Indian cinema.