Deceased

How Did Ashok Kumar Die?

Life & Death

Died aged 90

Also known asKumudlal Kunjilal Ganguly , अशोक कुमार, অশোক কুমার GenderMaleNationalityBritish RajBorn13/10/1911Born inBhagalpur, Bengal Presidency, British IndiaDied10/12/2001 (aged 90)Died inMumbaiCauseheart failureWikidataQ3899724 ↗TMDb#110086 ↗

Ashok Kumar 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.

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Filmography49 titles

Year	Title	Character	Age at release
2013	Love in BombayMovie	—	102
1997	Operation CobraMovie	Commisioner Gupta	86
1996	LathiMovie	—	85
1995	Jamla Ho JamlaMovie	—	84
1992	HumlaaMovie	Devkishan Sharma	81
1988	IntaqaamMovie	—	77
1987	AvamMovie	Veshat Ansari	76
1987	Mr. IndiaMovie	Professor Sinha	76
1985	Phir Aayee BarsatMovie	Bajaj	74
1985	Mera DamadMovie	Ajit Khanna	74
1984	FarishtaMovie	Rai Bahadur	73
1983	HaadsaaMovie	Dr. Ved Kapoor	72
1983	Pasand Apni ApniMovie	Shantilal / Chachaji (Sandeep's uncle)	72
1983	MahaanMovie	Rai	72
1982	ShaktiMovie	Commissioner of Police	71
1982	Dard Ka RishtaMovie	—	71
1982	ShaukeenMovie	Om Prakash Chaudhary	71
1980	KhwabMovie	Advocate Joshi	69
1980	TakkarMovie	—	69
1978	Safed JhoothMovie	Gulati	67
1977	Jadu TonaMovie	Inspector Jolly Goodman	66
1977	Hira Aur PattharMovie	Dr. Anand	66
1977	Chala Murari Hero BanneMovie	Self	66
1977	Anand AshramMovie	Pratap Narayan Roychoudhary	66
1976	Chhoti Si BaatMovie	Col. Julius Nagendranath Wilfred Singh	65
1976	Arjun PanditMovie	—	65
1975	AakramanMovie	—	64
1975	Ek Mahal Ho Sapno KaMovie	Anand Kumar	64
1975	UljhanMovie	—	64
1974	Prem NagarMovie	—	63
1973	Taxi DriverMovie	—	62
1972	Zameen AasmaanMovie	Shanti Swaroop	61
1972	Zindagi ZindagiMovie	Choudhury Ramprasad	61
1971	GuddiMovie	Self	60
1971	UmeedMovie	—	60
1970	JawabMovie	Zamindar Uma Shankar	59
1969	AradhanaMovie	Air Commodore Ganguly	58
1969	SatyakamMovie	Satyasharan 'Dadji' Acharya	58
1968	AashirwadMovie	Shivnath 'Joggi Thakur' Choudhary	57
1967	Hatey BazareyMovie	Mukherjee	56
1967	MehrbanMovie	Shanti Swarup	56
1967	Nai RoshniMovie	Professor Kumar (as Padmashree Ashok Kumar)	56
1966	MamtaMovie	Manish Roy	55
1965	Shevatcha MalusaraMovie	—	54
1964	Pooja Ke PhoolMovie	—	53
1962	AartiMovie	Dr. Prakash	51
1962	RakhiMovie	—	51
1960	HospitalMovie	Saibal	49
1936	Untouchable GirlMovie	Pratap	25