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Ashok Kumar

Ashok Kumar

Actor

Ashok Kumar. Actor: Mahal. The Grandfather & Great Custodian of Indian Motion Pictures! Ashok Kumar was one of India's most famous actors for over half a century, from before independence to the cusp of the new millennia! As a young assistant to Bengali film-maker Himanshu Rai, he got his start in acting by accident when he volunteered to substitute for the lead actor, Jeevan Naya (1936), who fell ill before production on...

Ashok Kumar. Actor: Mahal. The Grandfather & Great Custodian of Indian Motion Pictures! Ashok Kumar was one of India's most famous actors for over half a century, from before independence to the cusp of the new millennia! As a young assistant to Bengali film-maker Himanshu Rai, he got his start in acting by accident when he volunteered to substitute for the lead actor, Jeevan Naya (1936), who fell ill before production on...

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