Ashok Kumar (Kumudlal Ganguly)

13.10.1911 - 10.12.2001

Birth Place : Bhagalpur, Bihar, India

Was reverently called 'Dadamoni' in film world
Was a successful actor of pre-independence era where he had to sing his own songs.
Some of his hit films of modern days were: Achhut Kanya (1936), Izzat (1937), Savitri (1937), Nirmala (1938), Kangan (1939), Bandhan (1940), Jhoola (1941) etc. were his hit films of those days; Parineeta (1953), Ek Hi Rasta (1956), Chalti Ka Naam Gadi (1958), Howrah Bridge (1958), Bandini (1963), Mamta (1966), Jewel Thief (1967), Aashirwad (1968), Victoria No. 203 (1972), Khubsoorat (1980) and Shaukeen (1981)
Received  Filmfare Awards, Padma Shri in 1962 and Dada Saheb Phalke Award in 1989.