Biography Ashok Kumar

Ashok Kumar Indian actor Ashok Kumar Indian actor Ashok Kumar, without whom it is difficult to imagine Indian cinema, never wanted to be an actor. He refused to star in his first film Achhut Kannya, but the director Himansha Paradise was adamant, because he wanted to see only Ashok in the main role. Kumar brought naturalness to the acting game at a time when elaborate theatricality reigned on the screen.

Ashok Kumar real name Kumudlal Ganguli began his career in the film industry as a singing actor, later starred in well -known comedies with the brothers Kishor and Anup the one who controls the car, Chalti Ka Naam Zindagi Ashku Kumar in the movie Janmabhoomi Ashki Kumar in the movie Janmaboomi Ashk Jurisprudence in Calcutt, and he did not like it at all. There were already five lawyers in the family, including the father.

In addition, he himself was from a small town of Khandva with a population of 30 people, so it did not make much sense to engage in legal practice. Ashok always wanted to do something else. After classes, he often ran with friends for films, and once after watching the paintings Puran Bhagat and Chandidas decided that he wanted to become a director! He did not want to be an actor.

In those days, this profession was considered doubtful. Women's roles were often played by the call girls, and the pimps became heroes. So many people did not even think about acting. But the son -in -law of Ashoka, Chandra Mukerji, worked as a producer and sound engineer in the theater and introduced him to the director Himansha Ray. Himansha wanted only guys from good families to work with him.

And necessarily graduates of colleges. The director invited Ashoku to become an actor, but he refused, because he wanted to stand behind the camera. Later, she quarreled with Lyubovnik and returned, so Himanshu urgently needed an actor for the main role. He turned to Ashok again. Ashok, who was embarrassed by the reputation of the actors playing the cinema, refused a second time.

But the director assured him that he hires actors only from cultural, educated families, giving examples of women working in his theater. He convinced Ashok that there would be no troubles with other actors on the set, and promised that he would take him a screenwriter to his next projects. At home, Ashok erupted an unprecedented scandal! When the parents learned that their son agreed to act in the film, the future father -in -law and mother -in -law Ashok canceled the wedding, and his mother cried for several days.

Father immediately went to the bastard, to his friend Ravi Shankar Shukle - to the then head minister and asked his son. He was offered a choice of two good positions, from which his father chose the post of chairman of the income tax department. Ashoku promised colossal rupees per month! Himansha asked to talk with his father alone. After some time, the father went to Ashok and tore off the letters.

He said: “He Himansha Paradise says that you will become outstanding if you work with him. I think you should stay here. " Meanwhile, his mother was desperately looking for a girl who would marry Ashoka Kumar! Due to the choice of profession, no one agreed to marriage. In fact, his uncle agreed on marriage a few years ago. Then Ashoku was 18, and the bride Shobhe was 8.

In one of his interviews, the actor recalled: “He took me with him to see her. I was 18 years old; She was eight. In those days, the girls were not allowed to leave the house, and she baked the cakes to us. She rolled them so fast! And I did almost I was very impressed! Years passed. Once, in a year, my father called me to Khandva. I arrived. Dad met me at the station and said that we were going to Calcutta.

Frightened, I just followed him. We never interrogated him. My daughter -in -law rode in a ladies' compartment. I wanted to know what was happening and asked her. She calmly said that I was married. I was in such shock that I just lost my speech! Nobody told me about this! I was not ready to marry - I thought that I would have a family only when I began to earn rupees per month. At that time, I earned only rupees.

My mother did not know if I agreed to marry. Since everything was arranged, I agreed. ” He did not recognize her until his uncle told him that they had already traveled to the brows. The girl was asked to sing, but it turned out very badly! She was represented by Ashoku the day before their wedding, and he had no right to object. In those days, parents decided everything.

When in the year Ashok and Shobha wanted to celebrate a golden wedding for 50 years, they planned to arrange a party at the SEAROCK hotel and invited a man. But four days before the celebration, Shobha fell ill and died. Ashoka’s wife really wanted to get better ... But, unfortunately, she could not. Zalini Jivan Nashini Jayvant in one of his last interviews to Rediff Ashok Kumar shocked with revelations of personal life: “I was very faithful to my wife for 13 years.

And then he lost his head. When I starred in the Naaz film, I began to drink, meet with women, change. I had an affair with a jayvert Nashin partner. We were together for two and a half years, but the wife never believed this. ”Ashok Kumar never learned acting anywhere. His mentor, director Himansha Ray, insisted that Ashok watch many English films, bought him cinema tickets and introduce foreign actors.

Ashok watched the game of many stars, adopted their style. He especially liked Humphrey Bogart. The style of the play of Indian actors of that time Ashoku did not like at all. He believed that naturalness in front of the camera is better. I like Shatroghan Sinh and Nana Patkar, but today they are on the second roles. I always tell my students - the main thing is to behave more naturally.

I remember that in the film Gumraah my partner was small Sinha.

We had a scene where I had to rush to work early in the morning. In real life, I always had leisurely breakfasts. We worked so hard all day that breakfast was a very important food. Therefore, it was important for me to rehearse the scene. The next day I told my wife that I wanted to have breakfast quickly. She was puzzled. I just swallowed tea and left the house. When I got to the set, I told the director that I want to call my wife.

She came, and I played the scene in the same way as in the morning in the house. My wife was very surprised! He did not choose the role only by the amount of time allotted on the screen, but always looked at the value of the character in the film. Among other things, Ashok sang well. It was he who taught the singing of his brother Kishor Kumar. As a result, Kishor became a great singer.

The younger brother of Ashoka, Anup Kumar, also tried himself in the film industry, but could not become famous, although he had good films. Ashok bought him a house, played a wedding, and later took on all the costs of the wedding of the nephew - the son of Anup. They always had a very friendly family, the brothers stood behind each other a mountain. The Ashok family was called Dadamoni.

Moni on Hindi means jewel. He was very ill. In the year, doctors refused to treat him, saying that he was not a tenant and still die. But two days later the actor felt better and sent him home.