Ashok Kumar

Acting

Ashok Kumar

Born — Died

1911-10-13 — 2001-12-10

Place of birth

Bhagalpur, Bengal Presidency, British India

Known for

Acting

Credits

65 titles

Ashok Kumar ( October 1911 – 10 December 2001) also fondly called Dadamoni in Bengali ,was an Indian film actor. Born Kumudlal Ganguly in Bhagalpur, Bengal Presidency he attained iconic status in Indian cinema. The Government of India honoured him with the Dadasaheb Phalke Award and the Padma Bhushan in 1998 for his contributions to Indian cinema. Ashok kumar was a Bengali hindu belonged to Kulin Brahmin. Description above from the Wikipedia article Ashok Kumar, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Known for

Asli Naqli poster
7.5

Seth Laxmi Narayan and his wife had a son who was separated at an early age. The only clue they have is that he has a locket around his neck. When Laxmi Narayan passes away, he leaves behind a lot of money and wealth. His wife makes efforts to locate her long-lost son, with the help of her relative, Durjan Singh. Durjan Singh hires a local thug, Birju, and asks him to pose as the long-lost son, for a hefty price, to which he agrees. Mrs. Narayan welcomes Birju as her son, and accepts him, little knowing his agenda, and the evil scheme devised by Durjan Singh and his son.

Asli Naqli

1986

Mr. India poster
6.9

A poor but big-hearted man takes orphans into his home. After discovering his scientist father's invisibility device, he rises to the occasion and fights to save his children and all of India from the clutches of a megalomaniac.

Mr. India

1987

Rakhi poster
9.0

Siblings Rakhi and Raju are orphaned at a young age but grow up to become successful entrepreneurs. However, petty differences over their earned wealth and property threaten to ruin their bond.

Rakhi

1962

Aap Beati poster
7.0

The Kapoor family consists of Kishorilal, his wife Lajjo, son, Prakash, and daughter, Geeta. Kishorilal and Geeta toil hard to ensure that Prakash gets a good education so that he can study in America, return home, and repay the loans that the family has taken. Prakash does get to complete his studies, he also travels to America, upgrades, and returns home to be employed as Kishorilal's boss. Then Prakash gets married to Reena, who comes from a wealthy family, and moves in with them. Geeta confides in Reena that she has met a young man by the name of Ranjit, both are in love and want to get married. The entire family is overjoyed, but their joys are short-lived when Ranjit's dad, Mayadas, asks him to get married to the daughter of a wealthy man, when he refuses, he is asked to leave.

Aap Beati

1976

Hum Rahe Na Hum poster
7.0

Brij Mohan is married to the beautiful Kalyani, but is unhappy in his marriage: he doubts the sincerity of his wife's feelings.

Hum Rahe Na Hum

1984

Mili poster
7.6

Shekhar is new to the block and it doesn't take long before the street noise and the children playing nearby push his tolerance to the limit. To the rescue comes Mili, who has the exact opposite disposition. While Shekhar may be at a loss over what to do with her at first, he eventually falls in love.

Mili

1975

Film credits

1980s · 18 titles

Asli Naqli poster
7.5

Seth Laxmi Narayan and his wife had a son who was separated at an early age. The only clue they have is that he has a locket around his neck. When Laxmi Narayan passes away, he leaves behind a lot of money and wealth. His wife makes efforts to locate her long-lost son, with the help of her relative, Durjan Singh. Durjan Singh hires a local thug, Birju, and asks him to pose as the long-lost son, for a hefty price, to which he agrees. Mrs. Narayan welcomes Birju as her son, and accepts him, little knowing his agenda, and the evil scheme devised by Durjan Singh and his son.

Asli Naqli

1986

Mr. India poster
6.9

A poor but big-hearted man takes orphans into his home. After discovering his scientist father's invisibility device, he rises to the occasion and fights to save his children and all of India from the clutches of a megalomaniac.

Mr. India

1987

Hum Rahe Na Hum poster
7.0

Brij Mohan is married to the beautiful Kalyani, but is unhappy in his marriage: he doubts the sincerity of his wife's feelings.

Hum Rahe Na Hum

1984

Shakti poster
7.3

A policeman's son becomes a criminal after a childhood incident creates a rift between them.

Shakti

1982

Dard Ka Rishta poster
8.0

Time is running out for Khushbu, Ravi Sharma(Sunil Dutt)'s daughter. Her leukemia can be cured only if someone's bone marrow matches her daughter so, he goes abroad and gets in touch with her former wife (Smita Patil).

Dard Ka Rishta

1982

Khubsoorat poster
6.5

Nirmala Gupta rules her household with an iron fist. While most of her family resents it, they do comply and try to appease to her. When her daughter-in-law's free-spirited sister comes over to stay for a few days, things in the Gupta family start to change, agitating Nirmala.

Khubsoorat

1980

Watan Ke Rakhwale poster
7.2

Baffling the authorities, a secret organization with powerful connections is creating havoc and getting away with loads of money. But their criminal run may be drawing to an end as an astute secret agent closes in with plans to bring them down. Unfortunately, the gang of baddies is tipped off to his activities and devises a counter-attack designed to eliminate him permanently.

Watan Ke Rakhwale

1987

Judaai poster
5.7

The wealthy doctor Shashikant marries a servant girl, the much-loved Gauri. When an old flame makes makes contact with Shashikant, pride jeopardizes their marriage and the lives of their children.

Judaai

1980

Akalmand poster
10.0

Tamil-speaking Priya and Punjabi-speaking Dr. Kiran meet and fall in love with each other, and get married. Kiran likes to drink and likes the company of women, Priya is aware of this and always suspects him of having an affair. When Shobha decides to go for a vacation to her parents' house, Kiran meets with a dancer/singer, Lulu, spends the night with her, and wakes up next morning to find her dead body. Fearing that the Police will arrest him, and his wife will leave him, he disposes off the body off of a bridge into a river, and returns home to try and lead a normal life. When the Police find Lulu's body, they discover that she had taken a taxi to Kiran's house on the night of her death. It looks like Kiran may have to face the consequences of being arrested and his wife leaving him.

Akalmand

1984

Mera Damad poster
4.5

Utpal Dutt stars as Chaudhry, a landowner who comes to town looking to get his daughter Sunita (Zarina Wahab) married to the son of his childhood friend Khanna. Khanna's son, Jai (Farooque Shaikh), isn't interested in marrying anyone, but his determined father nonetheless plans a trip to Chaudhry's village for Jai, hoping things will work out. What ensues is a hilarious comedy of errors.

Mera Damad

1985

Duniya poster
7.3

Framed for a crime he didn't commit, Mohan Kumar loses his wife, son and freedom, then he emerges from prison, vowing revenge.

Duniya

1984

Sachai Ki Taqat poster
5.0

In trying to gather evidence against smuggler Narendra, a journalist, Nandanda, is killed by a masked man, leaving his only son Sagar to take revenge for his death. Sagar is then falsely accused of killing a woman named Shalini, arrested by his brother, Constable Ram Singh, and put in jail. Sagar pleads innocence and Ram Singh leaves no stone unturned trying to prove Sagar's innocence, but when the case is tried in court, Sagar is sentenced to death. Ram Singh, however, is able to convince the judge of Sagar's innocence, and gets him released. Then Ram comes across the real perpetrator of the crime, arrests him, and finds himself embroiled in deception, and charged with the murder of the person he had just brought in. Trapped behind iron bars, how will Sagar avenge his father's death and prove his innocence?

Sachai Ki Taqat

1989

Tawaif poster
4.0

A courtesan accidentally comes to the house of a humble man and lives in the civil society without revealing about her profession. She falls for the man but her past forbids a union between them.

Tawaif

1985

Love in Goa poster
8.0

Teenage love story of a Catholic girl from Goa and a Hindu boy.

Love in Goa

1983

Prem Tapasya poster
3.0

A man falls in love with an attractive woman, reluctant at first; she accepts his proposal for marriage. They plan to get married in secret, but he does not turn up at the wedding and she is left distressed.

Prem Tapasya

1983

Intaqaam poster
7.0

Intaqaam (English: "Revenge") is an Indian action revenge film directed by Rajkumar Kohli and released in 1988. The movie stars Sunny Deol, Anil Kapoor, Kimi Katkar, Kader Khan and Meenakshi Sheshadri.

Intaqaam

1988

Awam poster
9.0

Indian Army Captain Amar Kumar lives with his father, Ram, and mother, Saraswati. Ram has been associated with top freedom fighters during India's struggle for independence from the British. Almost all of these freedom fighters had taken advantage of their involvement and have taken up important positions in India's administration, and these include Jagrathan, and Mohanlal. While others like Vaisakh Ansari and Ram have chosen not to.

Awam

1987

Clerk poster
3.2

A story about the trials and tribulations of retired soldier Satyapati and his sons

Clerk

1989

1970s · 20 titles

Aap Beati poster
7.0

The Kapoor family consists of Kishorilal, his wife Lajjo, son, Prakash, and daughter, Geeta. Kishorilal and Geeta toil hard to ensure that Prakash gets a good education so that he can study in America, return home, and repay the loans that the family has taken. Prakash does get to complete his studies, he also travels to America, upgrades, and returns home to be employed as Kishorilal's boss. Then Prakash gets married to Reena, who comes from a wealthy family, and moves in with them. Geeta confides in Reena that she has met a young man by the name of Ranjit, both are in love and want to get married. The entire family is overjoyed, but their joys are short-lived when Ranjit's dad, Mayadas, asks him to get married to the daughter of a wealthy man, when he refuses, he is asked to leave.

Aap Beati

1976

Mili poster
7.6

Shekhar is new to the block and it doesn't take long before the street noise and the children playing nearby push his tolerance to the limit. To the rescue comes Mili, who has the exact opposite disposition. While Shekhar may be at a loss over what to do with her at first, he eventually falls in love.

Mili

1975

Pakeezah poster
6.5

A beautiful courtesan is unable to break away from the cycle of prostitution until a forest ranger falls in love with her. Unfortunately, his wealthy parents oppose the union.

Pakeezah

1972

Phool Khile Hain Gulshan Gulshan poster
6.5

Film starring Rishi Kapoor, Moushumi Chatterjee and Ashok Kumar

Phool Khile Hain Gulshan Gulshan

1978

Chhoti Si Baat poster
7.6

Arun is a timid accountant in Bombay who dreams of romancing Prabha, but is too shy to share his feelings. While Arun twiddles his thumbs, the suave Nagesh steps into the picture and turns on the heat, prompting Arun to take "love coaching" from "romance specialist" Julius Nagendranath to win Prabha back.

Chhoti Si Baat

1976

Taxi Driver poster
NR

A millionaire's wife leaves with their son after she realizes that her husband is a womanizer. Will the son, who grows up to be a taxi driver, reunite with the father, or will the adopted son, a womanizer himself, succeed in his evil plan?

Taxi Driver

1973

Harfan Maulaa poster
NR

A man impresses his employer during an interview; soon, they fall in love with each other and are all set to marry. But things change unexpectedly when he is arrested just before his marriage, leading his fiancée to believe that he is a thief.

Harfan Maulaa

1976

Mastan Dada poster
NR

Mastan Dada

Mastan Dada

1977

No artwork available
9.0

This is the story of Murari who wants to become a filmstar. He runs away from his house and goes to Mumbai to become a superstar. When he reaches Mumbai his whole world turns upside down. Fortunately he finds a friend in Mr Dubey who also is a struggler to get a break in films. They face hardships and at times they have to sleep in local trains. By the Gods grace Murari (Asrani) gets work as Junior Artist and works hard remembering the words Dharmendra told him once when they had met. His hard work pays off and one day he becomes the superstar of the film industry. But what about the flip side? Will he forget his old friends who had helped him during his struggle?

Chala Murari Hero Banne

1977

Prem Nagar poster
10.0

Karan hires Lata as his secretary and asks her to move to one of his cottages with her family. However, things take a turn when she is accused of stealing a valuable necklace.

Prem Nagar

1974

Balika Badhu poster
8.3

In colonial India, newlyweds Amal and Rajni face separation when she returns to her family. Their peaceful village life shatters after Amal's beloved teacher is arrested as a freedom fighter.

Balika Badhu

1976

Barood poster
4.6

In front of a six-year-old boy, gangsters kill his father. It turns out that police inspector Saxena exposed a gang of smugglers, and the gangsters took revenge on him. Little Anup Saxena remembered the faces of the killers forever. Fourteen years passed. The thought of revenge never left Anup. He tracked down the killers. Three of the four have already been killed. The fourth remains—the gang leader, Bakshi. Anup kidnaps his daughter, Sima. But Anup and Sima fall in love with each other. Now Bakshi is not only an enemy, but also the father of his beloved. Anup is confused...

Barood

1976

Sharafat poster
4.0

A man takes in his daughter's fiance only to learn that he has been frequenting a prostitute under the auspices of teaching her to read and write.

Sharafat

1970

Ek Mahal Ho Sapno Ka poster
7.5

Vishal is a poet and lives a middle-class lifestyle with his widowed and wheelchair-bound mom. He is in love with Aruna, who works with a publishing company. Due to his forthrightness, Vishal is unable to keep a job, and Aruna attempts in vain to get him to work at her firm. Then she stops meeting him altogether, and a few days later he gets an invitation to attend her marriage with her boss, Anand Kumar Sahegal. This turn of events devastates Vishal to such an extent that he takes to alcohol, visits prostitutes, gambles, and hates all women especially Aruna. Vishal gains fame selling his poems to Ramu Makhichandani, but does not improve his lifestyle. Then one day a young woman named Sonia enters his life and both of them fall in love with each other.

Ek Mahal Ho Sapno Ka

1975

Anurodh poster
6.5

Mr. Choudhary does not approve of his son, Arun, indulging in singing songs and music. He wants him to be a businessman like himself. Out of fear of his father finding out about his continued indulgence, Arun changes his name to Sanjay Kumar. He soon becomes a popular singer, and is even hired by the local radio station to sing songs. With his increasing popularity, the risk of his dad finding out the truth has also increased, and Arun must try and keep his family life and his singing career a secret, but the question is how long will he continue to do this.

Anurodh

1977

No artwork available
NR

The people of a village Live under the oppression of an evil landlord. However, the landlord's son goes against his own father and fights for the rights of the villagers.

Bhoomi Kosam

1974

Hum Tum Aur Woh poster
10.0

Vijay is in love with Arti, but while he tries to woo her he becomes embroiled in a murderous plot that involves Arti, her father and the beloved businessman Mahendra Nath

Hum Tum Aur Woh

1971

Apna Khoon poster
10.0

Inspector Verma is shocked when he discovers that his son has turned out to be a criminal. He takes up the challenge to reform his son and make him a law-abiding citizen.

Apna Khoon

1978

One Better Than the Other poster
9.0

A crime leads to the long separation of two brothers whose life end up very different

One Better Than the Other

1976

No artwork available
8.0

After a long murder investigation, a police investigator finds the killer closer to home than he imagined.

Uljhan

1975

1960s · 11 titles

Rakhi poster
9.0

Siblings Rakhi and Raju are orphaned at a young age but grow up to become successful entrepreneurs. However, petty differences over their earned wealth and property threaten to ruin their bond.

Rakhi

1962

Aradhana poster
7.2

Vandana's husband, Arun, gets killed in an air crash after they secretly get married but no one accepts their marriage. Thereafter, she is forced to put her child up for adoption and later work as his nanny to stay by his side.

Aradhana

1969

Aashirwad poster
8.2

Aashirwad is a 1968 Bollywood film. Produced by N.C. Sippy and Hrishikesh Mukherjee, it is directed by Hrishikesh Mukherjee. The film stars Ashok Kumar and Sanjeev Kumar.

Aashirwad

1968

Satyakam poster
7.5

Follows Satyapriya Acharya, an idealistic young engineer raised on strict moral principles, who enters post-Independence India determined to live by truth and integrity despite the corruption around him. He marries Ranjana, a woman carrying a painful past, and his compassionate decision to stand by her deepens both his personal struggles and his moral resolve. As professional setbacks, social pressures, and family responsibilities mount, Satyapriya’s unwavering honesty tests the limits of his ideals and the cost of living truthfully in a compromised world.

Satyakam

1969

Yeh Rastey Hain Pyar Ke poster
10.0

A commercial pilot is arrested and charged with killing his wife's lover.

Yeh Rastey Hain Pyar Ke

1963

Meri Surat Teri Ankhen poster
10.0

Raj Kumar is a wealthy businessman and dislikes everything ugly. When his wife, Kamla, becomes pregnant and gives birth to an ugly son, he asks the attending Dr. Mathur to inform his wife that their child was still-born. Dr. Mathur places the child in the hands of Rahmat and his wife, Naseeban, who welcome him with open arms. But misfortune follows them, as the child, who is named Pyare, accidentally burns their dwelling down, killing Naseeban. Rahmat then re-locates to his village when he teaches Pyare the skills required to play musical instruments and sing. Years later, Rahmat passes away, and informs Pyare that he is really a Hindu. Dr. Mathur fills the rest of the blanks for Pyare, and arranges a song and dance play and hopes that Raj will overcome his dislike for his now-grown son.

Meri Surat Teri Ankhen

1963

Benazir poster
10.0

Sibling rivalry abounds in this film about two privileged brothers, Anwar and Nawab, and the women who come between them. Nawab, although a married man and father, engages in frequent secret rendezvous with his mistress, Benazir. Meanwhile, Anwar declares his love for a woman named Shahida, whom he desires to wed. So when Nawab witnesses Anwar in the arms of the lovely Benazir, he's outraged -- and puzzled -- by the brotherly betrayal.

Benazir

1964

Jewel Thief poster
6.7

Vinay finds himself constantly mistaken for a look-alike jewel thief. To clear his name, he joins hands with the police to impersonate the thief and catch the real culprit. When the thief decides to counter by posing as Vinay, their true identities become thoroughly muddled.

Jewel Thief

1967

Nai Roshni poster
9.0

The film is a social drama, with its plot around university professor Dr. Kumar (Ashok Kumar), who lives with his wife Padma (Bhanumati), his drunkard son Jyoti (Raaj Kumar), outgoing daughter Chitra (Tanuja) and his friend's daughter Rekha (Mala Sinha). Dr. Kumar and his wife have a different outlook towards life, with him preferring books and philosophy, while his wife Padma prefers social gatherings and society clubs. Padma never considered Jyoti her son, who works as a mill designer, a profession she considers too poor to acknowledge. Chitra is encouraged by her mother to mingle freely in high society, much to the disappointment of her worried father.

Nai Roshni

1967

Kanoon poster
6.7

A lawyer holds the eyewitness evidence to catch a killer, but the identified criminal is the lawyer's own mentor, prospective father-in-law, and also the judge who presides over the case.

Kanoon

1960

Dharmputra poster
5.5

The story of two families — one Muslim and one Hindu — living together in India under British rule.

Dharmputra

1961

1950s · 7 titles

Deedar poster
6.5

A traumatized and blind young man makes a living singing, and searching for his childhood sweetheart.

Deedar

1951

Shole poster
10.0

Born into the opulence of a Lucknow palace, a young man’s silver-spoon childhood is shattered when his mother succumbs to a sudden cardiac illness. Driven by grief and a newfound purpose, he dedicates his life to medicine, becoming a heart specialist to save others from the tragedy that defined his youth.

Shole

1953

Khiladi poster
9.0

A charming and reckless man finds his easy-going life of adventure and romance suddenly threatened when he must outwit a ruthless, unseen enemy who views life and love as nothing more than a dangerous game.

Khiladi

1950

Howrah Bridge poster
6.4

Rakesh lives with his brother, Madan, and his dad in Rangoon. Madan has fallen into bad company and steals the family heirloom, in the shape of a dragon, some cash and runs away to India. Shortly thereafter, his dead body is found under Calcutta's Howrah Bridge. Rakesh travels to Calcutta in order to find out the mystery behind Madan's death, and also try to recover the family heirloom.

Howrah Bridge

1958

Chalti Ka Naam Gaadi poster
6.2

Three woman-hating brothers face changes in their respective lifestyles when two of them fall in love.

Chalti Ka Naam Gaadi

1958

Parineeta poster
7.7

In Calcutta at the turn of the century, two families (one wealthier than the other but both belonging to the same caste) live in adjoining properties. Their respective patriarchs fall out over the repayment of a loan and the intervention of a member of a lower caste in the families' financial arrangements. The rift causes much heartache to the younger members of the families, two of whom have secretly plighted their troth to each other.

Parineeta

1953

Sangram poster
6.0

After the death of his wife, a policeman fails to up-bring his only son in a good way and spoils him. This creates serious repercussions once the child becomes an adult.

Sangram

1950

Behind the camera

Parineeta poster
7.7

In Calcutta at the turn of the century, two families (one wealthier than the other but both belonging to the same caste) live in adjoining properties. Their respective patriarchs fall out over the repayment of a loan and the intervention of a member of a lower caste in the families' financial arrangements. The rift causes much heartache to the younger members of the families, two of whom have secretly plighted their troth to each other.

Parineeta

1953

Nau Bahar poster
8.0

A rich blind man who falls for a poor girl, regains his sight and is forced to marry a wealthy girl whom his father has chosen.

Nau Bahar

1952

Mahal poster
5.5

A young lawyer is involved with a ghostly woman in his new house, where the builder and his fiancée died shortly after it was built.

Mahal

1949

Eight Days poster
9.0

Shamsher Singh (Kumar), a discharged military officer who wants to settle down as a farmer. His marriage is arranged with the educated Neela (Veera) who ditches him at the last minute and goes to the city where she learns that she stands to inherit a fortune if she gets married within 8 days. After rejecting several suitors, she finally falls in love with Shamsher Singh, whom she meets in the city unaware that he is the person to whom she was earlier betrothed. Singh treats her badly and she sues him but in the end the two realise that they love each other.

Eight Days

1946

Eight Days poster
9.0

Shamsher Singh (Kumar), a discharged military officer who wants to settle down as a farmer. His marriage is arranged with the educated Neela (Veera) who ditches him at the last minute and goes to the city where she learns that she stands to inherit a fortune if she gets married within 8 days. After rejecting several suitors, she finally falls in love with Shamsher Singh, whom she meets in the city unaware that he is the person to whom she was earlier betrothed. Singh treats her badly and she sues him but in the end the two realise that they love each other.

Eight Days

1946