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ASHOK KUMAR TS

Ashok Kumar Portrait Ashok Kumar Actor.jpg Portrait of Ashok Kumar Native name	অশোক কুমার গাঙ্গুলী Born	Kumudlal Ganguly 13 October 1911 Bhagalpur, Bengal Presidency, British India Died	10 December 2001 (aged 90) Mumbai, Maharashtra, India Other names	Sanjay Ashok Kumar Dadamoni Kumudlal Ganguly Occupation	Actor, painter Years active	1936–1997 Spouse(s)	Shobha Devi Children	4, including Preeti Ganguly Relatives	See Ganguly family See Mukherjee-Samarth family Awards	Padma Bhushan (1999) Ashok Kumar (13 October 1911 – 10 December 2001), born Kumudlal Ganguly, and also fondly called Dadamoni, was an Indian film actor who attained iconic status in Indian cinema. He was honoured in 1988 with the Dadasaheb Phalke Award, the highest national award for cinema artists, by the Government of India and also received the Padma Bhushan in 1999 for his contributions to Indian cinema. He is considered to be one of India's finest actors ever, playing leading, negative and character roles with equal panache.