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 the film Achhut Kanya (1936) was to start. Kumar was terrified of acting in the first place, especially...
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