Ashok Kumar was an Indian film actor. Born Kumudlal Kunjilal Ganguly in Bhagalpur, Bengal Presidency he attained iconic status in Indian cinema. He broke from the theatrical style then common in Indian film towards a more naturalistic method. Given his versatility and proven brilliance over five decades, he is considered by many to be the finest ever Indian actor.
Personal Profile
Original Name: Kumudlal Kunjilal Ganguly
Nick Name: Dadamoni
Commonly Known Name: The Grandfather of Indian Cinema
Date of Birth (Birthday): 13 October, 1911
Date of Death: 10-12-01
Eye Color: Black
Hair Color: Black
Birth Place: Bhagalpur
Religion: Hindu
Education: law in Presidency College in Calcutta
Languages: Hindi, English
Family Background
Father’s Name: Kunjalal Ganguly
Mother’s Name: Gouri Devi
Brother(s): Kishore Kumar and Anoop Kumar
Sister(s): Sati Devi
Spouse: Shobha Ashok Kumar
Daughter: Preeti Ganguli
Film Background (Filmography)
Debut Film: Jeevan Naya
Famous Movies: Aankhon Mein Tum Ho, Return of Jewel Thief, Aansoo Bane Angaray, Maut Ki Sazaa, Anjaane Rishtey, Clerk, Majboor, Mr India, Asli Naqli, Tawaif, Farishta, Ram Tera Desh, Chor Police, Love in Goa, Chalti Ka Naam Zindagi, Maan Gaye Ustad, Shaukeen, Khubsoorat, Amar Deep, Do Musafir, Khatta Meetha, Anurodh, Dream Girl, Aap Beeti, Chori Mera Kaam, Mili, Hum Tum Aur Woh, Pakeezah, Purab Aur Pachhim, Aradhana, Jewel Thief, Masoom, Bandish
Family
His father Kunjalal Ganguly was a lawyer and his mother Gouri Devi came from a wealthy Bengali family and the family was based in Khandwa of Madhya Pradesh. His brothers Kishore Kumar and Anoop Kumar also acted in films. Three brothers worked together in the comedies Chalti Ka Naam Gaadi, Badhti Ka Naam Dadhi and Chalti Ka Naam Zindagi. Ashok, though the eldest of the three by quite a margin, survived them both. In fact, he stopped celebrating his birthday after the youngest brother, Kishore, died on that day in 1987. His sister, Sati Devi, was married to Sashadhar Mukherjee of the Mukherjee-Samarth family.
Early career
Reverently called Dadamoni (affectionate term for elder brother), he was born in Bhagalpur and educated at Presidency College,Calcutta (Now Presidency College, Kolkata). He started his career in Bombay (Mumbai), albeit accidentally, with the Bombay Talkies production Jeevan Naiya in 1936. The male lead, Najam-ul-Hussain, suddenly fell ill, and the company had to find a new hero. The director and studio head, Himanshu Rai, called upon his laboratory assistant Ashok Kumar to take the part and thus began a six-decade-long acting career. However, it was his subsequent venture with Devika Rani in Achhut Kanya in the same year that set him up for the big league. The movie itself stands out as one of the heralding social dramas of pre-independence Indian film. It was the story of a Brahmin boy falling in love with a girl from the so called untouchables in Indian society. It was a big hit and started the trend of socially committed films.
Devika Rani and Ashok Kumar did a string of films after this including Izzat 1937, Savitri 1937 and Nirmala 1938. But she was the bigger star and Ashok Kumar was definitely in her shadow. He came into his own with three films opposite Leela Chitnis: Kangan in 1939, Bandhan in 1940, Jhoola in 1941, singing his own songs as was the custom then. He acquitted himself creditably and came away with several hits including most famously Main Ban ka Panchhi.
traditional theatrical acting style and developed his own more natural style. He was also not afraid to take risks and was one of the first anti-heroes of Indian Cinema with his role in Kismet in 1943. This movie went on to create a record for the highest grossing film in India at the time of its release.
He produced several films for Bombay Talkies during the final years of the company including the famous Mahal in 1949 in which he co-starred with Madhubala. In the 1950s, he played the suave cigarette-smoking criminal or police officer in several films of what was the Indian film-noir movement. In the late 1960s he switched to character roles playing the parent, grandparent, dirty old man and suave criminal, being careful never to be typecast. He paired up 20 times with the queen of tragedy, and one of the best actresses ever seen in Bollywood, Meena Kumari, in films such as Parineeta, Bahu Begum, Pakeezah, Ek Hi Raasta, Bandish, Aarti and many more.
Later career
He acted in fewer films in the 1980s and 1990s and occasionally appeared on television, most famously anchoring the first Indian soap opera Hum Log and appearing as the title character in the unforgettable Bahadur Shah Zafar. His last film role was in Aankhon Mein Tum Ho in 1997.
Besides acting, he was an avid painter and a practitioner of homeopathy.
He died at the age of 90 in Mumbai. Altogether, he starred in over 275 films.
- 1959 – Sangeet Natak Akademi Award
- 1962 – Filmfare Best Actor Award, Rakhi
- 1963 – Bengal Film Journalists’ Association – Best Actor Award (Hindi), ‘Gumrah’
- 1966 – Filmfare Best Supporting Actor Award, Afsana
- 1969 – Filmfare Best Actor Award, Aashirwaad
- 1969 – National Film Awards for Best Actor, Aashirwaad
- 1969 – Bengal Film Journalists’ Association – Best Actor Award (Hindi), Aashirwaad
- 1988 – Dadasaheb Phalke Award, India’s highest award for cinematic excellence
- 1994 – Star Screen Lifetime Achievement Award
- 1995 – Filmfare Lifetime Achievement Award
- 1998 – Padma Bhushan
- 2001 – Awadh Samman by the Government of Uttar Pradesh
- 2007 – “Special Award” by Star Screen Awards
Filmography
movie title | year | actor | music_director | |
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aakhri insaaf | 1980 | ashok kumar, pradeep kumar, ranjeeta, zarina wahab, vijayendra, neeta, mehta | rajesh roshan | |
bheegi raat | 1965 | ashok kumar, rajendra nath, shashikala, pradeep kumar, meena kumari, kamini kaushal | roshan | |
bhanwar | 1976 | ashok kumar, asrani, aruna irani, ranjit, dhumal, nadira, parveen babi, randhir kapoor | r. d. burman | |
bhai bhai | 1956 | ashok kumar, nirupa roy, david, shyama, kishore kumar, nimmi, prakash, om | madan mohan | |
bhai bahen | 1969 | ashok kumar, helen, pran, mukri, sulochna, sunil dutt, nutan, padmini, bhalla | shankar jaikishan | |
bhago bhoot aaya | 1985 | ashok kumar, shakti kapoor, aruna irani, murad, deven verma, kajal kiran, prema, narayan | hemant bhonsle | |
bezubaan | 1962 | ashok kumar, helen, nirupa roy, david, shammi, kumar, babloo, pratibha, anoop | chitragupta | |
bewafa | 1952 | ashok kumar, raj kapoor, neelam, nargis, siddiqi | a. r. qureshi | |
betaab | 1952 | ashok kumar, murad, geeta bali, kumar, motilal, kamal, naseem | s. d. batish | |
beqabu | 1996 | ashok kumar, amrish puri, himani shivpuri, sanjay kapoor, mamta, kulkarni, mohan kapoor | anu malik | |
benazeer | 1964 | ashok kumar, shashi kapoor, asit sen, durga khote, tanuja, meena kumari, roy, nirupa | s. d. burman | |
aakash deep | 1965 | ashok kumar, dharmendra singh deol, mehmood, tiwari, nanda, nimmi, shobha khote, tarun bose | chitragupta, chitra gupta | |
bekarar | 1983 | ashok kumar, asrani, om puri, sanjay dutt, mohnish behl, tej sapru, padmini kolhapuri | mukul prasad | |
begum | 1945 | ashok kumar, sharda, v. h. desai, puri, naseem bano, vikram kapoor | h. rdas | |
bedard zamana kya jane | 1959 | ashok kumar, helen, pran, nirupa roy, iftekar, amirbai karnatki, ratnamala, jabin jalil | kalyanji anandji | |
barood | 1976 | ashok kumar, madan puri, prem chopra, david, ajit, rishi kapoor, reena roy, shoma anand | s. d. burman | |
bandish | 1955 | ashok kumar, mehmood, nazir husain, shammi, meena kumari, bipin gupta, daisy irani | hemant kumar | |
bandini | 1963 | ashok kumar, dharmendra singh deol, asit sen, nutan, bela bose, raja paranjpe, chandrima bhaduri | s. d. burman | |
bandi | 1957 | ashok kumar, shyama, kanhaiya lal, kishore kumar, nanda, kammo, anoop kumar, bina roy | hemant kumar | |
anuraag | 1972 | ashok kumar, madan puri, rajesh khanna, vinod mehra, nutan, moushami chatterjee, satyajeet | s. d. burman | |
aap beeti | 1976 | ashok kumar, helen, madan puri, aruna irani, nirupa roy, shashi kapoor, hema malini, premnath, sujit kumar, dulari, ram mohan, g. asrani, tun tun, piloo j. wadia, kumari naaz | laxmikant pyarelal | |
bandhan | 1940 | ashok kumar, kumar, suresh, leela chitnis, shah nawaz, v. h. desai, arun | ramchandra pal, saraswati, saraswati devi | |
hong kong | 1962 | ashok kumar, helen, om prakash, k. n. singh, b. saroja devi, babu rao, king kong | o. p. nayyar | |
hifaazat | 1987 | ashok kumar, shakti kapoor, pran, kader khan, gulshan grover, bindu, lalita pawar, anil kapoor, nutan, madhuri dixit, sharad saxena, shobha khote, vikas anand | r. d. burman | |
savera | 1957 | ashok kumar, bhagwan, leela mishra, meena kumari, bipin gupta, samson, kammo, sinha | sailesh | |
akashdeep | 1965 | ashok kumar, dharmendra singh deol, mehmood, tiwari, nanda, nimmi, shobha khote, tarun bose | chitragupta | |
benazir | 1964 | ashok kumar, nirupa roy, shashi kapoor, asit sen, durga khote, tanuja, meena kumari, tarun bose | s. d. burman | |
hifaazat | 1973 | ashok kumar, madan puri, ranjit, lalita pawar, iftekar, vinod mehra, kanhaiya lal, asha sachdev, narendranath | r. d. burman | |
nau bahar | 1952 | ashok kumar, nalini jaywant, jagdish sethi, shivraj, kuldip kaur, sunalini devi | roshan | |
daadi maa | 1966 | ashok kumar, mehmood, mumtaz, shashikala, durga khote, tanuja, kashinath, dilip raj, bina rai | roshan | |
humlaa | 1992 | ashok kumar, anupam kher, dharmendra singh deol, johny lever, om shivpuri, anil kapoor, shafi inamdar, kimi katkar, meenakshi sheshadri | laxmikant pyarelal | |
yuhi kabhi | 1994 | ashok kumar, bhagwan, navin nischol, parikshit sahni, tinu anand, anil dhawan, manisha koirala, archana pooran singh, kumar bhatia | nikhilvinay | |
bagula bhagat | 1979 | ashok kumar, shabana azmi, shatrughan, padma khanna, jr. mehmood, kamini, kaushal | kalyanji anandji | |
aabroo | 1968 | ashok kumar, jeevan, sunder, tuntun, mukri, rahman, vimmi, deepak kumar | sonikomi | |
ek kali muskayee | 1968 | ashok kumar, nirupa roy, om prakash, mehmood, lalita pawar, joy mukherjee, meera | madan mohan | |
lakshya | 2004 | ashok kumar, amitabh bachchan, om puri, preity zinta, raj zutshi, b. irant, hrithik roshan, sushant singh, surendra pal, vipul gupta, sanjay sharma, prashant chianani, santosh shetty, amit behl, nawab shah, abir goswami, garima kapoor, sharad s. kapoor, sanjay m. singh, abhimanyu singh, amin merchant, aungchuk, bhanu goswami, gaurav rana, himanshu sharma, nisar khan, jagir singh, jigmet enn, nishith ranjan, raghuvir singh, rajiv kumar, ratna malay, rehmaan, srivardhan, suman kumar, syed firdaus, vishal vijay, yogesh joshi | shankar ehsan loy | |
inteqaam | 1969 | ashok kumar, helen, jeevan, iftekar, sanjay khan, sadhana, anju mahendra, rehman | laxmikant pyarelal | |
mr. x | 1957 | ashok kumar, helen, pran, leela mishra, johnny walker, nishi, nalini jaywant, rajan kapoor, amirbai karnatki, hari shivdasani | n. dutta | |
nayee roshni | 1967 | ashok kumar, asit sen, sulochna, tanuja, mala sinha, raj kapoor, anwar hussain, biswajeet, sailesh kumar, bhanumati | ravi | |
do phool | 1973 | ashok kumar, mehmood, vinod mehra | r. d. burman | |
bahu beti | 1965 | ashok kumar, mumtaz, mala sinha, joy mukherjee | ravi | |
khoobsurat | 1980 | ashok kumar, rekha, rakesh roshan | r. d. burman | |
aashirwad | 1968 | ashok kumar, sanjeev kumar | vasant desai | |
bahu begum | 1967 | ashok kumar, helen, lalita pawar, johnny walker, pradeep kumar, meena kumari | roshan | |
inteqaam | 1988 | ashok kumar, shakti kapoor, kader khan, aruna irani, prem chopra, nirupa roy, amjad khan, anil kapoor, dilip tahil, sunny deol, kimi katkar, urmila bhat, meenakshi sheshadri, bob christo, sunil rege | laxmikant pyarelal | |
bada kabootar | 1973 | ashok kumar, helen, deven verma, keshto mukherjee, rehana sultan, pinchoo kapoor | r. d. burman | |
begunaah | 1994 | ashok kumar, jeetendra, raza murad, rajesh khanna, sadashiv a., farha | rajesh roshan, laxmikant pyarelal | |
khatta meetha | 1978 | ashok kumar, david, deven verma, rakesh roshan, keshto mukherjee, bindya goswami, pearl padamsee | rajesh roshan | |
chor ke ghar chor | 1978 | ashok kumar, pran, deven verma, zeenat aman, randhir kapoor | kalyanji anandji | |
zindagi zindagi | 1972 | ashok kumar, janki das, sunil dutt, anwar hussain, jalal agha, deb mukherjee, waheeda | s. d. burman | |
zameen aasman | 1972 | ashok kumar, rekha, sunil dutt, yogita bali, ramesh deo, indrani mukherjee, sharad | kishore kumar | |
yeh zindagi kitni haseen hai | 1966 | ashok kumar, madan puri, badri prasad, motilal, manmohan, saira banu, joy mukherjee | ravi | |
yeh raaste hain pyar ke | 1963 | ashok kumar, shashikala, sunil dutt, rahman, motilal, manmohan, farida, leela naidu | ravi | |
yeh kaisa nashaa hai | 1981 | ashok kumar, deven verma, shriram lagu, mahesh, manindra | chand pardesi | |
woh din aayega | 1987 | ashok kumar, raj kiran, rajan sippy, divya rana, komal mahualkar | alok ganguly | |
warrant | 1961 | ashok kumar, helen, cuckoo, raaj kumari, dhumal, raj mehra, shakeela, barurao | roshan | |
victoria no. 203 | 1972 | ashok kumar, pran, ranjit, navin nischol, anwar hussain, saira banu, meena rai | kalyanji anandji | |
vachan | 1938 | ashok kumar, mumtaz ali, maya devi, meera, devika rani, kamta prasad, m. nazir, kashmiri | saraswati devi | |
baap bete | 1959 | ashok kumar, jagdeep, shyama, kanhaiya lal, chitra, lalita, nana palsikar, pawar | madan mohan | |
ustadon ke ustad | 1963 | ashok kumar, helen, johnny walker, pradeep kumar, sheikh mukhtar, anwar, shakeela | ravi | |
ustad | 1957 | ashok kumar, bhagwan, k. n. singh, cuckoo, kumkum, rahman, anita guha, anjali devi | o. p. nayyar | |
ummeed | 1971 | ashok kumar, agha, tuntun, leela mishra, nanda, joy mukherjee, leela naidu | ravi | |
baadbaan | 1954 | ashok kumar, mehmood, jairaj, dev anand, gope, usha kiran, leela chitnis, meena, kumari | timir baran, s. k. pal | |
uljhan | 1975 | ashok kumar, agha, asrani, sanjeev kumar, farida jalal, urmila bhat, sulakshana pandit | kalyanji anandji | |
ujala hi ujala | 1974 | ashok kumar, helen, mehmood, iftekar, vinod mehra, yogita bali, nazima, rakesh pandey | r. d. burman | |
tumhare liye | 1978 | ashok kumar, sanjeev kumar, anita guha, vidya sinha, neelam mehra, indrani | jaidev | |
azad | 1940 | ashok kumar, leela chitnis, mumtaz ali, hansa wadkar, nana, palsikar, ramchandra pal | ramchandra pal, saraswati, saraswati devi | |
toofan main pyar kahan | 1966 | ashok kumar, sunder, shashikala, achla sachdev, nalini jaywant, jayshree gadkar | chitragupta | |
taxi driver | 1973 | ashok kumar, nirupa roy, bhagwan, asit sen, janki das, mohan choti, anupama, vishal malhotra | o. p. nayyar | |
tawaif | 1985 | ashok kumar, kader khan, rishi kapoor, poonam dhillon, deepak parashar, rati | ravi | |
tamasha | 1952 | ashok kumar, dev anand, meena kumari, randhir, bipin gupta, sunaina devi, haroon | manna dey, khem chander parkash | |
talash | 1957 | ashok kumar, durga khote, yaqoob, jagirdar, raj mehra, ameeta, mridula, beena roy, jamal | c. ramchandra | |
takkar | 1980 | ashok kumar, asrani, jeetendra, sanjeev kumar, vinod mehra, jayaprada, zeenat, bindya goswami | r. d. burman | |
awaam | 1987 | ashok kumar, rajesh khanna, smita patil, poonam, raj, manisha, saeed, jaffrey, babbar | ravi | |
sitaron se aage | 1958 | ashok kumar, sulochna, johnny walker, shammi, manmohan, vaijayanti mala | s. d. burman | |
sholay | 1953 | ashok kumar, jeevan, purnima, manmohan krishan, beena roy, baby naaz, mohana | naresh bhattacharya, dhaniram &. naresh | |
shikari | 1946 | ashok kumar, kishore kumar, samson, paro, veera, s. l. puri, rama shukal, leela puri | s. d. burman | |
sheroo | 1957 | ashok kumar, anoop kumar, rashid, nauni jaywant | madan mohan | |
shaukeen | 1982 | ashok kumar, mithun chakraborty, utpal dutt, a. k. hangal, rati agnihotri | r. d. burman | |
shatru | 1986 | ashok kumar, prem chopra, rajesh khanna, nutan, raj kiran, shabana, komal | r. d. burman | |
shatranj | 1956 | ashok kumar, leela mishra, yaqoob, meena kumari, jagdish sethi, rajendra, vijay laxmi, nana | c. ramchandra | |
sharafat | 1970 | ashok kumar, jagdeep, dharmendra singh deol, hema malini, sapru, abhi bhattacharya, sonia sahni | laxmikant pyarelal | |
shankar dada | 1976 | ashok kumar, helen, pran, shashi kapoor, bindu, asit sen, janki das, anwar, neetu singh | sonikomi | |
shamsher | 1953 | ashok kumar, bhagwan, mehmood, smriti biswas, bhanumati, vasant pahelwan, vishwas kunte | anupam ghatak, arun kumar | |
ashirwad | 1969 | ashok kumar, sanjeev kumar, sajjan, bipin gupta, veena, sumitra sanyal, leela gandhi | vasant desai | |
aaj aur kal | 1963 | ashok kumar, agha, tanuja, deven verma, sunil dutt, dhumal, nanda, raj kumar | ravi | |
sazaa | 1972 | ashok kumar, helen, pran, madan puri, jeetendra, rekha, yogita bali, kabir bedi | sonikomi | |
savitri | 1937 | ashok kumar, mumtaz ali, maya devi, devika rani, saroj borkar, m. nazir, sunita devi | saraswati devi | |
savera | 1958 | ashok kumar, leela mishra, meena kumari, bipin gupta, samson, kammo, bhagwan sinha | sailesh | |
sau din saas ke | 1980 | ashok kumar, maruti, lalita pawar, raj babbar, reena roy, asha parekh, nilu phule | kalyanji anandji | |
satyakam | 1969 | ashok kumar, dharmendra singh deol, david, sanjeev kumar, manmohan, manju, sharmila tagore | shankar jaikishan, laxmikant pyarelal | |
sardar | 1955 | ashok kumar, mehmood, tiwari, leela mishra, iftekar, samson, nigar sultana, beena roy | jagmohan | |
santan | 1976 | ashok kumar, jeetendra, nirupa roy, rekha, bindu, johnny walker, utpal dutt | laxmikant pyarelal | |
arjun pandit | 1976 | ashok kumar, bindu, sanjeev kumar, vinod mehra, deven verma, keshto, sachin, srividya | s. d. burman | |
sangram | 1950 | ashok kumar, tiwari, sajjan, nalini jaywant, samson, ram singh, nawab, baby tabassum | c. ramchandra | |
sambandh | 1982 | ashok kumar, asrani, david, vinod mehra, deven verma, rati agnihotri, master alankar | bappi lahiri | |
samaj | 1954 | ashok kumar, agha, shashikala, usha kiran, ragini, kumud | arun kumar | |
samadhi | 1950 | ashok kumar, nalini jaywant, shyam, sandhya, kuldip, harjeet kumar | c. ramchandra | |
saloni | 1952 | ashok kumar, gulab, nalini jaywant, purnima, shakila, hira sawant, mohna, rajni, mona | basant prakash | |
safed jhooth | 1977 | ashok kumar, vinod mehra, vidya sinha, amol palekar, mithu mukherjee | shyamal mitra | |
safar | 1970 | ashok kumar, aruna irani, rajesh khanna, i. s. johar, firoz khan, sharmila tagore | kalyanji anandji | |
saajan mere mein saajan ki | 1982 | ashok kumar, raj babbar, raj kiran, rameshwari | ravindra jain | |
saajan | 1947 | ashok kumar, leela mishra, samson, rehana, ranjit kumari, ramesh gupta | c. ramchandra | |
return of jewel thief | 1996 | ashok kumar, prem chopra, dharmendra singh deol, shilpa shirodkar, sadashiv, madhu, jackie, anu agarwal | jatin lalit | |
apna khoon | 1978 | ashok kumar, helen, pran, shashi kapoor, amjad khan, bindu, hema malini, janki das | sonikomi | |
rangila ratan | 1976 | ashok kumar, jeevan, sunder, tuntun, ajit, durga khote, rishi kapoor, parveen babi | kalyanji anandji | |
ram tera desh | 1986 | ashok kumar, prem chopra, hema malini, sarika, vijayendra, marc zuber | anu malik | |
rakhi aur hathkadi | 1972 | ashok kumar, pran, asha parekh, vijay arora | r. d. burman | |
rakhi | 1962 | ashok kumar, mehmood, mohan choti, pradeep kumar, waheeda rahman, ameeta | ravi | |
raja aur rana | 1984 | ashok kumar, shakti kapoor, pran, madan puri, ajit, madhu malhotra | bappi lahiri | |
anurodh | 1977 | ashok kumar, asrani, nirupa roy, rajesh khanna, vinod mehra, simple kapadia | harry anand, laxmikant pyarelal, laxmikant-pyarelal | |
raagini | 1958 | ashok kumar, nazir husain, kishore kumar, achla sachdev, padmini, jabin jalil | o. p. nayyar | |
raag rang | 1952 | ashok kumar, madan puri, agha, sunder, janki das, geeta bali, s. nazir, gyani, nand kishore, ruma devi, sudha bali, paranjpe | roshan | |
qatl | 1986 | ashok kumar, sanjeev kumar, shatrughan sinha, sarika, saeed jaffrey, marc zuber, ranjita | laxmikant pyarelal | |
anpadh | 1978 | ashok kumar, deven verma, sarika, parikshit sahni, birbal, zarina wahab, vijayendra | hemant bhonsle | |
pyar kiya hai pyar karenge | 1986 | ashok kumar, anil kapoor, anita raj, ramesh deo, padmini kolhapuri, deepak parashar | shankar jaikishan, laxmikant pyarelal, gautam dasgupta | |
pyar ki jeet | 1987 | ashok kumar, jagdeep, rekha, shashi kapoor, vinod mehra, bharat kapoor | usha khanna | |
pyar ka sapna | 1969 | ashok kumar, helen, asit sen, johnny walker, mala sinha, biswajeet, mridula, naina | chitragupta | |
purab aur pashchim | 1970 | ashok kumar, pran, madan puri, prem chopra, jagdeep, om prakash, sunder, lalita pawar, mukri, vinod khanna, sunil dutt, waheeda rahman, manoj kumar, saira banu, sonia sahni, bharti | kalyanji anandji | |
private secretary | 1962 | ashok kumar, mohan choti, jayshree gadkar, umakant, n. a. ansari, raja gosavi | d. dilip | |
prem kahani | 1937 | ashok kumar, mumtaz ali, maya devi, saroj borkar, madhurika, vimla devi, n. m. joshi | ?? | |
anokha bandhan | 1982 | ashok kumar, aruna irani, jeetendra, shashikala, shabana azmi, navin nischol | usha khanna | |
prayashchit | 1979 | ashok kumar, mala sinha, nanda, parikshit sahni | laxmikant pyarelal | |
postman | 1938 | ashok kumar, yaqoob, harish, maya bibbo, advani, sankatha | anil biswas | |
poonam | 1952 | ashok kumar, sajjan, kamini kaushal, asha mathur | shankar jaikishan | |
anmol tasveer | 1978 | ashok kumar, birbal, anoop kumar, satish, preeti ganguly | vijay raghav rao | |
phool khile hain gulshan gulshan | 1978 | ashok kumar, helen, asrani, amjad khan, mukri, mithun, paintal, rishi kapoor, moushami chatterjee | laxmikant pyarelal | |
phir aayee barsat | 1985 | ashok kumar, sajjan, saeed jaffrey, javed khan, anuradha patel, sunil lahiri | kuldip singh | |
patthar ki lakeer | 1982 | ashok kumar, suresh oberoi, sarika, deepak parashar | usha khanna | |
parineeta | 1953 | ashok kumar, nazir husain, meena kumari, badri prasad, protima devi, manju, ashit baran, baby sheetal | arun kumar mukhar, aroon kumar | |
pakeezah | 1972 | ashok kumar, sapru, meena kumari, nadira, kamal kapoor, veena, rajkumaar | naushad, ghulam mohammad | |
paise ki gudiya | 1974 | ashok kumar, asrani, murad, padma khanna, navin nischol, naaz, saira banu | shankar jaikishan, laxmikant pyarelal | |
paisa ya pyar | 1969 | ashok kumar, shashikala, tanuja, mala sinha, biswajeet, sitara devi, parveen paul | ravi | |
padmini | 1948 | ashok kumar, maya devi, mumtaz shanti | ghulam haider | |
oonche log | 1965 | ashok kumar, kanhaiya lal, firoz khan, raj kumar, tarun bose, k. r. vaidya | chitragupta | |
angoothi | 1944 | ashok kumar, leela mishra, chandra prabha | prof. deodhar, ashok ghosh | |
nishana | 1950 | ashok kumar, leela mishra, mukri, k. n. singh, shyama, yaqoob, geeta bali, madhubala, s. m. abbas | shyam sunder | |
nirmala | 1938 | ashok kumar, gulab, mumtaz ali, maya devi, devika rani, kamta prasad, m. nazir | saraswati devi | |
night club | 1958 | ashok kumar, helen, maruti, iftekar, gope, dhumal, mubarak, nishi, kamini kaushal | madan mohan | |
nazrana pyar ka | 1980 | ashok kumar, shakti kapoor, raj babbar, raj kiran, sarika, vijayendra, neeta mehta | hemant bhonsle | |
naya sansar | 1941 | ashok kumar, david, mubarak, suresh, azurie, shah nawaz, renuka devi, mahesh kaul | saraswati devi | |
naya kanoon | 1965 | ashok kumar, om prakash, bharat bhushan, nishi, vaijayanti mala, purnima | madan mohan | |
naubahar | 1952 | ashok kumar, nalini jaywant, jagdish sethi, shivraj, sunaina devi, kuldip kaur | roshan | |
naqli nawab | 1962 | ashok kumar, maruti, k. n. singh, shammi, kamal kapoor, manoj kumar, shakeela, indira bansal | babul | |
najma | 1943 | ashok kumar, agha, murad, yaqoob, veena, raj kumar, sitara devi | rafiq gaznavi | |
nai roshni | 1967 | ashok kumar, asit sen, sulochna, tanuja, mala sinha, raaj kumari, biswajeet, bhanumati | ravi | |
nai rahen | 1959 | ashok kumar, madan puri, nazir husain, geeta bali, shobha khote, anoop kumar | n. dutta | |
naghma | 1953 | ashok kumar, om prakash, murad, nadira, roopmala, lotun | nashad | |
naaz | 1954 | ashok kumar, tiwari, murad, nalini jaywant, veena, s. nazir, nawab, arif, khwaja sabir | anil biswas | |
naach ghar | 1959 | ashok kumar, helen, iftekar, shobha khote, anoop kumar, gopi krishan, kamla laxman | n. dutta | |
mr. india | 1987 | ashok kumar, amrish puri, anil kapoor, sridevi, satish kaushik, annu kapoor | shankar jaikishan, laxmikant pyarelal | |
mili | 1975 | ashok kumar, asrani, aruna irani, amitabh bachchan, usha kiran, shobha khote, jaya bhaduri | s. d. burman | |
meri surat teri ankhen | 1963 | ashok kumar, maruti, pradeep kumar, kanhaiya lal, asha parekh, nadira | s. d. burman | |
anand ashram | 1977 | ashok kumar, asit sen, utpal dutt, sharmila tagore, moushami, uttam kumar | shyamal mitra, shyamal bose | |
mere mehboob | 1963 | ashok kumar, pran, johnny walker, rahman, rajendra kumar, nimmi, ameeta, sadhana | naushad | |
mehfil | 1981 | ashok kumar, dhumal, nazir husain, anil dhawan, roopesh kumar, sadhana | shankar jaikishan | |
meherbaan | 1967 | ashok kumar, mehmood, shyama, shashikala, sunil dutt, nutan, ramesh, sudesh kumar | ravi | |
mehandi rang layegi | 1982 | ashok kumar, asrani, aruna irani, jeetendra, rekha, anita raj | shankar jaikishan, laxmikant pyarelal | |
mehandi lagi mere hath | 1962 | ashok kumar, shashi kapoor, achla sachdev, nanda, mridula, naseem, b. b. bhalla | kalyanji anandji | |
amma | 1986 | ashok kumar, mithun, suresh oberoi, rakhee, vijay arora, neeta mehta, shashi kala | raj kamal | |
mazdoor zindabad | 1976 | ashok kumar, mala sinha, i. s. johar, rajendra kumar, parveen babi, randhir kapoor | usha khanna | |
maut ki saza | 1991 | ashok kumar, ranjit, alok nath, anita raj, sonika gill, sudhir pandey, prem bedi | anup jalota | |
mastan dada | 1977 | ashok kumar, agha, jagdeep, bindu, parveen babi, dev kumar, sanjay khan | laxmikant pyarelal | |
masoom | 1960 | ashok kumar, mohan choti, keshto, chaman puri, honey irani, gautam, sarosh irani | hemant kumar, robin banerji | |
mashaal | 1950 | ashok kumar, cuckoo, neelam, s. nazir, sumitra devi, kanu roy, ruma devi, arun kumar | manna dey, s. d. burman | |
mamta | 1966 | ashok kumar, dharmendra singh deol, david, pahari sanyal, suchitra sen, kalpana chakraborty | roshan | |
mahal | 1949 | ashok kumar, kumar, madhubala, s. nazir, vijayalaxmi, sheela, kanu roy | khemchand prakash | |
mahaan | 1983 | ashok kumar, shakti kapoor, kader khan, amitabh bachchan, parveen babi, zeenat aman, aruna, waheeda | r. d. burman | |
maan gaye ustad | 1981 | ashok kumar, pran, shashi kapoor, bindu, hema malini, amjad | sonikomi | |
maa aur mamta | 1970 | ashok kumar, jeetendra, nirupa roy, mumtaz, sujit kumar, nutan, jayant, rahman, keshto | laxmikant pyarelal | |
love in goa | 1983 | ashok kumar, om prakash, om shivpuri, anuradha patel, mayur | bappi lahiri | |
light house | 1958 | ashok kumar, johnny walker, nutan, rajan kapoor, nigar sultana, naazi, pakkoo | n. dutta | |
lakeeren | 1954 | ashok kumar, pran, tiwari, sulochna, durga khote, cuckoo, yaqoob, nalini jaywant, kamal | hafiz khan | |
kismat | 1943 | ashok kumar, david, mubarak, shah nawaz, moti, v. h. desai, mumtaz shanti, kanu roy | anil biswas | |
kiran | 1944 | ashok kumar, kanhaiya lal, jagirdar, leela chitnis, kusum deshpande, rama shukal | ninu majumdar | |
khwab | 1980 | ashok kumar, madan puri, asrani, mithun, sujit kumar, yogita bali, nasiruddin, ranjeeta kaur | ravindra jain | |
khubsurat | 1980 | ashok kumar, rekha, david, shashikala, om shivpuri, rakesh roshan, dina pathak | madan mohan | |
khoon ki keemat | 1974 | ashok kumar, aruna irani, mehmood, bharat bhushan, mahendra sandhu, neelam mehra | sonik omi | |
khiladi | 1950 | ashok kumar, sunder, cuckoo, suraiya, anoop kumar, narmada shankar, e. tarapore, indu | hansraj behl | |
khatta meetha | 1977 | ashok kumar, david, iftekar, deven verma, rakesh roshan, keshto mukherjee, bindya goswami, pearl padamsee | rajesh roshan | |
karigar | 1958 | ashok kumar, helen, agha, nirupa roy, om prakash, lalita pawar, mumtaz, jagirdar, minu | c. ramchandra | |
kanoon | 1960 | ashok kumar, jeevan, mehmood, rajendra kumar, nanda, madhuri, nana palsikar | salil chowdhury | |
kangan | 1971 | ashok kumar, aruna irani, jeevan, mehmood, asit sen, sanjeev kumar, mala sinha | kalyanji anandji | |
kangan | 1959 | ashok kumar, nirupa roy, bhagwan, tiwari, shammi, manhar desai, purnima, daisy irani | chitragupta | |
kangan | 1939 | ashok kumar, mubarak, leela chitnis, v. h. desai, saroj borkar, amiya, p. f. pithavala | c. ramchandra, saraswati devi | |
kalpana | 1960 | ashok kumar, sunder, iftekar, padmini, s. nazir, ragini, achla, sachdev | o. p. nayyar | |
kala aadmi | 1960 | ashok kumar, mehmood, johnny walker, shyama, raj mehra, amar, minu mumtaz, nilofar | datta ram | |
kaafila | 1952 | ashok kumar, mumtaz, nazir husain, motilal, nalini jaywant, ameeta, ranjan | husanlal bhagatram | |
jyoti | 1981 | ashok kumar, aruna irani, jeetendra, hema malini, ajit, shashikala, vijayendra | bappi lahiri | |
judaai | 1980 | ashok kumar, madan puri, jeetendra, rekha, deven verma, sachin, shoma anand, arun govil | laxmikant pyarelal | |
jhoola | 1941 | ashok kumar, dulari, leela chitnis, mumtaz ali, shah nawaz, shehzadi, v. h. desai | saraswati devi | |
jewel thief | 1967 | ashok kumar, helen, sapru, dev anand, tanuja, vaijayanti mala, faryal, anju mahendra | s. d. burman | |
jeevan sathi | 1957 | ashok kumar, leela mishra, murad, shammi, amarnath, protima devi, usha kiran, daisy irani, anoop kumar, jabin | bulo c. rani | |
jeevan naiya | 1936 | ashok kumar, mumtaz ali, sumitra devi, devika rani, kamta prasad, anwari begum | saraswati devi | |
jawab | 1970 | ashok kumar, prem chopra, jeetendra, mehmood, ulhas, meena kumari, leena chandravarkar | laxmikant pyarelal | |
janta hawaldaar | 1979 | ashok kumar, mehmood, hema malini, rajesh khanna, mohan choti, dhumal, yogita bali | rajesh roshan | |
janmabhoomi | 1936 | ashok kumar, devika rani, chandra prabha, kamta prasad, pithawala, pramila p. f. | saraswati devi | |
jal pari | 1952 | ashok kumar, sunder, tiwari, geeta bali, bipin gupta, nalini jaywant | gobindram | |
jail yatra | 1981 | ashok kumar, jagdeep, nirupa roy, amjad khan, vinod khanna, reena roy | r. d. burman | |
jadu tona | 1977 | ashok kumar, agha, jagdeep, jeevan, mukri, premnath, reena roy, firoz khan, aruna | hemant bhonsle | |
afsana | 1966 | ashok kumar, helen, jagdeep, tuntun, pradeep kumar, anwar, padmini, husain | chitragupta | |
afsana | 1951 | ashok kumar, pran, jagdeep, jeevan, cuckoo, veena, chaman puri, baby tabassum, uma dutt, ratan kumar, narmada shankar, kuldip, kaur, jamura, bazid khan, prem kohli, omi madan | husanlal bhagatram | |
isi ka naam duniya hai | 1962 | ashok kumar, helen, om prakash, mehmood, k. n. singh, shyama, nazir husain, sahira | ravi | |
humla | 1992 | ashok kumar, dharmendra singh deol, om shivpuri, anil kapoor, meenakshi, shafi inamdar, kimi katkar | laxmikant pyarelal | |
hum tum aur woh | 1971 | ashok kumar, helen, aruna irani, sunder, vinod khanna, chandra shekhar, bharti, jagdish | kalyanji anandji | |
adhikar | 1971 | ashok kumar, helen, pran, shammi, nanda, tabassum, alka, deb mukherjee | r. d. burman | |
howrah bridge | 1958 | ashok kumar, helen, madan puri, sunder, k. n. singh, dhumal, madhubala, prakash, kammo, om | o. p. nayyar | |
hongkong | 1962 | ashok kumar, helen, om prakash, k. n. singh, baburao, b. saroja devi, king kong | o. p. nayyar | |
hifazat | 1987 | ashok kumar, shakti kapoor, pran, kader khan, anil kapoor, nutan, madhuri, gulshan | r. d. burman | |
hifazat | 1975 | ashok kumar, madan puri, ranjit, iftekar, vinod mehra, kanhaiya lal, asha sachdev | r. d. burman | |
heeron ka chor | 1982 | ashok kumar, madan puri, mithun, bindya goswami | sonikomi | |
heera aur patthar | 1977 | ashok kumar, asrani, shashi kapoor, bindu, asit sen, bharat bhushan, shabana azmi | kalyanji anandji | |
achhut kanya | 1936 | ashok kumar, mumtaz ali, devika rani, prasad, sunita devi, kamta, kishori lal | saraswati devi | |
harfan maula | 1976 | ashok kumar, helen, aruna irani, asha sachdev, kabir bedi, satish kaul, zahira | shyamji ghanshyamji | |
haadsa | 1983 | ashok kumar, amrish puri, nasiruddin shah, smita patil, ranjeeta, akbar khan | kalyanji anandji | |
guru ho ja shuru | 1979 | ashok kumar, helen, ranjit, i. s. johar, anwar hussain, prema narayan, mahendra sandhu | kalyanji anandji | |
gumrah | 1963 | ashok kumar, nirupa roy, shashikala, mala sinha, sunil dutt, vandana | ravi | |
grahasthi | 1985 | ashok kumar, suresh oberoi, neelam, yogita bali, sachin, mehra, yasmin khan | ravindra jain | |
grahasthi | 1963 | ashok kumar, mehmood, kanhaiya lal, manoj kumar, rajshree, shobha, khote | ravi | |
ganga tera pani amrit | 1971 | ashok kumar, pran, jagdeep, nirupa roy, shatrughan sinha, navin nischol, yogita bali | ravi | |
flat no. 9 | 1961 | ashok kumar, helen, tiwari, dhumal, sayeeda khan, jagdeesh sethi | ?? | |
farz ki keemat | 1984 | ashok kumar, bindu, premnath, dev kumar, satish kaul, anjana, bhavna bhatt | sonik omi | |
fariyaad | 1964 | ashok kumar, tuntun, achla sachdev, nazima, zeb rahman, gopal sahigal, dilip out | snehal, snehal bhatkar | |
farishta | 1984 | ashok kumar, pran, danny, smita patil, kanwaljeet, master raju, rajeev bhatia | r. d. burman | |
farishta | 1958 | ashok kumar, mehmood, murad, meena kumari, mubarak, anita guha, sohrab, modi | o. p. nayyar | |
ek se badhker ek | 1976 | ashok kumar, helen, david, deven verma, raaj kumari, navin nischol, leena chandravarkar, sharmila | kalyanji anandji | |
ek saal | 1957 | ashok kumar, johnny walker, madhubala, minu mumtaz, kuldeep kaur | ravi | |
ek mahal ho sapnon ka | 1975 | ashok kumar, dharmendra singh deol, david, deven verma, leena chandravarkar, sharmila, brahmachari | ravi | |
ek kali muskai | 1968 | ashok kumar, nirupa roy, om prakash, mehmood, lalita pawar, joy mukherjee, meera | madan mohan | |
ek hi raasta | 1956 | ashok kumar, jeevan, sunil dutt, meena kumari, daisy irani, shrinath | hemant kumar | |
ek daku shaher mein | 1985 | ashok kumar, shakti kapoor, amjad khan, suresh oberoi, sarika, kalpana iyyar | rajesh roshan | |
eight days | 1946 | ashok kumar, agha, veena, v. h. desai, s. l. puri, mehndi ali, anurag chandra | s. d. burman | |
aarti | 1962 | ashok kumar, rajendra nath, pradeep kumar, meena kumari, keshto, shashi kala | roshan | |
durga | 1985 | ashok kumar, pran, aruna irani, raj babbar, hema malini, rajesh khanna | sonik omi | |
dulhan | 1974 | ashok kumar, agha, jeetendra, david, hema malini, paintal, nazir husain, jamuna | laxmikant pyarelal | |
dream girl | 1977 | ashok kumar, prem chopra, dharmendra singh deol, hema malini, sujit kumar, dhumal, alka, seema deo | laxmikant pyarelal | |
door ka raahi | 1971 | ashok kumar, asit sen, hiralal, tanuja, kishore kumar, padma khanna, amit kumar | kishore kumar | |
dooj ka chand | 1964 | ashok kumar, bharat bhushan, b. saroja devi, ratna | roshan | |
do phool | 1978 | ashok kumar, aruna irani, mehmood, vinod mehra | r. d. burman | |
do musafir | 1978 | ashok kumar, pran, prem chopra, jagdeep, rekha, shashi kapoor, p. r. n. kumar | kalyanji anandji | |
aap ke deewane | 1980 | ashok kumar, pran, jeetendra, rishi kapoor, ranjeeta, tina munim, rakesh, roshan | rajesh roshan | |
dil daulat duniya | 1972 | ashok kumar, helen, agha, jagdeep, om prakash, tuntun, rajesh khanna, sadhana | shankar jaikishan | |
dil aur mohabbat | 1968 | ashok kumar, johnny walker, k. n. singh, nazir husain, sharmila, joy mukherjee | o. p. nayyar | |
dil aur deewar | 1978 | ashok kumar, prem chopra, jagdeep, jeetendra, rekha, rakesh roshan, sarika, moushami | ?? | |
dial 100 | 1982 | ashok kumar, asrani, vinod mehra, keshto, bindya goswami | bappi lahiri | |
dhund | 1973 | ashok kumar, madan puri, danny, deven verma, padma khanna, navin nischol, sanjay khan, zeenat | ravi | |
dhool ka phool | 1959 | ashok kumar, mala sinha, rajendra kumar, nanda, manmohan, daisy irani | n. dutta, n. datta | |
aansoo ban gaye phool | 1969 | ashok kumar, helen, pran, nirupa roy, kumar, raj mehra, alka, deb mukherjee, anoop | shankar jaikishan, laxmikant pyarelal | |
aankhon mein tum ho | 1997 | ashok kumar, rakhee, rohit roy, sharad kapoor, kamlabai, suman, rangnathan | anu malik | |
deedar | 1951 | ashok kumar, yaqoob, dilip kumar, nargis, nimmi, baby tabassum | naushad | |
dark street | 1961 | ashok kumar, iftekar, k. n. singh, nishi, anoop kumar, amirbai, karnataki | datta ram | |
dard ka rishta | 1983 | ashok kumar, sunil dutt, reena roy, smita patil, padmini kolhapuri, khushboo | r. d. burman | |
dana pani | 1989 | ashok kumar, mithun, deven verma, sadashiv a., asha sachdev, padmini kolhapuri, shafi | anu malik | |
aadhi raat ke baad | 1965 | ashok kumar, agha, murad, janki das, ulhas, sajjan, ragini, sailesh kumar | chitragupta | |
dahleez | 1986 | ashok kumar, raj babbar, jackie shroff, smita patil, meenakshi, nana patekar | ravi | |
dafa302 | 1975 | ashok kumar, madan puri, aruna irani, rekha, bindu, ajit, premnath, randhir kapoor | laxmikant pyarelal | |
dadimaa | 1966 | ashok kumar, mumtaz, shashikala, tanuja, kanhaiya lal, rahman, beena roy, dilip raj | roshan | |
daaka | 1959 | ashok kumar, pran, nirupa roy, maruti, jugnu, smriti biswas | chitragupta | |
chori mera kaam | 1975 | ashok kumar, pran, shashi kapoor, zeenat | kalyanji anandji | |
chor police | 1983 | ashok kumar, amjad khan, shatrughan, parveen babi | r. d. burman | |
chor ke char chor | 1978 | ashok kumar, pran, deven verma, zeenat aman, randhir kapoor | kalyanji anandji | |
chitralekha | 1964 | ashok kumar, pradeep kumar, meena kumari | roshan | |
aadhi raat | 1950 | ashok kumar, jeevan, tiwari, cuckoo, neelam, nargis, kuldeep, arif | husanlal bhagatram | |
chhoti si baat | 1975 | ashok kumar, asrani, rajendra nath, a. k. hangal, zarina wahab, amol palekar, c. s. dubey | salil chowdhury | |
aanchal | 1960 | ashok kumar, nirupa roy, om prakash, lalita pawar, iftekar, dhumal, nanda | c. ramchandra | |
chandrashekhar | 1948 | ashok kumar, sunder, bharti, kanan devi, devi, chhabi biswas | kamal das gupta | |
chand aur suraj | 1965 | ashok kumar, dharmendra singh deol, nirupa roy, tanuja, sajjan, dhumal, madhumati, sen, asit | salil chowdhury | |
chalti ka naam zindagi | 1981 | ashok kumar, pradeep kumar, kishore kumar, kumar, rita bhaduri, amit, anoop | kishore kumar | |
chalti ka naam gaadi | 1958 | ashok kumar, k. n. singh, cuckoo, sajjan, kishore kumar, madhubala, anoop kumar | s. d. burman | |
chalchal re naujawan | 1944 | ashok kumar, jagdish sethi, v. h. desai, navin yagnik, naseem bano, motibai | ghulam haider |