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- The Ganguly family is an Indian show business family active in Hindi cinema (Bollywood). It originates from the Ganguly brothers: Ashok Kumar, Anoop Kumar and Kishore Kumar (née Ganguly). In a film industry dominated by familial connections the Ganguly brothers served as an important bridge between various Bollywood film clans.
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The Ganguly family are a family of film personalities active in the Hindi film industry. The family comprises the descendants of three brothers - Ashok Kumar Ganguly, Anoop Kumar Ganguly and Abhas 'Kishore' Kumar Ganguly - and their sister Sati Rani Mukherjee.
Sep 20, 1997 · Anoop’s elder brother, Ashok Kumar, was an actor and singer, and his younger brother, Kishore Kumar, was a legendary playback singer of the 20th century. In his 20s, Anoop was learning classical music.
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Anoop Kumar was born on Saturday, 9 January 1926 (age 71 years; at the time of death) in Khandwa, Central Provinces and Berar, British India (now Madhya Pradesh, India). His zodiac sign is Capricorn. He pursued a Visharad and also learnt the skill of yodelling in singing. His alma mater was Indore Christian College. His other two brothers also stud...
Film
Anoop came to Mumbai in the late 1940s and settled with his elder brother Ashok Kumar, who was an actor. Anoop debuted in Bollywood in 1950 with the film ‘Khiladi’. He then played a lead role in the film ‘Gauna’ (1950) and ‘Vidyasagar’ (1950). In 1957, he got a breakthrough in ‘Dekh Kabira Roya.’ It was a romantic comedy movie produced by Amiya Chakrabarty in which he played the lead role of Mohan. He worked in a Bengali movie, Lukochuri (1957), in which Kishore Kumar played the lead role. An...
Television
In 1990, he made his television debut with Doordarshan’s detective serial ‘Bheem Bhawani’ alongside his brother Ashok Kumar. Apart from this, he also worked in ‘Dada Dadi Ki Kahaniya’ and ‘Ek Raja Ek Rani.’
Singer
Anoop was the only brother among the three who studied music. He lent his voice to two songs, ‘Do Dino Ki Hai Kahani’ and ‘Allah Khair Rabba Khair,’ for the film ‘Hum Do Daaku,’ produced by Kishore Kumar.
Anoop Kumar died on 20 September 1997 after he suffered a 4th heart attack in Aryogyanidhi Hospital, Juhu, northwest Bombay. He is survived by his 5 children.
In 1982, he was nominated for the Filmfare Awards for Best Comic Actor for ‘Chalti Ka Naam Gaadi.’Anoop Kumar loved Sitar’s recitals. The Indian Express His daughter, in an interview, talked about this and said, Anoop Kumar was very fond of sitar recitals and whenever he could, he would always...Anoop Kumar is best remembered for his role in the movie Chalti Ka Naam Gaadi. [2] He and his brother Ashok Kumar acted in the 1990 Doordarshan Detective Serial Bheem Bhawani.
His only sister, Sati Devi, a few years younger than him, was married at a very young age to Sashadhar Mukherjee and became the matriarch of a large "film family". Next was his brother, Kalyan, 16 years younger (b.1927), who later took the screen name Anoop Kumar.
The actor never celebrated his birthday after 1987; as his younger brother “Kishore Kumar” died on 13 October 1987 (Ashok Kumar’s birthday). Ashok Kumar’s Brother Kishore Kumar Death During the 2005 Mumbai Floods, Dadamoni lost many of his trophies from his godown.
Jun 24, 2018 · The programme focused on the saga of the three brothers — Ashok Kumar, popularly known as Dadamoni, Anoop Kumar and Kishore Kumar — beyond the silver screen. Ashok Kumar’s children Bharati Jaffrey, Rupa Verma and Arup Kumar, Anup Kumar’s daughter Chandra Sanyal, and the Kumars’ nephew Shubir Mukherjee offered glimpses into the ...
