- Was best friends with Saadat Hassan Manto.
- He became the first-ever actor to play a negative role in a Bollywood movie in the 1943 movie Kismat.
- His nickname, Dadamoni, means "jewel of an older brother."
- He never celebrated his birthday after his brother died in 1987 on his birthday.
- His daughter runs an acting school in his name.
- Besides acting, he was a fine painter and also an active practitioner of homeopathy, often solving cases even regular doctors couldn't solve.
- Father-in-law of Deven Verma. Deven is married to Ashok's daughter Rupa.
- Brother of Kishore Kumar and Anoop Kumar.
- Was a lab assistant before joining films.
- According to Saadat Hassan Manto, he had a tough time directing "8 days" because V.H. Desai had a problem in memorizing lines. After doing 12 retakes of a scene Ashok ended up hitting his head with his fists.
- Uncle of Amit Kumar and Sumeet Kumar.
- The distinctive style and mannerisms that Ashok Kumar adopted in his late career still remain extremely popular among mimicry artists.
- Besides acting, he was an avid painter and a practitioner of homeopathy. A qualified homoeopath, Ashok Kumar earned a reputation for conjuring up miracle cures.
- Father of Aroop Kumar Ganguly and Late Preeti Ganguli.
- Grand uncle to actor, model Abhijeet Sanyal. ( Anoop Kumar's daughters son).
- Step great grandfather of Kiara Advani ( Step granddaughter's GeneieveJaffery's granddaughter). Geneieve' s step mom was actress Bharti Jaffery ( Ashok' s daughter).Bharti married Hameed Jaffery when Geneive was 13 years old. It was the second marriage for both.
- Son acted under the name Aroop Kumar Ganguly.
- Step Grandfather of model and beauty queen Shaheen Jaffrey. She is the step daughter of Bharti Jaffrey who married Hamid Jaffrey ( Sayeed Jaffrey' s brother). Shaheen is always mistaken for Dilip Kumar's actress niece Shaheen from Mahasangram.. Shaheen is a former beauty queen and worked as Mahesh Bhatt's assistant in the film Maarg.
- Daughter Bharti Jaffrey is an actress.
- Grandfather of actress Anuradha Patel. Anuradha's mother is actress Bharti Jafferey. Bhrati separated from Anuradha's father Dr. Virendra Patel when Anuradha was a baby.
- Grandson name is Rohit Patel. He is the son of actress Bharti Jaffrey from her first marriage. He is the brother of Anuradha Patel.
- Step Grandfather of model, beauty queen Shaheen Jaffrey. Shaheen is the step daughter of actress Bharti Jaffrey who married Hameed Jaffrey (Sayeed Jaffrey's brother). Shaheen is always mixed up Dilip Kumar's niece Shaheen who acted in Mahasangram and was married to Sumeet Saigal. Shaheen is the younger step sister of Anuradha Patel.
- Great grandson name is Varun Patel ( Grandson Rohit Patel son). Rohit is actress Bharti Jaffery' son from her first marriage.
- Grandfather to actor Sahil Jaffrey. Sahil has worked alot in theatre. Sahil is the son of actress Bharti Jaffery and Hameed Jaffery ( Sayeed Jaffery's brother).Sahil is brother of Anuradha Patel and model, beauty queen Shaheen Jaffery.
- Grandson is famous Bombay fashion photographer Rahul Patel. Rahul was born from daughter Bharti' s first marriage to Dr. Virendra Patel. Rahul' s sister includes actress Anuradha Patel.
- Step Grandaughter is Genevieve Jaffery Advani who is a school teacher. She is the mother of actress Kiana Advani. Genevieve is the step daughter of Bharti Jaffery and Hameed Jaffery ( brother of Sayeed Jaffery). She is also the sister of model and beauty queen Shaheen Jaffery and actor Sahil Jaffery. Genevieve is the half sister of Anuradha Patel, Rahul Patel (They were born from Bharti' s first marriage to Dr. Virendra Patel.).
- Daughter in law is Nirmala Devi. She is married to Ashok's son Arup Kumar Gangoly. Nirmala is a devotee of spiritual leader Rajneesh.
- Great grandson name is Nirvaan Gangoly and Dhruv Gangoly. Nirvaan and Dhruv are the grandson's of Ashok's son Arup Ganguly. Nirvaan and Dhruv are the children of Rishi Ganguly (Arup's son) and Mita Ganguly. Rishi Gangoly is the 2nd son of Arup. Rishi is India's First Website Coach and runs his own organization called WebDudes.In in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India. He is also India's First Email Marketing Coach. He worked in Apple Inc when Steve Jobs was alive. He attended St. Marys High School, Mount Abu, Rajasthan High School 1984 - 1988.
- Great grandson name is Mishaal Advani. Mishaal is the son of Ashok' granddaughter Geneieve Advani ( daughter of actress Bharti Jaffery). Mishaal was born in 1995 and the brother of actress Kiara Advani.
- Grandson in law is actor Kanwaljit Singh. He is married to granddaughter Anuradha Patel.
- Great grandchildren are Sidhartha Singh and Aditya Singh. They are the children of granddaughter Anuradha Patel.
- Daughter Preeti Ganguly was a follower of Rajneesh and lived at Osho' s ashram for a while. After she left she lost a lot of weight and was not able to find any roles in films.
- Grandson name is Mihir Gangoly. He is the son of Arup Kumar Ganguly. Mihir is married to Monica Gangoly. Mihir was born in 1971 and is Arup's second eldest .Mihir has two daughters. Mihir is the lead drummer of the band " The Eleventh Hour" in Banglore,India. They are a famous band and play to house packed shows all over. Mihir works at the world famous company "Top Storey Building Management Systems Pvt.Ltd.".
- Daughter Preeti Ganguly was briefly married to a South Indian film producer.
- Ashok Kumar was a lab assistant in Bombay Talkies before he became an actor in 1936.
- Had a book released on his life titled " Dada Moni - The Authorized Biography of Ashok Kumar" by Kishore Valicha. This was in 1996.
- Granddaughter named Somdatta Gangoly (Chakraborthy). She is the daughter of Ashok Kumar's son.
- Grandson name is Tushar Arup Kumar Ganguly. He is the youngest son of Arup Kumar Ganguly (Ashok Kumar's son), Tushar works at the world famous company Svan Marine Solutionz Private Limited. Tushar is married to Girija Iyer Gangoly who works Zee Entertainment Enterprises Limited as the Network Insights and Special Projects Head. Tushar and Girija have a son named Vir.
- Cousin of actor. composer,singer, Arun Kumar Mookherjee.
- Starred in the shelved movie Nasreen Films "Kallu Tangewala" (1978)Starring Ashok Kumar, Deven Verma, Zaheera, Romesh Sharma, Music by Bappi Lahiri, Directed by A.Shamsheer.
- Starred in the shelved movie Neerja Pictures "Anumaan" (1978) Starring Ashok Kumar, Romesh Sharma,Asha Sachdev, Ranjeet , Bindu, Music by Babuji,Directed by Anil Ghosh.
- Starred in the shelved movie "Rag Anuraag"(1988) Starring Ashok Kumar,Tarun Dhanrajgir,Upaasna, Music by Ravindra Jain,Directed by Govind Moonis.
- The Government of India conferred upon him with the Padma Shri, it's fourth highest civilian honour, in 1962, the Padma Bhushan, it's third highest civilian honour, in 1999 and the Dadasaheb Phalke Award, the highest recognition in Indian Cinema, in 1988.
- In 2007 he received a Screen Special Award.
- He and his brother Anoop Kalyan (Anoop) acted in the 1990 Doordarshan Detective Serial Bheem Bhawani.
- The star trinity of Dilip Kumar, Raj Kapoor and Dev Anand considered Ashok Kumar to be their idol.
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