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Anoop Kumar (1926-1997) was an Indian Bollywood actor. His actual identify was Kalyan Kumar Ganguly. From 1950 to 1993 he acted in over 70 movies and some TV serials. He was the brother of legendary artists, Ashok Kumar and Kishore Kumar. He lent voice to a couple songs as properly. He died in 1997 following a extreme cardiac arrest.

Wiki/Biography

Anoop Kumar was born on Saturday, 9 January 1926 (age 71 years; on the time of demise) in Khandwa, Central Provinces and Berar, British India (now Madhya Pradesh, India). His zodiac signal is Capricorn. He pursued a Visharad and in addition learnt the ability of yodelling in singing. His alma mater was Indore Christian Faculty the place his different two brothers additionally studied.

Anoop Kumar

Bodily Look

Top (approx.): 5′ 9″

Weight (approx.): 70 kg

Hair Color: Black

Eye Color: Black

Household

Anoop belonged to a Bengali Hindu Ganguly household in central India.

Anoop Kumar (First from the best within the third row) with His Household

Dad and mom & Siblings

Anoop’s father, Kunjalal (Gangopadhya) Ganguly, was a lawyer. His mom’s identify was Gouri Devi and he or she was a homemaker. Anoop had three siblings, 2 brothers, Ashok Kumar, and Kishore Kumar, and a sister Sati Devi.

Anoop (First from left) along with his mom and brothers Ashok and Kishore

(From proper) Anoop Kumar along with his brother Ashok Kumar and Kishore Kumar

Spouse & Youngsters

Anoop was married and he had 5 kids. His daughter’s identify is, Chandra Sanyal, Anjali Lahiri, and Indrani Mukherjee, and his son’s identify is Arjun Kumar.

Faith/Spiritual Views

Anoop belonged to a Bengali Hindu Ganguly household of the Madhya Pradesh area.

Profession

Movie

Anoop got here to Mumbai within the late Forties and settled along with his elder brother Ashok Kumar, who was an actor. Anoop debuted in Bollywood in 1950 with the film ‘Khiladi’. He then performed a lead actor position within the motion pictures ‘Gauna’ and ‘Vidyasagar’. In 1957, he received a breakthrough in ‘Dekh Kabira Roya’. It was a romantic comedy film produced by Amiya Chakrabarty, and he performed the position of Mohan, the lead actor.

Gauna starring Anoop Kumar (1950)

Anoop Kumar received hit after ‘Chalti Ka Naam Gaadi’. It was produced by his youthful brother Kishore Kumar and directed by Satyen Ghosh. All three brothers, Ashok, Anoop and Kishore performed the lead position of Brijmohan, Jagmohan, and Manmohan respectively. It was the second-highest-grossing movie of that yr and earned round Rs. 2.5 crore. Later, in 2007, its remake got here in Marathi as Saade Maade Teen.

Chalti Ka Naam Gaadi (Anoop driving the automobile)

He then labored in a number of hit movies akin to ‘Junglee’, ‘Kashmir Ki Kali’, ‘Aansoo Bane Idiot’, ‘Prem Pujari’, ‘Chori Mera Kaam’, ‘Chor Ke Ghar Chor’ ‘Chalti Ka Naam Zindagi’ and so on. His final film was ‘Rock Dancer’ launched in 1995 starring Govinda, Shammi Kapoor, and Javed Jaffrey.

Rock Dancer 1995

Tv

In 1990, he took to tv alongside along with his brother Ashok Kumar in Doordarshan’s Detective Serial ‘Bheem Bhawani’. Other than this he additionally labored in ‘Dada Dadi Ki Kahaniya’ and ‘Ek Raja Ek Rani’.

Bheem Bhavani

Singer

Anoop was the one brother among the many three who studied music. He lent his voice to the film ‘Hum Do Daaku’, produced by Kishore Kumar. He sang two songs, ‘Do Dino Ki Hai Kahani’ and ‘Allah Khair Rabba Khair’.

Loss of life

Anoop Kumar died on 20 September 1997 after he suffered a 4th coronary heart assault in Aryogyanidhi Hospital, Juhu, northwest Bombay. He’s survived by his 5 kids.

Info/Trivia

• He labored in a Bengali film, Lukochuri (1957). Kishore Kumar performed the lead position on this film.

• In 1982, he was nominated for the Filmfare Awards for Finest Comedian Actor in ‘Chalti Ka Naam Gaadi’.

• Anoop Kumar beloved Sitar’s recitals. Her daughter in an interview mentioned,

Anoop Kumar was very keen on sitar recitals and at any time when he may, he would at all times take her mom to a sitar live performance.”

• He was solely 20 years previous when he got here to Mumbai over his brother Ashok’s persuasion.