Anoop Kumar Explained

Anoop Kumar
Birth Date:24 March 1926
Birth Place:Khandwa, Central Provinces and Berar, British India
Death Place:Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
Occupation:Actor, painter
Relatives:See Ganguly family
Birth Name:Kalyan Kumar Ganguly
Years Active:1950–1995

Anoop Kumar (Bengali: অনুপ কুমার)(born Kalyan Kumar Ganguly (Bengali: কল্যাণ কুমার গাঙ্গুলী); 9 January 1926 – 20 September 1997), was an Indian actor who appeared in over sixty-five Bollywood films.

Personal life

Kalyan was born into a Hindu Bengali family in Khandwa, Central Provinces and Berar (now in Madhya Pradesh). His father Kunjalal Ganguly (Gangopadhya) was a lawyer and his mother Gouri Devi came from a wealthy family. Anoop Kumar was the second-youngest of four siblings, the other three being Ashok Kumar [deceased] (the eldest), Sati Devi [deceased] and Kishore Kumar (the youngest) [deceased].[1]

Career

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.

Death

Anoop Kumar died on 20 September 1997 following a severe cardiac arrest. He was 71 and is survived by four daughters and a son. Anoop, of Chalti Ka Naam Gaadi fame, was unwell for quite some time. At 04:15 AM on that day, he died of his fourth heart stroke in the Aryogyanidhi hospital, Juhu, North West Bombay, where he was admitted the previous Saturday.The last rites were performed by his son Arjun on Saturday afternoon at the Juhu crematorium. Amit Kumar, Leena Ganguly and Asha Parekh were among those present. However, 85-year-old Ashok Kumar could not attend the funeral due to illness.[3]

Filmography

Film

Television

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Anoop Kumar movies, shows and bio Airtel Xstream. 2021-01-08. Airtel Xstream (Airtel TV). en.
  2. Web site: The Making of Chalti Ka Naam Gaadi | Whistling Woods International Blog . Whistlingwoodsinternational.wordpress.com . 19 February 2011 . 2012-03-25 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160314010311/https://whistlingwoodsinternational.wordpress.com/2011/02/19/the-making-of-chalti-ka-naam-gaadi/ . 14 March 2016 . live .
  3. Web site: Anoop Kumar Death Reason Rediff. 2021-07-30.