Anoop Kumar

Kalyan Kumar Ganguly (Bengali: কল্যাণ কুমার গাঙ্গুলী) (born 24 March 1927 – 20 September 1997), better known by his stage name Anoop Kumar (Bengali: অনুপ কুমার Hindi: अनूप कुमार) was an Indian film actor who appeared in over seventy-five Bollywood films.

Anup Kumar
Born
Kalyan Kumar Ganguly

(1927-03-24)24 March 1927
Khandwa, Central Provinces and Berar, British India
Died20 September 1997(1997-09-20) (aged 70)
Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
OccupationActor, painter
Years active1950–1995
RelativesSee Ganguly family

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 (the eldest), Sati Devi and Kishore Kumar (the youngest).

Career

Anoop Kumar is best remembered for his role in the movie Chalti Ka Naam Gaadi.[1]

Filmography

Television
  1. Dada Dadi Ki Kahaniyan
  2. Ek Raja Ek Rani (1996) as Shopkeeper (Guest Appearance)
  3. Bheem Bhawani as Bhawani... along with his elder brother Ashok Kumar
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References
  1. "The Making of Chalti Ka Naam Gaadi | Whistling Woods International Blog". Whistlingwoodsinternational.wordpress.com. 19 February 2011. Archived from the original on 14 March 2016. Retrieved 25 March 2012.


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