Dadamoni the Life and Times of Ashok Kumar
Language: English
Published by Speaking Tiger Books, 2022
- Softcover
- New
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- Title
- Dadamoni the Life and Times of Ashok Kumar
- Author
- Ghosh, Nabendu
- Publisher
- Speaking Tiger Books
- Publication year
- 2022
- Condition
- New
- Binding
- Soft cover
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 9354472052
- ISBN 13
- 9789354472053
Description
Ashok Kumar (1911-2001), fondly known as Dadamoni, is one of the great icons of
Hindi cinema. This warm, intimate biography traces his remarkable journey, from
reluctant actor to Bollywood's first superstar and, in his later years, a much-loved
presence on national television.
Born in Bhagalpur (then in the Bengal Presidency), Ashok Kumar was enthralled by
the 'bioscope' as a child. In his twenties, he quit his law studies and came to Bombay
to become a film director. But life-rather, Himanshu Rai, the founder of Bombay
Talkies-had different plans for him. Despite the director's reservations, he was cast
in the lead role opposite Devika Rani in the 1936 film Jeevan Naiyya when the original
hero went missing. The same year, Ashok Kumar was paired with Devika Rani again
in Achhut Kanya, which was a blockbuster. The transformation of the accidental
hero into a charismatic star-actor had begun. Over the next six decades, he proved
himself to be a master of the craft, playing cop and thief; genial grandfather and sly
matchmaker; villain and hero; heartbroken lover and suave rake with equal ease in
numerous films, including Kismet, Mahal, Parineeta, Kanoon, Gumrah, Chalti Ka Naam
Gaadi, Aashirwad, Mamta, Jewel Thief, Khoobsurat and Khatta Meetha. But as Nabendu
Ghosh writes, Ashok Kumar's world was much larger-he was also a charming
conversationalist, mentor, homeopath, astrologer, painter, linguist, limericist and,
above all, loyal friend and devoted husband and father. This book is also a mini-history
of the early decades of Bombay's Hindustani cinema, and its pages are rich with
little anecdotes featuring legends like-besides Devika Rani-Saadat Hasan Manto,
Sashadhar Mukherjee, Leela Chitnis, Dilip Kumar, Dev Anand, Meena Kumari and
B.R. Chopra. Sarojini Naidu and Jawaharlal Nehru make brief appearances too, as
does Morarji Desai.
For anyone interested in Hindi cinema of yesteryears-in its cosmopolitanism,
camaraderie and charm-this thoroughly engaging book is a must read.
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