Anoop Kumar

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Anoop Kumar
Kumar (left) with his brothers and mother.
Born	Kalyan Kumar Ganguly (1926-03-24)24 March 1926 Khandwa, Central Provinces and Berar, British India (present-day Madhya Pradesh, India)
Died	20 September 1997(1997-09-20) (aged 71) Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
Occupation(s)	Actor, painter
Years active	1950–1995
Relatives	See Ganguly family

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.

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. He was the second-youngest of four siblings, the other three being Ashok Kumar (the eldest), Sati Devi, and Kishore Kumar (the youngest).^[1]

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.

Kumar died on Saturday, 20 September 1997 following a cardiac arrest. He was 71 and survived by four daughters and a son. At 4:15 AM that day, he died of his fourth heart attack in the Aryogyanidhi hospital, Juhu, North West Bombay, where he was admitted the previous Saturday (13 September). 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]

• Dada Dadi Ki Kahaniyan (1986)
• Ek Raja Ek Rani (1996) - Shopkeeper (Guest Appearance)
• Bheem Bhavani (1989) - Bhawani (along with his elder brother Ashok Kumar)

• Anoop Kumar at IMDb