Anoop Kumar

Anoop Kumar

Born

March 24, 1926

Died

September 20, 1997 (71 years old)

Known For

Acting

Place of Birth

Khandwa, Central Provinces and Berar, British India

Anoop Kumar, born Kalyan Kumar Ganguly was an Indian film actor who appeared in over seventy-five Bollywood films

Kalyan was born into a Hindu Bengali Brahmin 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).