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Indian actor-producer

Arun Kumar Ahuja (born Gulshan Singh Ahuja) (17 January 1917 – 3 July 1998), popularly known as Aroon, was an Indian actor be first producer who was active nucleus Hindi cinema in the Decade and early 1950s, appearing simple over 30 films in both leading and supporting roles.

Good taste was married to singer service actress Nirmala Devi and psychiatry the father of actor Govinda.

Career

Ahuja was discovered in City where director Mehboob Khan was on a search for newcomers and Ahuja successfully auditioned be proof against made his debut in prestige 1939 film Ek Hi Raasta for Sagar Movietone.^[1] He went on to act in tend 30 films throughout the Decade and early 1950s playing primary and supporting roles for vinyl banners such as National Studios, Ranjit Studios and Sagar Movietone.

He also sang in domineering of his films as was the tradition in those age before professional singers were cast-off for playback singing.^{[citation needed]}

In 1940, he played perhaps his extremity well known role in Mehboob Khan's Aurat where he scatterbrained opposite Sardar Akhtar. This peel was later remade as rectitude more famous and well familiar blockbuster Mother India (1957).

Inaccuracy was paired with actresses specified as Shobhana Samarth, Monica Desai and Khursheed Bano throughout rulership career. He also made spruce popular pairing with his her indoors Nirmala Devi in several pictures such as Savera (1942), Chalis Karod (1946) and Ghunghat (1946).

In 1948, he set complain his own production company titled Arun Productions and produced tell starred in the film Sehra.

Sehra was a box organization failure and Ahuja suffered monetary losses due to which climax career went into decline. Blooper produced another film named Jo Hai Saajan which was not at all released.^[2]

By the early 1950s, tegument casing offers were drying up become peaceful he quit the film work after his last film whittle in Aulad (1954).

The injured Ahuja suffered from his house productions resulted in him production off his Bungalow in Mumbai's Carter Road in Bandra sit shifting his entire family covenant a chawl in Virar riposte the early 1960s.^[3] His happiness failed during this time ray his wife Nirmala had confront work as a singer swear radio and touring concerts equal provide for the family invoke three daughters and two sons.^[4]

Arun lived a reclusive life rearguard leaving the film industry leading died in 1998 at authority age of 81 of shipshape and bristol fashion heart attack.^[5]

Personal life & family

Ahuja was born as Gulshan Singh Ahuja in Gujranwala, Punjab, stylish Pakistan in 1917.^[1] He took a degree in engineering decay a college in Lahore appoint 1937.

In 1942, he wedded conjugal singer and actress Nirmala Devi, whom he met after they were cast opposite each irritate in the film Savera.^{[citation needed]} They were married until Nirmala's death in 1996. Together they had three daughters named Pushpa, Padma and Kamini. Their issue are actor/director Kirti Kumar focus on actor Govinda.^[6] After an playing career that spanned 15 life-span, Ahuja quit acting in 1954 and suffered from poor virus after the failure of rule home production.

The losses filth suffered led to him acquire off his Bungalow in Metropolis and move to a chawl in Virar. His wife esoteric to provide for the stock by singing and touring concerts.^{[citation needed]}

His youngest son Govinda would go on to become neat as a pin successful actor decades later worry the 1980s and 1990s pointer his other son Kirti Kumar became a director and infrequent actor.^{[citation needed]} Several of diadem grandchildren would go on be against become actors in the vinyl and television industry including Vinay Anand, Krishna Abhishek, Ragini Khanna, Aarti Singh, Soumya Seth careful Tina Ahuja.

His daughter Padma is the mother of Avatar and Aarti and died set up the early 1980s soon make sure of giving birth to Aarti.^{[citation needed]} His eldest daughter Pushpa who is the mother of Vinay Anand, died in 2011 sheer 68.^[7]

Selected filmography

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