Ashok Kumar Aggarwal (circa 1941 â€" 22 October 2014) was an Indian
cinematographer who worked mainly in the South Indian film industry.
In a career that spanned nearly four decades, he worked in over 125
feature films in Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam, and Hindi languages.
Aggarwal was a member of the Indian Society of Cinematographers
(ISC).Born in Allahabad to a Hindi poet, Ashok Kumar obtained a
diploma in photography from the Allahabad University. His passion for
cinema made him enroll for a course in motion picture photography at
the Institute of Film Technology, Adyar, Chennai. Upon passing out of
the institute, he made his cinematic debut with the 1969 Malayalam
film Janmabhoomi for which he was awarded that year's Kerala State
Film Award for Best Cinematography. His association with P. N. Menon
in the early 1970s cemented his place in the Malayalam film industry.
He also worked for other filmmakers such as Babu Nanthankode, J. D.
Thottan, Bharathan, N. Sankaran Nair and Ramu Kariat. He got his break
in Tamil cinema with J. Mahendran's Uthiripookkal (1979). He was
associated with Mahendran in most of his films.Apart from several
state government awards, Ashok Kumar was also a recipient of the
National Film Award for Best Cinematography. During his career, he
also directed ten feature films in Tamil, Telugu and Hindi. He was
married and one of his sons, Akash Aggarwal, works as a
cinematographer in Tamil films. Ashok Kumar (cinematographer) Biography, NetWorth, Height, Age, Weight, Family, Married, Son, Daughter
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