Arun Kumar Ahuja

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Arun Kumar Ahuja
British India
(present-day Punjab, Pakistan)
Died3 July 1998 (aged 81)
Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
Occupation(s)Actor, Producer
Years active1939–1954
SpouseNirmala Devi (1942–1996; her death)
Children5, including Govinda
RelativesKrushna Abhishek (grandson)

Arun Kumar Ahuja (born Gulshan Ahuja 17 January 1917 – 3 July 1998), popularly known as Aroon, was an Indian actor and producer who was active in Hindi cinema in the 1940s and early 1950s, appearing in over 30 films in both leading and supporting roles. He was married to singer and actress Nirmala Devi and is the father of actor Govinda.

Career

Ahuja was discovered in Lahore where director

playback singing.[citation needed
]

In 1940, he played perhaps his most well known role in Mehboob Khan's

Savera (1942), Chalis Karod (1946) and Ghunghat
(1946).

In 1948, he set up his own production company named Arun Productions and produced and starred in the film Sehra. Sehra was a box office failure and Ahuja suffered financial losses due to which his career went into decline. He produced another film named Jo Hai Saajan which was never released.[2]

By the early 1950s, film offers were drying up and he quit the film industry after his last film appearance in Aulad (1954). The losses Ahuja suffered from his home productions resulted in him selling off his Bungalow in Mumbai's Carter Road in Bandra and shifting his entire family to a chawl in Virar in the early 1960s.[3] His health failed during this time and his wife Nirmala had to work as a singer on radio and touring concerts to provide for the family of three daughters and two sons.[4]

Arun lived a reclusive life after leaving the film industry and died in 1998 at the age of 81 of a heart attack.[5]

Personal life & family

Ahuja was born as Gulshan Singh Ahuja in Gujranwala, Punjab, present-day Pakistan in 1917.[6] He took a degree in engineering at a college in Lahore in 1937.

In 1942, he married singer and actress

Savera.[citation needed] They were married until Nirmala's death in 1996. Together they had three daughters named Pushpa, Padma and Kamini. Their sons are actor/director Kirti Kumar and actor Govinda.[7] After an acting career that spanned 15 years, Ahuja quit acting in 1954 and suffered from poor health after the failure of his home production. The losses he suffered led to him selling off his Bungalow in Mumbai and move to a chawl in Virar. His wife had to provide for the family by singing and touring concerts.[citation needed
]

His youngest son Govinda would go on to become a successful actor decades later in the 1980s and 1990s and his other son Kirti Kumar became a director and occasional actor.[

Tina Ahuja. His daughter Padma is the mother of Krishna and Aarti and died in the early 1980s soon after giving birth to Aarti.[citation needed] His eldest daughter Pushpa who is the mother of Vinay Anand, died in 2011 aged 68.[8]

Selected filmography

Ref - [9]

References

  1. ^ "Hindi Movies Films Songs Books ... - Musing 125: Govinda's father, Narsingh 727".
  2. ^ https://www.cinemaazi.com/people/arun-ahuja-
  3. ^ Gupta, Priya. "Govinda: One day mummy predicted her own death to me – Times of India". The Times of India.
  4. ^ "Once dismissed as downmarket, Govinda emerges as India's Entertainer No.1".
  5. ^ "Latest News, India News, Chandrayaan 2 News Updates, Breaking News, Live News Online, Today Headlines". Archived from the original on 25 October 2014. Retrieved 2014-10-15.
  6. ^ "Hindi Movies Films Songs Books ... - Musing 125: Govinda's father, Narsingh 727".
  7. ^ "Nirmala Devi – My Son Govinda – Cineplot.com".
  8. ^ "Actor Govinda's sister passes away – Indian Express".
  9. ISBN 9789381398029
    .

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