Ashok Saraf

Gender: Male
Date of birth: 04 Jun 1947
Age: 0

Ashok Saraf (born 4 June 1947) is an Indian film and stage actor[1] and comedian.[2] He has appeared in many Marathi movies and stage plays in lead roles and in Hindi movies and TV serials in supporting roles. He is affectionately known as "MAMA", which in the Marathi means maternal uncle. Most of the Marathi actors and actress called him the "Samrat Ashoka" of the Marathi film industry. Saraf has been working in the film and television industry since the year 1969. He has acted in more than 250 Marathi films, out of which 100 were commercially successful. He has mostly acted in comedy films. He has played many roles in Marathi Cinema, Marathi Plays, Hindi Cinema, Marathi Television Serials and Hindi Television serials. He started his career with the Marathi movie Janaki in 1969. He then acted in the movies like Donhi Gharacha Pahuna, Jawal Ye Laju Nako, Tumacha Amacha Jamala, Chimanrao Gundyabhau, Deed Shahane, Haldikunku, Duniya Kari Salam and more during the 1970s and 1980s. He continued to work with Marathi films with Laxmikant Berde, Sachin and Mahesh Kothare. The Marathi movie moved in the different term of comedy during that phase. Ashi Hi Banava Banavi, Aayatya Gharat Gharoba and Dhum Dhadaka are some of the very popular Marathi movies