Professor Kumar (as Padmashree Ashok Kumar) — Nai Roshni Character Profile

About Professor Kumar (as Padmashree Ashok Kumar)

University professor and philosopher who prefers books over social life. He is the father of Jyoti and Chitra, and secretly the father of Prakash, whom he abandoned years ago. His past deceit causes deep family conflicts.

Professor Kumar (as Padmashree Ashok Kumar) — Character Profile

Character Facts

Played by

Ashok Kumar

Appears in

Nai Roshni (1967)

Role

Protagonist

Relationships (2)

• Professor Kumar (as Padmashree Ashok Kumar) — Family Mother — Chitra Kumar, Professor Kumar's daughter (Tanuja Samarth)

  Mother-daughter dynamic focused on social climbing and status.

• Professor Kumar (as Padmashree Ashok Kumar) — Family Mother — Jyoti Kumar (Raaj Kumar)

  Maternal rejection drives Jyoti to alcoholism and isolation.

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• Rekha (Mala Sinha)
• Jyoti Kumar (Raaj Kumar)
• Chitra Kumar, Professor Kumar's daughter (Tanuja Samarth)
• Padma, Professor Kumar's wife (Bhanumathi)
• Moti, Jyoti's friend at mill (Asit Sen)
• Ramzan, Jyoti's rickshaw-puller friend (Anwar Hussain)
• Prakash's mother and Professor Kumar's first wife (Sulochana Latkar)
• Principal (Chaman Puri)
• Ramesh Nath (Shachin Sailesh Kumar)