Alok Nath

Alok Nath Jha
Alok Nath in 2012
Born	(1956-07-10) 10 July 1956[1] Khagaria, Bihar, India[2][3][4]
Nationality	Indian
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1982 - present

Alok Nath (born 10 July 1956) is an Indian film character actor known for his works in Hindi cinema and television.^[5] He was born in Khagaria district of Bihar. He made his film debut with the 1982 film Gandhi which won the Academy Award for Best Picture that year.^[6] He appeared in the soap opera Buniyad which took the country by a storm in 1982. He was also in Rishtey, which aired from 1999-2001.^[7] He appeared in the Star Plus serial Sapna Babul Ka...Bidaai. He later worked in Yahaaan Main Ghar Ghar Kheli and Yeh Rishta Kya Kehlata Hai.^[8]

On 30 December 2013, jokes and memes based on characters played by Alok Nath started trending on social media and spread quickly.^[9] The Curious Case of Alok Nath - Why did Alok Nath Trend on Twitter, a case study to analyse the content which led to the buzz around veteran Bollywood actor, went viral on 4 January 2014.^[10][11][12] Reacting to the jokes, the actor admitted that he liked most of them.^[13]

On October 2018, Alok Nath was accused of rape by TV producer Vinta Nanda who worked with him in the TV show Tara in the mid-90s.^[14].Alok Nath has denied the allegation.^[15][16] Subsequently, actresses Renuka Shahane, Himani Shivpuri, Sandhya Mridul and Deepika Amin have either admitted to knowing about Nath's predatory behaviour or written about instances where they themselves have been assaulted by him. ^{[17][18][19][20]}

Filmography

Television

References

External links

• Alok Nath on IMDb
• Interview with Alok Nath at Bollywoodgate.com