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Ashokan , born as Antony and often spelled Asokan , was an Indian actor who worked mainly in Tamil cinema and theatre. He was popular mainly for playing negative roles but was also a successful character actor.

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Ashokan was born on 20 May as Anthony in Tiruchirapalli. He finished his B. Joseph's College , Tiruchirapalli. After completing his degree, Anthony met director T. Ramanna , who introduced him to the film industry. Anthony changed his name to Ashokan upon Ramanna's request and maintained the same name for life. Ashokan made his acting debut in a minor role in the film Avvaiyar.

He was given a positive role in the film Penn Kulathin Ponvilakku as an admirer of a woman he considers a sister. He gained the attention of the general public with the film Kappalottiya Thamizhan in , where he portrayed the role of Collector Ash. Later films which featured him in the lead were, however, moderately successful.

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Active mostly in the s and s, he acted mainly in villainous roles and did character roles opposite many leading actors of those times. Ashokan's performance as a helpless traveller who gets conned in Vallavanukku Vallavan , and as the historical Indian character Duryodhana in the mythology film Karnan were well received. He was regularly cast in supporting roles as an elder brother, father or father-in-law, or the main villain in 59 films with M.

Ramachandran in the lead role, right from Baghdad Thirudan in to Ninaithadhai Mudippavan in Some of the popular films with MGR — S.