# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/ashok-saraf
# Generated: 2026-08-13T23:44:21.841Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/ashok-saraf"
name: "Ashok Saraf"
slug: "ashok-saraf"
description: "Ashok Saraf is an Indian actor and comedian, known for his work in Marathi and Hindi films along with theatre in both languages. Having appeared in more than 300 films, Saraf has received several awards including eleven Maharashtra State Film Awards and four Filmfare Awards Marathi. He is referred to as the Mahanayak, Ashok Samrat or Mama of the Marathi film industry, In 2016, Saraf received Filmfare Marathi Lifetime Achievement Award for his Contribution to Marathi cinema. In 2023, he received the Maharashtra Bhushan, the highest civilian honour in the Indian state of Maharashtra. Saraf received Padma Shri, India's fourth-highest civilian honour, from the Government of India in 2025."
tagline: "Indian actor and comedian"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Ashok_Saraf.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "India"
  isoCode: "IN"
category:
  name: "Actors"
  slug: "actors"
profileType:
  name: "Actor"
  slug: "actor"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999"
birthDate: "1947-06-04"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           51.13
  momentum:             0
  historical:           8.927256
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0764769/"
    handle:    "nm0764769"
sources:
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    title: "اشوک صراف"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "أشوك ساراف"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "اشوك ساراف"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "অশোক সরাফ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ashok_Saraf"
    title: "Ashok Saraf"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "अशोक सराफ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "ꯑꯁꯣꯛ ꯁꯥꯔꯐ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://mr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%85%E0%A4%B6%E0%A5%8B%E0%A4%95_%E0%A4%B8%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%AB"
    title: "अशोक सराफ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://te.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B0%85%E0%B0%B6%E0%B1%8B%E0%B0%95%E0%B1%8D_%E0%B0%B8%E0%B0%B0%E0%B0%BE%E0%B0%AB%E0%B1%8D"
    title: "అశోక్ సరాఫ్"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Ашок Сараф"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3635762"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/559476"
    title: "Ashok Saraf"
    type:  "DATABASE"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump