Background and career
Alok Nath (born 10 July 1956) is an Indian actor known for his work in Hindi cinema and television.
He made his film debut with the 1982 English (and Hindi) film Gandhi, directed by Sir Richard Attenborough, which won an Oscar Academy Award for Best Picture that year. He appeared in the soap opera, Buniyaad, which took the country by storm in 1986 when was in his 20s and by the time show ended he had played the role of 80 years old man in that show. He was also in Rishtey, which aired from 1999 to 2001. He appeared in Star Plus serials like Sapna Babul Ka...Bidaai, Yahaaan Main Ghar Ghar Kheli and Yeh Rishta Kya Kehlata Hai. In December 2013, jokes and memes based on characters played by Alok Nath started trending on social media and spread quickly. The Curious Case of Alok Nath - Why did Alok Nath Trend on Twitter, a case-study to analyze the content which led to the interest in Nath, became popular on 4 January 2014. Reacting to the jokes, the actor admitted that he liked most of them. After Nath was accused of rape by writer-producer Vinda Nanda and sexual misconduct by multiple women during the Indian Me Too movement in 2018, the Mumbai Police opened an investigation against him, but the case was closed by the police in 2019 due to the lack of evidence. Nath and his wife sued Nanda for defamation.
Nath was born in Khagaria in Bihar state on 10 July 1956. Nath has a sister, Vineeta Malik, she is known for the portrayal of the character Bhairavi in the television series Yeh Rishta Kya Kehlata Hai. The actress Neena Gupta reportedly stated that Nath was her first boyfriend in 1980s and she moved to Mumbai to be with him. He later married Ashu Singh in 1987 who was a production assistant on the set of the 1986 soap opera Buniyaad in which Nath had acted. They have a son named Shivang Nath.
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Net-worth figure: Celebrity Net Worth (October 2026), in USD. Biography and career facts: the person's Wikipedia article and linked reporting. Snapshot date for all StarWorth figures: 28 October 2026.
