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Ashok Banker was born in Mumbai in 1964. He had a multi-religious background, growing up in a Christian household and being educated in a Jewish school. Banker was raised by his grandmother, May Agnes Smith. She married Mr. D'Souza, an Indian Christian from Goa, and the couple settled in Byculla in Mumbai.
A Mouthful of Sky is an Indian television series which aired in 1995 on DD National.It was the first serial in English to be produced in India. [2] Aired on DD National and based on the script by Ashok Banker, the serial deals with the lives, loves, ideals and aspirations of the post-independence generation of Indians, people in their mid-thirties who straddle the twin worlds of conventional ...
Banker is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: Ashok Banker (born 1964), Indian author and screenwriter; Bill Banker (1907–1985), American college football player; Grace Banker (1892–1960, director of the World War I Signal Corps Female Telephone Operators Unit, Distinguished Service Medal recipient
Ashok Chaturvedi (born 1947), former chief of India's external intelligence agency; Ashok Desai, Attorney General of India, 1996 to 1998; Asoka de Silva (judge) (born 1946), Sri Lankan Sinhala judge, Chief Justice; Ashok B. Hinchigeri, Indian judge; Ashok Kamte (1965–2008), Additional Commissioner of Mumbai Police for the East Region
The Times of India praised Ashok Banker's reconstruction filled historical gaps and stated that they provide "interesting fictional turns" for the show. [27] Bollywood Life reviewer, Letty Mariam Abraham, gave the show 3 out of 5 stars; praising the sets, visual effects and production value of the show.
In 1997–98, three Mumbai-based bankers–Rana Kapoor, Ashok Kapur and Harkirat Singh–co-founded Rabo India Finance in partnership with Rabobank of the Netherlands. [9] In early 2003, the three bankers started Yes Bank with proceeds from selling their stakes in Rabo India Finance. [ 10 ]
In contrast, The Telegraph 's Ashok Banker wrote that Deep "has the guts to grab the tigress by the tail", believing his narration of Rekha's marriage to Agarwal is readable and entertaining. [14] V. Gangadhar from The Tribune felt the book is full of details of her personal life, [2] while Movie Mag International praised its authenticity. [14]
In 2015, Chakravartin Ashoka Samrat, a television serial by Ashok Banker, based on the life of Ashoka, began airing on Colors TV where Siddharth Nigam and Mohit Raina played the role of Ashoka. Bharatvarsh is an Indian television historical documentary series, hosted by actor-director Anupam Kher on Hindi news channel ABP News.