Ashok Kumar is an Indian cinematographer who has worked in over 60 feature films mainly in South Indian languages. He is a recipient of the National Film Award for Best Cinematography for Nenjathai Killathe and numerous state awards. He served as jury member of the 43rd National Film Awards. He was well-known for his association with film-makers such as P. N. Menon, Bharathan, N. Sankaran Nair, Pratap Pothan and P. Vasu. Ashok Kumar was the regular cinematographer for J. Mahendran. As of 2014, he has worked in over 125 films as cinematographer and directed six films.
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