Famous People with Name Asit

Asit Sen            Origin/Culture/Country: Indian

Asit Sen: was a prolific Indian film actor and film director in the Bollywood film industry. He starred in over 200 films between 1953 and 1996, often portraying a character with authority, such as a police inspector or landlord, but often with comedic effect. His acting career was particularly prolific in the 1960s, 1970s and early 1980s. As a director he directed 8 films between 1966 and 1982.

Asit Krishna Mukherji            Origin/Culture/Country: Indian

Asit Krishna Mukherji: was a Bengali Brahmin with National Socialist convictions who published pro-Axis journals. In order to protect her from deportation or internment, he married esoteric Hitlerist Savitri Devi in 1940.Mukherji attended the University of London taking a doctorate in history. After graduating, he traveled in the Soviet Union. Unimpressed with Marxist materialism, he turned down several offers to work for communist newspapers back in India. He began, instead, to publish The New Mercury in collaboration with Sri Vinaya Datta. Openly proclaiming its support for Nazi Germany and Aryan racism, it expressed admiration for the race laws and Hellenic ideals. Mukherji recognised parallels between the Third Reich and Hindu nationalism: common use of the swastika on the Nazi and pan-Hindu flag; the martial spirit of the Marathas; the similarity of the Hitler Youth and K.B. Hedgewar's Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh boys; the challenging of British authority.

Asitha Costa            Origin/Culture/Country: Sri-Lankan

Asitha Costa: was a Sri Lankan cricketer. He was a right-arm bowler who played for Sinhalese Sports Club. Costa made a single first-class appearance for the side, during the 1992-93 season, against Moratuwa Sports Club. In the only innings in which he batted, he scored