Coordinates | 12°2′36″N77°1′42″N |
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name | Asraniअसराणी |
birthname | Govardhan Asrani |
birth date | January 01, 1941 |
birth place | Jaipur, India |
occupation | actor, producer |
years active | 1969-1992, 1998-present |
spouse | Manju Asrani }} |
Govardhan Asrani (, born 1 January 1941 in Jaipur, India), popularly known simply as Asrani, is an actor in Indian films whose Bollywood career has spanned over 35 years.
He is married to actress Manju (Bansal) Asrani.
In 1964 Asrani joined the Film Institute in Poona (now Film and Television Institute of India, Pune) and finished his course in 1966. He impressed many others and made his acting break in 1967 with a Gujrati movie opposite budding actress Waheeda (not Waheeda Rahman; the Gujrati actress). He acted in four other movies, mainly as actor or supporting actor in Gujrati from 1967 to 1969 before landing his first Hindi movie role in Umang, a low-budget movie, which had Subhash Ghai and Paintal. In 1969, he was offered the role of Rajesh Khanna's friend in Aradhana, but Rajesh was more comfortable with an older person and preferred Sujit Kumar. His old advisor, Hrishikesh Mukherjee also passed him over for the movie Anand, giving the role to an older person, but gave Asrani a role in Bawarchi. This role set the tone for a number of supporting or comic roles like Abhimaan (supporting), Chala Murari Hero Banne (comedy), Chupke Chupke (comedy), Choti Si Baat (comedy) or his most remembered role, as the jailer in Sholay. He acted in Khoon Pasina, marking a serious role other than comedy. He was hugely talked about in the 1970s and is one of Amitabh Bachchan's close friends. In the 2007 Abhishek-Aishwarya wedding, Asrani and Prem Chopra were the only two of Amitabh's old friends invited.
In the 1980s, he acted in over 50 films. Most of his roles were very minor mainly because the concept of a comedian was getting phased out and heroes preferred to do their own comedy. During this period in 1982, he set up a small Gujrati production company with fellow artistes Dinesh Hingoo, Harish Patel and Salim Parvez (son of famous supporting actor Yunus Parvez). The company dissolved in 1996 with a large profit. Asrani also invested mainly in cloth and acted as investor for other actors, until 1991 when he lost a lot of money. From 1988 to 1993, he was a director for the Film Institute in Poona.
The 1990s and 2000s saw Asrani in a number of blockbuster films like Jo Jeeta Wohi Sikander, Hera Pheri, Chup Chup Ke, Hulchul and Deewane Huye Pagal. He was an integral part of comedies by Sajid Nadiadwala or Priyadarshan, but his roles are very minor and he has a very short screen space.
Asrani has acted in over 300 films over the last 35 years and also in close to 150 Gujrati films.
Asrani has directed some movies:
In 1977, Asrani sang two songs in the movie Alaap, both picturised on him. A year later he sang a duet with the legendary Kishore Kumar for the film Phool Khile Hain Gulshan Gulshan.
Asrani recently made a special appearance in the Punjabi film Yaariyan.
Asrani and Mallika Sherawat were the judges of the 18th annual Naya Andaz competition on April 17, 2010, in New Jersey.
Category:Indian actors Category:Indian comedians Category:Gujarati-language films Category:Filmfare Awards winners Category:Sindhi people Category:People from Jaipur Category:Hindi film actors Category:Film and Television Institute of India alumni Category:Living people Category:1941 births
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