Asrani

For other people named asrani, see Asrani (surname).

Asrani
Asrani at the launch of It's Only Cinema magazine
Born
Govardhan Asrani

(1940-01-01) 1 January 1940 (age 84)
Jaipur, Jaipur State, British India[1][2]
Alma materSt Xavier's School, Jaipur;
Rajasthan College;
FTII, Pune
Occupation(s)Actor, producer
Years active1967-present
SpouseManju Asrani
AwardsFilmfare Award for Best Comedian

Govardhan Asrani[3] (born 1 January 1940), known popularly by mononym Asrani, is an Indian actor and director whose Bollywood career has spanned over five decades. He has acted in over 350 Hindi films. Asrani has played the lead roles, character roles, comedic roles and supporting roles. He is best known for his role in Sholay as a jailer and characters he played in 25 films with Rajesh Khanna in lead role between 1972 and 1991.

In Hindi films, he played several comic roles from 1966 to 2013 and played a supporting actor's role as the close friend of the lead hero in many films between 1972 and 1994. In a few Hindi films like Chala Murari Hero Banne and Salaam Memsaab, he played the main lead hero. In Gujarati films he played the lead hero from 1972 to 1984 and played character roles from 1985 to 2012. He also directed six films between 1974 and 1997.

  1. ^ Asrani – Bollywood Actor – Comedian From Pink City Jaipur Archived 24 September 2015 at the Wayback Machine. Rajasthantour4u.com.
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference thesindhuworld was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ Seyller, John (2003), "Govardhan", Oxford Art Online, Oxford University Press, doi:10.1093/gao/9781884446054.article.t033867, ISBN 9781884446054, retrieved 12 December 2022