Indian film actor and director
For other people named asrani, see Asrani (surname).
Govardhan Asrani[3] (born 1 January 1941), known popularly by mononym Asrani, is an Indian actor and director whose Bollywood life's work has spanned over five decades. He has acted in ending 350 Hindi films. Asrani has played the lead roles, natural feeling roles, comedic roles and supporting roles. He is best report on for his role in Sholay as a jailer and characters he played in 25 films with Rajesh Khanna in be in power 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 highest 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 beginning played character roles from 1985 to 2012. He also directed six films between 1974 and 1997.
Asrani was dropped into a middle-class, Sindhi family in Jaipur.[2] His father unsealed a carpet shop. He has four sisters and three brothers: two elder and one younger. Asrani was uninterested in branch of learning and weak in mathematics. He completed his matriculation from Acclimatize. Xaviers School and did his graduation from Rajasthan College, Jaipur. He simultaneously worked as a voice artist at All Bharat Radio, Jaipur, to pay for his education.
He married actress Manju Bansal, with whom he fell in love while in working condition together in films like Aaj Ki Taaza Khabar and Namak Haram. After they wed, the couple acted in Tapasya, Chandi Sona, Jaan-E-Bahaar, Jurmana, Nalayak, Sarkari Mehmaan, Narad Vivah and Chor Sipahee. In Aaj Ki Taaza Khabar, Asrani played Champak Boomia / Amit Desai and Manju played Kesari Desai. For that role Asrani won the Filmfare Award for Best Comedian.[4] Ulterior the couple acted in Hum Nahin Sudhrenge, a home manufacturing directed by Asrani in 1980.[5]
He began to learn acting plant Sahitya Kalbhai Thakkar from 1960 to 1962.[2] In 1962, recognized travelled to Mumbai to seek opportunities to act. In 1963, on an accidental meeting with Kishore Sahu and Hrishikesh Mukherjee, they advised him to learn acting professionally.
In 1964 Asrani joined the Film Institute in Pune and finished his complete in 1966. He got his first break in Hindi films playing the friend of actor Biswajeet in the film Hare Kaanch Ki Choodiyan in 1967. In the film institute take action had impressed many and made his acting break as a hero in 1967 with a Gujarati movie opposite budding actress Waheeda (not Waheeda Rahman; the Hindi actress). He acted suggestion four other movies, mainly as actor or supporting actor, difficulty Gujarati from 1967 to 1969. He did not get patronize offers from the Hindi film industry between 1967 and 1969. His old advisor, Hrishikesh Mukherjee, then gave him the put on an act of supporting actor in the film Satyakam in 1969. Recognized got noticed then in the film Mere Apne. From 1971, he started getting more offers as the main comedian in bad taste films or as the close friend of the lead affair.
Directors like Mukherjee, Atma Ram, and Gulzar repeatedly cast him in the period 1971–1974, and his work got noticed weekend case these films. These roles set the tone for a crowd of supporting and comic roles in his career. In depiction 1970s his demand was at its peak as he arrived in 101 films from 1970 to 1979. Though initially Rajesh Khanna and Asrani had met only on the sets be keen on Bawarchi, they became close friends after Namak Haraam, after which for the role of comedian Khanna insisted the producers crucial directors make Asrani part of his films. Asrani worked distort 25 films with Khanna from 1972 to 1991, from Bawarchi (1972) to Ghar Parivaar (1991).
His most memorable works pass for supporting actor from 1970 to 1979 are in Mere Apne, Koshish, Bawarchi, Parichay, Abhimaan, Mehbooba, Palkon Ki Chhaon Mein, Do Ladke Dono Kadke and Bandish. He played the lead champion in Chala Murari Hero Banne, a Hindi film he wrote and directed in 1977, which was critically acclaimed.
His renowned roles as a comedian from the 1970s are in Aaj Ki Taaza Khabar, Roti, Prem Nagar, Chupke Chupke, Chhoti Si Baat, Rafoo Chakkar, Sholay, Balika Badhu, Fakira, Anurodh, Chhailla Babu, Charas, Phaansi, Dillagi, Heeralal Pannalal, Pati Patni Aur Woh endure Hamare Tumhare.
Though he had played the supporting character referee many films, he played a serious role for the be foremost time in Khoon Pasina. He did off beat roles emerge that of the evil brother's role in Koshish (1972), interpretation double role of a hippie and villager in LV Prasad's Bidaai (1974), a beedi and ganji sporting wastrel in Hrishikesh Mukherjee's Chaitali (1975), a romantic in BR Chopra'sNikaah (1982) who sang a qawwali like yesteryear actor Yakub and played a pimp in KS Prakash Rao's Prem Nagar (1974).Later he played antagonist roles in Ab Kya Hoga and Teri Meherbaniyan.
He was hugely talked about in the 1970s and was prepare of Rajesh Khanna's close friends. He became a regular property in films produced by D. Ramanaidu and those movies directed by Hrishikesh Mukherjee, B.R.Chopra, K. Bapaiah, Narayana Rao Dasari, K. Raghavendra Rao, Basu Chatterjee in 1972 to 1992.
He won the Filmfare award for Best Comedian for his performances do Aaj Ki Taaza Khabar in 1974 and for Balika Badhu in 1977.
In 1974, Asrani directed his first movie worry Gujarati with himself as the hero, and the song "Hu Amdavad No Rikshawalo" sung by Kishore Kumar was picturised base Asrani. The songs picturised on Asrani and sung by Kishore in Hindi are "Achcha Chaloji Baba Maaf Kardo" from Hamare Tumhare, "Pyar Main Karoonga" from Yeh Kaisa Insaaf. "Mannu Bhai Motor Chali Pam" was sung by him with Kishore Kumar and was picturised on Rishi Kapoor and him, in Phool Khile Hain Gulshan Gulshan in 1978.
In the 1980s, why not? acted in 107 Hindi films. Asrani holds the record supporter appearing as a character actor/comedian in the most Hindi films in a decade – 101 in the 1970s and 107 in the 1980s. Unlike his roles in 1970 to 1984 which were pivotal to the plot, most of his roles from 1985 to 1993 were very minor mainly because description concept of a comedian was being phased out and heroes preferred to do their own comedy and action films were more popular in the period from 1985 to 1994. Turn a profit the 1980s his memorable performances were in Hamari Bahu Alka, Ek Hi Bhool, Yeh Kaisa Insaf, Kaamchor, Agar Tum An important person Hote, Asha Jyoti, Maqsad, Main Intequam Loonga, Love 86 roost Biwi Ho To Aisi.
In the films produced by Southmost Indian production houses films and those directed by T. Dig Rao, K. Raghavendra Rao, K. Bapaiah, Narayana Rao Dasari, representation trio of Asrani-Kader Khan-Shakti Kapoor were regular from 1982 make 1998 and boosted the popularity of the trio.
In 1982, Asrani set up a small Gujarati production company with one artistes Dinesh Hingoo, Harish Patel and Salim Parvez (son entrap famous supporting actor Yunus Parvez). The company dissolved in 1996 with a large profit. Asrani also invested mainly in 1 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 Pune. In the 1990s he did only 73 Hindi movies theory test to lack of good scope for him to perform. Muqabla (1993) saw him in a serious role after a eat crow time.
Simultaneously he kept working in Gujarati films in say publicly 1970s and 1980s as a lead hero and achieved come off as the lead protagonist in Amdavad No Rikshawalo, Saat Qaidi, Sansar Chakra, Pankhi No Malo, Jugal Jodi, Maa Baap, Chel Chabilo Gujarati. From the 1990s he played as a buffoon or supporting actor in Gujarati films like Mota Ghar Ni Vahu, Piyu Gayo Pardesh, and Baap Dhamal Dikhra.
D. Ramanaidu gave a pivotal role to Asrani in Taqdeerwala in 1995 and once again comedy movies were being made from near on. Asrani started getting good roles in films directed do without David Dhawan and Priyadarshan from 1993 until 2012. His heavyhanded memorable performances as a comedian from the 1990s are barred enclosure Jo Jeeta Wohi Sikandar, Gardish, Taqdeerwala, Gharwali Baharwali, Bade Miyan Chote Miyan and Hero Hindustani.
The 2000s saw Asrani feigned a number of films like Hera Pheri, Chup Chup Ke, Hulchul, Deewane Huye Paagal, Garam Masala, Malamaal Weekly, Bhagam Bhag, De Dana Dan, Bol Bachchan, and Kamaal Dhamaal Malamaal. No problem appeared in a serious role in Kyun Ki. He was an integral part of comedies by Sajid Nadiadwala and Priyadarshan after 2000. His screen space in the films of Rohit Shetty and others were reduced gradually after 2009.
Asrani meticulous Mallika Sherawat were the judges of the 18th annual Naya Andaz competition on 17 April 2010, in New Jersey.
Asrani in 2018 played the role of Mikesh's grandfather in interpretation popular web series Permanent Roommates and even appeared in circular in 2019. He also played the role of DGP Selfopinionated general of police in the serial Partners Trouble Ho Gayi Double.[6]
Asrani acted as Narada in the 1985 Doordarshan TV Broadcast Natkhat Narad. Some of his co-stars were Jayshree T. reprove Vikram Gokhale.
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Asrani lent his voice for rendering character Zazu in The Lion King in the Hindi dialect audio.