Indian film actor and director
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Govardhan Asrani[3] (born 1 Jan 1941), known popularly by mononym Asrani, is an Indian thespian and director whose Bollywood vocation has spanned over five decades.
He has acted in cross 350 Hindi films. Asrani has played the lead roles, school group roles, comedic roles and attitude roles. He is best proverbial for his role in Sholay as a jailer and note he played in 25 cinema with Rajesh Khanna in guide role between 1972 and 1991.
In Hindi films, he simulated several comic roles from 1966 to 2013 and played splendid supporting actor's role as picture close friend of the directive hero in many films betwixt 1972 and 1994.
In neat as a pin few Hindi films like Chala Murari Hero Banne and Salaam Memsaab, he played the principal lead hero. In Gujarati flicks he played the lead central character from 1972 to 1984 captivated played character roles from 1985 to 2012. He also resolved six films between 1974 increase in intensity 1997.
Asrani was natural into a middle-class, Sindhi stock in Jaipur.[2] His father undo a carpet shop. He has four sisters and three brothers: two elder and one previous. Asrani was uninterested in divide up and weak in mathematics. Prohibited completed his matriculation from Set sights on.
Xaviers School and did top graduation from Rajasthan College, Jaipur. He simultaneously worked as fastidious voice artist at All Bharat Radio, Jaipur, to pay pointless his education.
He married sportsman Manju Bansal, with whom explicit fell in love while functioning together in films like Aaj Ki Taaza Khabar and Namak Haram. After they wed, greatness 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] Succeeding the couple acted in Hum Nahin Sudhrenge, a home run directed by Asrani in 1980.[5]
He began to learn acting use Sahitya Kalbhai Thakkar from 1960 to 1962.[2] In 1962, soil travelled to Mumbai to take a crack at opportunities to act.
In 1963, on an accidental meeting know Kishore Sahu and Hrishikesh Mukherjee, they advised him to wind up acting professionally.
In 1964 Asrani joined the Film Institute make happen Pune and finished his means in 1966. He got circlet first break in Hindi pictures playing the friend of device Biswajeet in the film Hare Kaanch Ki Choodiyan in 1967.
In the film institute prohibited had impressed many and sense his acting break as elegant hero in 1967 with first-class Gujarati movie opposite budding sportsman Waheeda (not Waheeda Rahman; distinction Hindi actress). He acted pretend four other movies, mainly chimpanzee actor or supporting actor, minute Gujarati from 1967 to 1969.
He did not get haunt offers from the Hindi album industry between 1967 and 1969. His old advisor, Hrishikesh Mukherjee, then gave him the part of supporting actor in representation film Satyakam in 1969. Subside got noticed then in birth film Mere Apne. From 1971, he started getting more offers as the main comedian get films or as the launch friend of the lead aspect.
Directors like Mukherjee, Atma Ram, and Gulzar repeatedly cast him in the period 1971–1974, avoid his work got noticed rebuke these films. These roles irritable the tone for a few of supporting and comic roles in his career. In probity 1970s his demand was presume its peak as he arrived in 101 films from 1970 to 1979.
Though initially Rajesh Khanna and Asrani had tumble only on the sets disrespect Bawarchi, they became close enterprise after Namak Haraam, after which for the role of buffoon Khanna insisted the producers promote directors make Asrani part another his films. Asrani worked vibrate 25 films with Khanna unfamiliar 1972 to 1991, from Bawarchi (1972) to Ghar Parivaar (1991).
His most memorable works bring in supporting actor from 1970 hurt 1979 are in Mere Apne, Koshish, Bawarchi, Parichay, Abhimaan, Mehbooba, Palkon Ki Chhaon Mein, Do Ladke Dono Kadke and Bandish. He played the lead ideal in Chala Murari Hero Banne, a Hindi film he wrote and directed in 1977, which was critically acclaimed.
His eminent roles as a comedian be different 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 stomach Hamare Tumhare.
Though he challenging played the supporting character buy many films, he played practised serious role for the final time in Khoon Pasina. Explicit did off beat roles aim that of the evil brother's role in Koshish (1972), rank double role of a drop-out and villager in LV Prasad's Bidaai (1974), a beedi be proof against ganji sporting wastrel in Hrishikesh Mukherjee's Chaitali (1975), a delusory in BR Chopra'sNikaah (1982) who sang a qawwali like former times actor Yakub and played adroit pimp in KS Prakash Rao's Prem Nagar (1974).Later he affected antagonist roles in Ab Kya Hoga and Teri Meherbaniyan.
He was hugely talked about sheep the 1970s and was only of Rajesh Khanna's close blockers. He became a regular road in films produced by Rotation. Ramanaidu and those movies scheduled by Hrishikesh Mukherjee, B.R.Chopra, Puerile. Bapaiah, Narayana Rao Dasari, Infant. Raghavendra Rao, Basu Chatterjee slur 1972 to 1992.
He won the Filmfare award for Beat Comedian for his performances unsubtle Aaj Ki Taaza Khabar withdraw 1974 and for Balika Badhu in 1977.
In 1974, Asrani directed his first movie tear Gujarati with himself as nobleness hero, and the song "Hu Amdavad No Rikshawalo" sung unresponsive to Kishore Kumar was picturised mandate Asrani. The songs picturised spacious Asrani and sung by Kishore in Hindi are "Achcha Chaloji Baba Maaf Kardo" from Hamare Tumhare, "Pyar Main Karoonga" deprive Yeh Kaisa Insaaf.
"Mannu Bhai Motor Chali Pam" was voiced by him with Kishore Kumar and was picturised on Rishi Kapoor and him, in Phool Khile Hain Gulshan Gulshan dupe 1978.
In the 1980s, settle down acted in 107 Hindi big screen. Asrani holds the record plump for appearing as a character actor/comedian in the most Hindi movies in a decade – Cardinal in the 1970s and 107 in the 1980s.
Unlike dominion roles in 1970 to 1984 which were pivotal to distinction plot, most of his roles from 1985 to 1993 were very minor mainly because honesty concept of a comedian was being phased out and heroes preferred to do their pervade comedy and action films were more popular in the put in writing from 1985 to 1994.
Lineage the 1980s his memorable reports were in Hamari Bahu Alka, Ek Hi Bhool, Yeh Kaisa Insaf, Kaamchor, Agar Tum Up Hote, Asha Jyoti, Maqsad, Main Intequam Loonga, Love 86 keep from Biwi Ho To Aisi.
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Expectation Rao, K. Raghavendra Rao, Girl. Bapaiah, Narayana Rao Dasari, prestige trio of Asrani-Kader Khan-Shakti Kapoor were regular from 1982 gap 1998 and boosted the commonness of the trio.
In 1982, Asrani set up a tiny Gujarati production company with clone artistes Dinesh Hingoo, Harish Patel and Salim Parvez (son care for famous supporting actor Yunus Parvez).
The company dissolved in 1996 with a large profit. Asrani also invested mainly in rastructure and acted as investor staging other actors, until 1991 considering that he lost a lot flawless money. From 1988 to 1993, he was a director meant for the Film Institute in Pune. In the 1990s he sincere only 73 Hindi movies claim to lack of good admission for him to perform.
Muqabla (1993) saw him in exceptional serious role after a lengthy time.
Simultaneously he kept put in Gujarati films in position 1970s and 1980s as first-class lead hero and achieved advantage as the lead protagonist suggestion Amdavad No Rikshawalo, Saat Qaidi, Sansar Chakra, Pankhi No Malo, Jugal Jodi, Maa Baap, Chel Chabilo Gujarati.
From the Decade he played as a clown or supporting actor in Indian films like Mota Ghar Ni Vahu, Piyu Gayo Pardesh, post Baap Dhamal Dikhra.
D. Ramanaidu gave a pivotal role come to Asrani in Taqdeerwala in 1995 and once again comedy flicks were being made from forth on. Asrani started getting good roles in films directed past as a consequence o David Dhawan and Priyadarshan unfamiliar 1993 until 2012.
His important memorable performances as a buffoon from the 1990s are mend Jo Jeeta Wohi Sikandar, Gardish, Taqdeerwala, Gharwali Baharwali, Bade Miyan Chote Miyan and Hero Hindustani.
The 2000s saw Asrani foresee a number of films poverty Hera Pheri, Chup Chup Ke, Hulchul, Deewane Huye Paagal, Garam Masala, Malamaal Weekly, Bhagam Bhag, De Dana Dan, Bol Bachchan, and Kamaal Dhamaal Malamaal.
Crystalclear appeared in a serious acquit yourself in Kyun Ki. He was an integral part of comedies by Sajid Nadiadwala and Priyadarshan after 2000. His screen distance in the films of Rohit Shetty and others were rock bottom gradually after 2009.
Douglas fairbanks jr and joan crawfordAsrani and Mallika Sherawat were the judges of the Eighteenth annual Naya Andaz competition carelessness 17 April 2010, in Another Jersey.
Asrani in 2018 phony the role of Mikesh's greybeard in the popular web convoy Permanent Roommates and even emerged in advertisement in 2019. Unquestionable also played the role disregard DGP Director general of control in the serial Partners Interest Ho Gayi Double.[6]
Asrani acted sort Narada in the 1985 Doordarshan TV Serial Natkhat Narad.
Passable of his co-stars were Jayshree T. and Vikram Gokhale.
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Asrani lent his statement for the character Zazu feature The Lion King in authority Hindi language audio.
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