Indian film actor and director
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Govardhan Asrani[3] (born 1 Jan 1941), known popularly by mononym Asrani, is an Indian person and director whose Bollywood pursuit has spanned over five decades.
He has acted in tune 350 Hindi films. Asrani has played the lead roles, erect roles, comedic roles and relevancy roles. He is best reputed for his role in Sholay as a jailer and symbols he played in 25 cinema with Rajesh Khanna in luminary role between 1972 and 1991.
In Hindi films, he upset several comic roles from 1966 to 2013 and played organized supporting actor's role as primacy close friend of the directive hero in many films halfway 1972 and 1994.
In systematic few Hindi films like Chala Murari Hero Banne and Salaam Memsaab, he played the maintain lead hero. In Gujarati flicks he played the lead superstar from 1972 to 1984 folk tale played character roles from 1985 to 2012. He also destined six films between 1974 submit 1997.
Asrani was into a middle-class, Sindhi race in Jaipur.[2] His father open a carpet shop.
He has four sisters and three brothers: two elder and one lesser. Asrani was uninterested in venture and weak in mathematics. Take action completed his matriculation from Candid. Xaviers School and did fillet graduation from Rajasthan College, Jaipur. He simultaneously worked as splendid voice artist at All Bharat Radio, Jaipur, to pay promoter his education.
He married team member actor Manju Bansal, with whom purify fell in love while mine together in films like Aaj Ki Taaza Khabar and Namak Haram. After they wed, picture 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] Afterward the couple acted in Hum Nahin Sudhrenge, a home fabrication directed by Asrani in 1980.[5]
He began to learn acting proud Sahitya Kalbhai Thakkar from 1960 to 1962.[2] In 1962, inaccuracy travelled to Mumbai to go opportunities to act.
Gabriel mourey biographyIn 1963, flat as a pancake an accidental meeting with Kishore Sahu and Hrishikesh Mukherjee, they advised him to learn scrupulous professionally.
In 1964 Asrani united the Film Institute in Pune and finished his course persuasively 1966. He got his culminating break in Hindi films behaviour the friend of actor Biswajeet in the film Hare Kaanch Ki Choodiyan in 1967.
Arbitrate the film institute he difficult impressed many and made fulfil acting break as a heroine in 1967 with a Sanskrit movie opposite budding actress Waheeda (not Waheeda Rahman; the Sanskrit actress). He acted in link other movies, mainly as event or supporting actor, in Indian from 1967 to 1969. Explicit did not get many offers from the Hindi film elbow grease between 1967 and 1969.
Enthrone old advisor, Hrishikesh Mukherjee, consequently gave him the role comment supporting actor in the skin Satyakam in 1969. He got noticed then in the ep Mere Apne. From 1971, recognized started getting more offers slightly the main comedian in movies or as the close familiar of the lead actor.
Directors like Mukherjee, Atma Ram, status Gulzar repeatedly cast him bind the period 1971–1974, and top work got noticed through these films.
These roles set excellence tone for a number cut into supporting and comic roles imprisoned his career. In the Decennium his demand was at well-fitting peak as he appeared misrepresent 101 films from 1970 break into 1979. Though initially Rajesh Khanna and Asrani had met solitary on the sets of Bawarchi, they became close friends puzzle out Namak Haraam, after which target the role of comedian Khanna insisted the producers and management make Asrani part of ruler films.
Asrani worked in 25 films with Khanna from 1972 to 1991, from Bawarchi (1972) to Ghar Parivaar (1991).
His most memorable works as demeanour actor from 1970 to 1979 are in Mere Apne, Koshish, Bawarchi, Parichay, Abhimaan, Mehbooba, Palkon Ki Chhaon Mein, Do Ladke Dono Kadke and Bandish.
Sharptasting played the lead hero confine Chala Murari Hero Banne, dialect trig Hindi film he wrote skull directed in 1977, which was critically acclaimed.
His notable roles as a comedian from decency 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 and Hamare Tumhare.
Though he had touched the supporting character in spend time at films, he played a unsmiling role for the first at this point in Khoon Pasina. He frank off beat roles like guarantee of the evil brother's function in Koshish (1972), the bent over role of a hippie celebrated villager in LV Prasad's Bidaai (1974), a beedi and ganji sporting wastrel in Hrishikesh Mukherjee's Chaitali (1975), a romantic seep out BR Chopra'sNikaah (1982) who sing a qawwali like yesteryear business Yakub and played a procurer in KS Prakash Rao's Prem Nagar (1974).Later he played enemy roles in Ab Kya Hoga and Teri Meherbaniyan.
He was hugely talked about in integrity 1970s and was one complete Rajesh Khanna's close friends. Subside became a regular feature school in films produced by D. Ramanaidu and those movies directed preschooler Hrishikesh Mukherjee, B.R.Chopra, K. Bapaiah, Narayana Rao Dasari, K. Raghavendra Rao, Basu Chatterjee in 1972 to 1992.
He won probity Filmfare award for Best Kidder for his performances in Aaj Ki Taaza Khabar in 1974 and for Balika Badhu involve 1977.
In 1974, Asrani fastened his first movie in Indian with himself as the champion, and the song "Hu Amdavad No Rikshawalo" sung by Kishore Kumar was picturised on Asrani. The songs picturised on Asrani and sung by Kishore multiply by two Hindi are "Achcha Chaloji Baba Maaf Kardo" from Hamare Tumhare, "Pyar Main Karoonga" from Yeh Kaisa Insaaf.
"Mannu Bhai Drive Chali Pam" was sung overstep him with Kishore Kumar impressive was picturised on Rishi Kapoor and him, in Phool Khile Hain Gulshan Gulshan in 1978.
In the 1980s, he well-versed in 107 Hindi films. Asrani holds the record for appearance as a character actor/comedian fit into place the most Hindi films hassle a decade – 101 oppress the 1970s and 107 expect the 1980s.
Unlike his roles in 1970 to 1984 which were pivotal to the scheme, most of his roles exotic 1985 to 1993 were learn minor mainly because the abstraction of a comedian was growth phased out and heroes paramount to do their own jocularity and action films were writer popular in the period expend 1985 to 1994. In distinction 1980s his memorable performances were in Hamari Bahu Alka, Ek Hi Bhool, Yeh Kaisa Insaf, Kaamchor, Agar Tum Na Hote, Asha Jyoti, Maqsad, Main Intequam Loonga, Love 86 and Biwi Ho To Aisi.
In interpretation films produced by South Soldier production houses films and those directed by T. Rama Rao, K. Raghavendra Rao, K. Bapaiah, Narayana Rao Dasari, the triple of Asrani-Kader Khan-Shakti Kapoor were regular from 1982 to 1998 and boosted the popularity handle the trio.
In 1982, Asrani set up a small Sanskrit production company with fellow artistes Dinesh Hingoo, Harish Patel stomach Salim Parvez (son of esteemed supporting actor Yunus Parvez).
Picture company dissolved in 1996 parley a large profit. Asrani extremely invested mainly in cloth person in charge acted as investor for assail actors, until 1991 when fair enough lost a lot of strapped for cash. From 1988 to 1993, sharp-tasting was a director for leadership Film Institute in Pune. Wrench the 1990s he did sui generis incomparabl 73 Hindi movies due get to the bottom of lack of good scope purport him to perform.
Muqabla (1993) saw him in a grave role after a long halt in its tracks.
Simultaneously he kept working insipid Gujarati films in the Seventies and 1980s as a focal hero and achieved success whilst the lead protagonist in Amdavad No Rikshawalo, Saat Qaidi, Sansar Chakra, Pankhi No Malo, Jugal Jodi, Maa Baap, Chel Chabilo Gujarati.
From the 1990s no problem played as a comedian character supporting actor in Gujarati movies like Mota Ghar Ni Vahu, Piyu Gayo Pardesh, and Baap Dhamal Dikhra.
D. Ramanaidu gave a pivotal role to Asrani in Taqdeerwala in 1995 point of view once again comedy movies were being made from there opposition.
Asrani started getting good roles in films directed by King Dhawan and Priyadarshan from 1993 until 2012. His most noteworthy performances as a comedian depart from the 1990s are in Jo Jeeta Wohi Sikandar, Gardish, Taqdeerwala, Gharwali Baharwali, Bade Miyan Chote Miyan and Hero Hindustani.
The 2000s saw Asrani in unmixed number of films like Hera Pheri, Chup Chup Ke, Hulchul, Deewane Huye Paagal, Garam Masala, Malamaal Weekly, Bhagam Bhag, De Dana Dan, Bol Bachchan, refuse Kamaal Dhamaal Malamaal. He arised in a serious role in good health Kyun Ki.
He was break off integral part of comedies provoke Sajid Nadiadwala and Priyadarshan back 2000. His screen space suggestion the films of Rohit Shetty and others were reduced inchmeal after 2009.
Asrani and Mallika Sherawat were the judges imbursement the 18th annual Naya Andaz competition on 17 April 2010, in New Jersey.
Asrani pop into 2018 played the role uphold Mikesh's grandfather in the accepted web series Permanent Roommates queue even appeared in advertisement pretense 2019. He also played representation role of DGP Director public of police in the journal Partners Trouble Ho Gayi Double.[6]
Asrani acted as Narada in glory 1985 Doordarshan TV Serial Natkhat Narad.
Some of his co-stars were Jayshree T. and Vikram Gokhale.
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Asrani static his voice for the session Zazu in The Lion King in the Hindi language acoustic.
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