Asrani Biography

Govardhan Asrani (Hindi: गोवरधन असराणी, 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 came to Poona and studied the Acting course there.Later on he became Director of the same Film Institute. He started career in films like Umang in which Paintal and Subhash Ghai also starred. He has acted in more than 300 Hindi and Gujarati films, mostly in supporting roles of a comedic nature, but some memorable and with an important role in Gujarati films and the storyline, such as the jailer in Sholay, Prashant in Chupke Chupke, Chandru in Abhimaan, Babu in Bawarchi and Nagesh in Chhoti Si Baat. He is married to Manju Bansal who is Film actor.

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