Govardhan Asrani (born 1 January 1941) popularly known simply as
Asrani, is an Indian actor and director whose Bollywood career has
spanned five decades. He has acted in over 350 Hindi films. Asrani has
played the lead hero, character roles, comedic roles and supporting
roles. He is best known for his role in Sholay as a jailer.In Hindi
films, he played the comedian's role 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.Asrani was into a middle-class, Sindhi Hindu family in
Jaipur.[2] His father opened a carpet shop. He has four sisters and
three brothers: two elder and one younger. Asrani was highly
uninterested in business and very weak in mathematics. He completed
his matriculation from St. Xaviers School and did his graduation from
Rajasthan College, Jaipur. He simultaneously worked as a voice artist
at All India Radio, Jaipur, to pay for his education.
Asrani, is an Indian actor and director whose Bollywood career has
spanned five decades. He has acted in over 350 Hindi films. Asrani has
played the lead hero, character roles, comedic roles and supporting
roles. He is best known for his role in Sholay as a jailer.In Hindi
films, he played the comedian's role 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.Asrani was into a middle-class, Sindhi Hindu family in
Jaipur.[2] His father opened a carpet shop. He has four sisters and
three brothers: two elder and one younger. Asrani was highly
uninterested in business and very weak in mathematics. He completed
his matriculation from St. Xaviers School and did his graduation from
Rajasthan College, Jaipur. He simultaneously worked as a voice artist
at All India Radio, Jaipur, to pay for his education.
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