Govardhan Asrani
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| Native name | असराणी |
| Born |
Govardhan Asrani 1 January 1941 (age 76) Jaipur, Rajasthan, India |
| Education | Graduation |
| Alma mater |
Rajasthan College, FTII, Pune |
| Occupation | Actor, Producer |
| Years active | 1966-present |
| Net worth |
 US$ 6 million |
| Spouse(s) | Manju Asrani |
| Awards | Filmfare Award for Best Comedian |
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 and over 35 Gujarati. His roles include lead hero performances, character roles, comedic roles, as well as supporting parts.
In Hindi films, he played comedians role from the 1966 to 2013 and played 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 1972-1984 and played character roles from 1985-2012. He also directed 6 films between 1974-1997.
Asrani was born in a middle class Hindu Sindhi family. His father migrated to Jaipur after the Partition of India and opened a shop selling carpets. 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. His ultimate aim was to become an actor.
He is married to actress Manju (née Bansal), with whom he fell in love working together in films like Aaj Ki Taaza Khabar and Tapasya. In Aaj Ki Taza Khabar, Asrani played as Champak Boomia / Amit Desai and Manju played role of Kesari Desai and for this role Asrani won Filmfare Award for Best Comedian. Later the couple acted in Hum Nahin Sudhrenge, a home production directed by Asrani in 1980. His son Naveen Asrani is a dentist in Ahmedabad.
He began to learn acting from Sahitya Kalbhai Thakkar from 1960 to 1962. In 1962, he travelled to Bombay (now Mumbai) and began to seek opportunities to act. In 1963, on an accidental meeting with Kishore Sahu and Hrishikesh Mukherjee, they advised him to learn acting professionally.
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