Bollywood actor asrani biography meaning

  • Govardhan Asrani (born 1 January 1941), known popularly by mononym Asrani, is an Indian actor and director whose Bollywood career has spanned over five decades.
  • Legendary actor Asrani, known for his impeccable comic timing and unique voice, has been a cherished figure in Hindi cinema for over five decades.
  • Asrani means "hope" (as "Asro" / "Asra" means "hope" in Sindhi language).

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    Veteran actor Asrani's emotional side in 'Murari - The Mad Gentleman'

    For nearly fem decades veteran Bollywood actor Asraniji tickled our funny bones with his amusing characters. In fact, Asraniis an icon for comedy/humour. Though he did some dramatic and supporting roles in many big-budgeted ventures, probably for the first time we will see Asraniji's emotional side also in the upcoming 'MURARI: The Mad Gentleman'.
    Director Suzad Iqbal Khan has beautifully brought to the fore a new side of Asraniji on-screen with Murari.
    Rewind to Ghatak films featuring Ghai, Asrani
    "When we narrated the story to him, he got excited and loved it.This is the first time Asrani ji is playing an emotional character. Though his character will add humour, you will also get to witness his emotional side in major portions of the spelfilm. But that doesn't mean he will be seen only shedding tears. Asraniji's character has a soft corner for Murari (played by Sanjay Singh), si
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    Asrani (surname)

    Asrani is a common surname among Sindhi Hindus. Like other Sindhi Hindus, Asrani's migrated to India, when Sindh was given to Pakistan in the Partition of India. Many of them migrated to other countries like the United States, United Kingdom, etc. A majority of Asranis are in Mumbai, Maharashtra and California, United States.

    Most of the Sindhi Surnames end with either '-ja' or -'-ani'. -ani in the surname refers to clan, or name of their forefathers. For example, people having the surname Mulchandani, Mulchand is the name of their ancestor. Similarly, Asrani is derived from Asromal (name of their ancestor).

    Asrani means "hope" (as "Asro" / "Asra" means "hope" in Sindhi language).

    Asrani is the name of:

    • Asrani (born 1940), Govardhan Asrani, popular Bollywood actor
    • Apurva Asrani (born 1978), filmmaker based in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
    • Naveen Asrani, former cricketer who played for Tripura
    • Roma Asrani, Indian actress

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    Asrani

    Indian film actor and director

    For other people named asrani, see Asrani (surname).

    Govardhan Asrani[3] (born 1 January 1941), known popularly by mononym Asrani, is an Indian actor and director whose Bollywood career has spanned over five decades. He has acted in over 350 Hindi films. Asrani has played the lead roles, character roles, comedic roles and supporting roles. He is best known for his role in Sholay as a jailer and characters he played in 25 films with Rajesh Khanna in lead role between 1972 and 1991.

    In Hindi films, he played several comic roles 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.

    Early life