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Asrani

1940 - 2025

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Govardhan Asrani (1 January 1941 – 20 October 2025), known professionally as Asrani, was an Indian actor and film director. His career in Indian cinema spanned over five decades, during which he appeared in over 350 Hindi and Gujarati films. Asrani worked in lead, character, comedic, and supporting roles. He is particularly noted for his role as the Jailor in Sholay, caricaturing Hitler, and Amadavad no Rikshavaro and for his appearances in 25 films with Rajesh Khanna as the lead actor between 1972 and 1991. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 18 in 2024). Asrani is the 3,580th most popular actor (up from 6,610th in 2024), the 544th most popular biography from India (up from 794th in 2019) and the 69th most popular Indian Actor.

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Among actors, Asrani ranks 3,580 out of 13,578. Before him are Shawn Fonteno, Joe Dallesandro, Zelda Rubinstein, Sam Claflin, Rick Aviles, and Ignacio López Tarso. After him are Ona Munson, Mathilda May, George Nichols, Kati Outinen, Henry Golding, and Ken Davitian.

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Among people born in 1940, Asrani ranks 295. Before him are Li Zhaoxing, Jia Qinglin, Mike Beuttler, Mame Madior Boye, George Ritzer, and José de Anchieta Fontana. After him are Veikko Kankkonen, Pharoah Sanders, Ansumane Mané, José Nápoles, Jurandir de Freitas, and Giacomo Bulgarelli. Among people deceased in 2025, Asrani ranks 269. Before him are Bill Byrge, Roger Lukaku, Bruce Glover, John Bryson, Alon Abutbul, and Roger Norrington. After him are Dobromir Zhechev, Emmanuel Kundé, Julian McMahon, José Araquistáin, Yaroslav Yevdokimov, and Barbie Hsu.

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In India

Among people born in India, Asrani ranks 544 out of 1,861. Before him are Prince Vijaya (-543), Mahadev Govind Ranade (1842), Aruna Asaf Ali (1909), Vichitravirya (null), Bharatendu Harishchandra (1850), and Robert Swinhoe (1836). After him are Lobsang Sangay (1968), Arundhati Roy (1961), Sanjeev Kumar (1938), Tarasankar Bandyopadhyay (1898), Arvind Krishna (1962), and Jasraj (1930).

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Among ACTORS In India

Among actors born in India, Asrani ranks 69. Before him are Pankaj Kapur (1954), Asin (1985), Puneeth Rajkumar (1975), Rajinikanth (1950), Sharmila Tagore (1944), and Anna Kashfi (1934). After him are Sanjeev Kumar (1938), Rekha (1954), Anupam Kher (1955), Supriya Pathak (1961), Meena Kumari (1933), and Shiva Rajkumar (1961).

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