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Asrani

1940 - Today

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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. 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. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Asrani is the 3,577th most popular actor (up from 6,611th in 2019), 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

Among actors, Asrani ranks 3,577 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.

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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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