Asrani Age, Death, Wife, Children, Biography & More

Bio
Full Name	Govardhan Asrani
Profession	Actor, director
Physical Stats & More
Height (approx.)	in centimeters- 165 cm in meters- 1.65 m in feet inches- 5’ 5”
Weight (approx.)	in kilograms- 65 kg in pounds- 143 lbs
Eye Colour	Brown
Hair Colour	Salt & pepper (Dyed black)
Personal Life
Date of Birth	1 January 1941 (Wednesday)
Birthplace	Jaipur, India
Date of Death	20 October 2025 (Monday)
Place of Death	Bharatiya Arogya Nidhi Hospital, Mumbai
Age (at the time of death)	84 Years
Death Cause	Pulmonary edema (fluid accumulation in the lungs)
Zodiac sign/Sun sign	Capricorn
Nationality	Indian
Hometown	Jaipurr, India
School	St. Xaviers School, Jaipurr, India
College	Rajasthan College, Jaipurr, India
Educational Qualification	Graduate
Debut	Film: Hare Kaanch Ki Chudiyaan (1967, Hindi) Direction: Amdavad No Rikshawalo (1974, Gujrati) Chala Murari Hero Banne (1977, Hindi) Singing: "O Rama Darr Lage" from film Alaap (1977)
Family	Not Known
Religion	Hindu Sindhi
Address	B3 Beach House Apartments, Gandhigram Road Juhu, Mumbai
Hobbies	Watching movies, reading, writing scripts
Controversies	Not known
Girls, Affairs and More
Marital Status (at the time of death)	Married
Affairs/Girlfriends	Not known
Wife/Spouse	Manju Bansal aka Manju Asrani (actor)
Marriage Date	Year, 1973
Children	Son- Naveen Asrani (Dentist in Ahmedabad) Daughter- None
Style Quotient
Car Collection	Audi Q7, Honda City
Money Factor
Net Worth	$6 million

Some Lesser Known Facts About Asrani

• Did Asrani smoke?: Not known

• Did Asrani drink Alcohol?: Not known

• Asrani was weak in mathematics and had no interest in joining his father’s business of selling carpets.

• He was always interested in acting, so he joined Sahitya Kalbhai Thakkar to learn acting.

• At the beginning of his career, he worked in 4-5 Gujarati films as a lead actor.

• During his struggling days as an actor, Asrani worked at the Film Institute in Poona as an acting teacher. Interestingly, he was also a student of the same institute once.

• He knew Jaya Bachchan from the time he was a student at the Film Institute in Poona; he had also completed the rituals in her wedding as her fourth brother.

• Asrani became very close friends with Rajesh Khanna after ‘Bawarchi’ (1972), post which they worked in around 25 films together.

• Asrani had appeared in 101 films in 9 years between 1970-1979 and 107 films in the decade of 80’s.

• Asrani worked for almost 50 years in the film industry and was a part of many popular movies by renowned directors like Hrishikesh Mukherjee, B. R. Chopra, K. Bapaiah, Narayana Rao Dasari, K. Raghavendra Rao, etc.

• On 16 October 2025, Asrani was hospitalised at Bharatiya Arogya Nidhi Hospital in Juhu, Mumbai, after experiencing breathing difficulties.

• On 20 October 2025, Asrani passed away at 3:00 PM at the age of 84 due to fluid buildup in his lungs. His final rites were held at the Santacruz Crematorium in Mumbai.