Veteran actor Govardhan Asrani, known by his stage name Asrani, passed away at the age of 84 on October 20 at 3 PM. His last rites were performed at Santacruz Crematorium on the same day. Needless to say, Asrani’s death has left everyone across the country grief-stricken. From Prime Minister Narendra Modi to Bollywood actors Aamir Khan, Kajol and others, social media is flooded with everyone paying tributes to Asrani .

Hours after the veteran actor’s demise, News18 Showsha also reached out to filmmaker Priyadarshan, who worked with Asrani in films like Hera Pheri, Hulchul, Garam Masala and Bhagam Bhag.

Here’s what the filmmaker said:

I did maximum films with Asrani sir. I realised that I did more films with him than Hrishi da (Hrishikesh Mukherjee) did with him. Right from my second f

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