# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/govardhan-asrani
# Generated: 2026-08-14T11:32:41.018Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/govardhan-asrani"
name: "Govardhan Asrani"
slug: "govardhan-asrani"
description: "Govardhan Kumar 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."
tagline: "Indian actor"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Asrani_(cropped).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "India"
  isoCode: "IN"
category:
  name: "Directors"
  slug: "directors"
profileType:
  name: "Movie Director"
  slug: "director"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999"
birthDate: "1941-01-01"
deathDate: "2025-10-20"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           55.04
  momentum:             0
  historical:           18.113372
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2147526/"
    handle:    "nm2147526"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump