Asrani Quotes

Asrani

Profession : Actor

Birth : January 1, 1941

The Gujarat model laced with the Godhra stink is a model of hatred that has taken 2,000 lives, while the Congress model has given 83 flagship programmes and scores of people living below the poverty line have been brought under the Food Security Act.

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There was never a conscious dream to enter films.

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I am glad that actors like Akshay Kumar and Salman Khan are doing justice to comedy. But in our days, nobody could beat Sunil Dutt and Amitabh Bachchan.

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One doesn't have to resort to cheap imitations of characters or people around you to make others laugh. At least, that is what I've always believed in.

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I think film promotion has become really important in today's time. PM Narendra Modi also felt the need to do campaigning. If he doesn't do that, then nobody will give vote to him.

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I came to Bombay and got my first big break in Hrishikesh Mukherjee's 'Guddi.'

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My experience of performing in Gurgaon has been very satisfying.

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I have never seen any BJP leader going to jail during the freedom struggle; it was only Congressmen who sacrificed for this country.

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If you publish Mahatma Gandhi's autobiography, no one will read it but if it's Madhuri Dixit's or Madhubala's autobiography people will come and read it.

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When I was in film institute, stage plays were compulsory part of our training.

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Bimal Roy never kept comedy out of the story line.

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In Bollywood even a dog at times is more popular than us. The bottomline is money and if a dog is making the moolah for the producer/director who cares whether you are an Asrani or someone else.

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Directors such as LV Prasad would enact the whole scene for the actors. He used to enact the scenes for Raj Kapoor too during the filming of 'Sharda.' But it was up to you to emulate the director's vision on the screen.

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I think time has changed a lot and you need to be presentable all the time. Social media has become really important and I feel some artistes must not be sleeping as they need to be visible all the time.

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The stage is one place where you come face to face with your audience, unlike cinemas where you cannot see the applause or the booing by the audience.

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