Veteran Indian actor Asrani, aged 84, passed away in Mumbai after being hospitalised for five days due to age-related ailments.
Born in Jaipur, 1940, he grew up in a middle-class Sindhi family with a carpet business.
He made his Bollywood debut in 1967 with Hare Kaanch Ki Choodiyan, playing the friend of actor Biswajeet, and simultaneously appeared as a lead in several Gujarati films.