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{{infobox person<br />
| name = Manju Asrani<br />
| birth_name = Manju Asrani<br />
| occupation = {{hlist|[[Actress]]|[[Film director|Director]]|}}<br />
| years_active = 1973 - 1995<br />
| spouse = [[Asrani (actor)|Govardhan Asrani]]<br />
}}<br />
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'''Manju Asrani''' (''[[née]]'' '''Bansal''') is a [[Hindi cinema|Hindi]] film actress, who was mostly active during the 1970s and 80s.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Agnihotri |first=Ram Awatar |url=https://www.google.pt/books/edition/Artistes_and_Their_Films_of_Modern_Hindi/IP5kAAAAMAAJ?hl=fr&gbpv=1&bsq=Manju+Asrani&dq=Manju+Asrani&printsec=frontcover |title=Artistes and Their Films of Modern Hindi Cinema: Cultural and Sociopolitical Impact on Society, 1931-1991 |date=1992 |publisher=Commonwealth Publishers |isbn=978-81-7169-180-7 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Arunachalam |first=Param |url=https://www.google.pt/books/edition/BollySwar_1981_1990/V4rcDwAAQBAJ?hl=fr&gbpv=1&dq=Manju+Asrani&pg=PA219&printsec=frontcover |title=BollySwar: 1981 - 1990 |date=2020-04-14 |publisher=Mavrix Infotech Private Limited |isbn=978-81-938482-2-7 |language=en}}</ref> She was married to the actor [[Asrani (actor)|Govardhan Asrani]], himself popularly known simply as Asrani.<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://www.google.pt/books/edition/Cine_Blitz/slIqAAAAYAAJ?hl=fr&gbpv=1&bsq=Manju+Asrani%C2%A0Bansal&dq=Manju+Asrani%C2%A0Bansal&printsec=frontcover |title=Cine Blitz |date=1979 |publisher=Blitz Publications |language=en}}</ref> While working on the sets of ''[[Aaj Ki Taaza Khabar]]'' and ''[[Namak Haraam]],'' the couple fell in love.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Farook|first=Farhana|date=1 January 2021|title=People are waiting to pull you down: Asrani, who turns 79 today|url=https://sg.style.yahoo.com/veteran-asrani-turns-79-today-a-quick-look-at-his-versatile-run-092651212.html|access-date=4 September 2025|website=Yahoo Lifestyle}}</ref><br />
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In the 1990s Manju also directed films and series.<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://www.google.pt/books/edition/The_Illustrated_Weekly_of_India/j6zTpjSjA3wC?hl=fr&gbpv=1&bsq=Manju+Asrani&dq=Manju+Asrani&printsec=frontcover |title=The Illustrated Weekly of India |date=1990 |publisher=Published for the proprietors, Bennett, Coleman & Company, Limited, at the Times of India Press |language=en}}</ref><br />
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==Filmography==<br />
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===Actor===<br />
{| class="wikitable sortable"<br />
|-<br />
! Year<br />
! class="unsortable" | Title <br />
! class="unsortable" | Role<br />
! class="unsortable" | Notes<br />
|-<br />
| rowspan = '5'| 1979<br />
| ''[[Chor Sipahee]]''<br />
| Manju<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0349212/|title = Chor Sipahee (1977) - IMDb| website=[[IMDb]] }}</ref><br />
|<br />
|-<br />
| ''[[Nalayak]]''<br />
| Leelu<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0390291/|title = Naalayak (1979) - IMDb| website=[[IMDb]] }}</ref><br />
|<br />
|-<br />
| ''[[Jurmana (1979 film)|Jurmana]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0079382/fullcredits#cast|title = Jurmana (1979) - IMDb| website=[[IMDb]] }}</ref>''<br />
|<br />
|<br />
|-<br />
| ''[[Sarkari Mehmaan]]''<br />
| Rekha<br />
|<br />
|-<br />
| ''[[Jaan-E-Bahaar]]''<br />
|Mona<br />
|<br />
|-<br />
| 1977<br />
| ''[[Chandi Sona]]''<br />
|Mandha<br />
|<br />
|-<br />
| rowspan = '4'| 1976<br />
| ''[[Kabeela]]''<br />
| Sawli<br />
|<br />
|-<br />
| ''[[Udhar Ka Sindur]]''<br />
| Julie Verma<br />
|<br />
|-<br />
| ''[[Deewaangee]]''<br />
| Ruby<br />
|<br />
|-<br />
| [[Tapasya (1976 film)|''Tapasya'']]<br />
|<br />
|<br />
|-<br />
| rowspan = '2'| 1973<br />
| ''[[Namak Haraam]]''<br />
| Rama, Pandey's assistant<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://memsaabstory.com/2008/09/07/namak-haraam-1973/|title = Namak Haraam (1973)|date = 7 September 2008}}</ref><br />
|<br />
|-<br />
| ''[[Aaj Ki Taaza Khabar]]''<br />
| Kesari Desai<br />
|<br />
|}<br />
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===Director===<br />
{| class="wikitable sortable"<br />
|-<br />
! Year<br />
! class="unsortable" | Title<br />
! class="unsortable" | Notes<br />
|-<br />
| 1995<br />
| ''Maa Ki Mamta''<ref>{{Cite web|title=Manju Asrani|url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1449213/|access-date=16 May 2021|website=www.imdb.com}}</ref><br />
|Director (as Manju Bansal Asrani)<ref>{{Cite book |last=Rajadhyaksha |first=Ashish |url=https://www.google.pt/books/edition/Encyclopedia_of_Indian_Cinema/rF8ABAAAQBAJ?hl=fr&gbpv=1&dq=Manju+Asrani%C2%A0Bansal&pg=RA2-PA1973&printsec=frontcover |title=Encyclopedia of Indian Cinema |last2=Willemen |first2=Paul |date=2014-07-10 |publisher=Routledge |isbn=978-1-135-94325-7 |language=en}}</ref><br />
|}<br />
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==References==<br />
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[[Category:Indian film actresses]]<br />
[[Category:Living people]]<br />
[[Category:Year of birth missing (living people)]]<br />
[[Category:Hindi-language film directors]]<br />
[[Category:Actresses in Hindi cinema]]<br />
[[Category:Indian film directors]]</div>
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