Asrani once recalled how Indira Gandhi helped him and Jaya Bachchan, Jaya Bhaduri then, along with their FTII peers find work in the Bombay film industry. He later was one of ‘brothers of the bride’ at Jaya and Amitabh Bachchan’s wedding.
‘I was one of bride’s brother at Amitabh Bachchan, Jaya’s wedding’: How Asrani and his student Jaya Bachchan forged a lifelong bond