Actor Asrani passed away at 84 on the day of Diwali, leaving his legion of fans heartbroken . His last two films are with director Priyadarshan — Haiwaan and Akshay Kumar, which also star Akshay Kumar. In an exclusive interview with SCREEN, the filmmaker opens up about their bond, their last two projects and one advice that Asrani always offered him after burning his hands producing a film.

I just think you are the perfect person to speak about Asrani?

Only Hrishikesh Mukherjee has done so many films with him in the past. I think I have done about 19 movies with him.That’s some kind of a record. I don’t think I have worked so many times with any other actor except, of course, Mohanlal. I started working with Asrani from my second Hindi film, Gardish, onwards. He is in almost ever

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