Strange connection between two comic actors, Sarabhai vs Sarabhai actor played THIS role, which was originally performed by Sholay actor

October 2025 will be remembered as a nightmare for moviegoers. Within a week, we lost two gems, two actors who made millions smile: Asrani and Satish Shah. The 84-year-old Sholay actor passed away on the occasion of Diwali on Monday, October 20. Five days later, Satish Shah died while eating lunch on Saturday, October 25. He was 74 years old. While the nation mourns their death, a strange coincidence is sure to surprise you. There is a connection between the two and it will blow you away. In the 90s, Satish Shah played a role originally played by Asrani.

Connection between Satish Shah and Asrani

In 1997, Govinda and Karisma Kapoor starred in Hero No. They starred in 1. In this comedy-drama, Satish Shah played the role of Pappi, a struggling music director who features Hollywood songs for his compositions. Do you know that this role was actually played by Asrani?

Hero No. 1 was mostly based on the 1972 Hrishikesh Mukherjee directed Bawarchi. Jaya Bachchan starrer Rajesh Khanna also plays a dysfunctional family and their youngest son Vishwanath Sharma is a music director who copies English songs, adds Hindi lyrics to them and calls it his own composition. Sharma was played by Asrani, and 25 years later, Satish played the same role in Govinda – the lead actor, strange, right?

Films by Asrani and Satish Shah

The two acting legends have starred in many films but they shared screen space in Ghar Ki Izzat. The 1994 comedy instantly became one of the most searched movies on the internet. A clip featuring Asrani and Satish Shah has gone viral and fans are sharing it as a tribute to the two Starlwarts. Besides Ghar Ki Izzat, Asrani and Satish Shah also starred in Aag aur Shola, Love 86, Baazi, Tujhe Meri Kasam and Har Dil Jo Pyaar Karega.