Asrani : (4) " I was among the first batch of the students to graduate from the Film and Television Institute of India (FTII) in Pune in 1966, but it wasn’t my passport to Bollywood. At that time, no one understood that it is possible to learn acting in an institute. " - Asrani " Jaya Prada was thrown out of TDP by Chandrababu Naidu which is why she came to Samajwadi Party. She knows even less of Rampur than she does of Andhra Pradesh. " - Asrani " My grooming as an actor took place after working with top directors like Hrishikesh Mukherjee, Gulzar, BR Chopra and Shakti Samantha. " - Asrani " Bimal Roy never kept comedy out of the story line. " - Asrani