Govinda

Profession: Actor , Dialogue, Guest Appearance, Lyricist, Producer, Screenplay, Singer, Story Writer, Supporting Actor

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Also Know as :- Govinda
Profession:- Actor , Dialogue, Guest Appearance, Lyricist, Producer, Screenplay, Singer, Story Writer, Supporting Actor
Gender :- male
Birthdate:- 21 Dec 1963
Status:- Married
Debut Year:- 1986
Active Years:- Till Today

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Govinda Family Details

Father :- Actor Arun Kumar Ahuja
Mother:- Singer-Actress Nirmala Devi
Spouse Details :- Sunita Ahuja

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He was voted the tenth-greatest star of stage or screen in a BBC News online poll. Govinda a Member of the Indian National Congress was elected the seventh member of the Parliament for the Mumbai North Constituency of Maharashtra, in the 14th Lok Sabha Elections in 2004 defeating Ram Naik of the .. Read More

Govinda Early Life

Govinda was born to Actor Arun Kumar Ahuja and singer-actress Nirmala Devi into a mix of Punjabi and Sindhi families. His father was best known for Mehboob Khan’s Aurat in 1940. He had produced unsuccessful films and became ill shortly thereafter. The family was living in a bungalow on Mumbai� .. Read More

Govinda Personal Life

After Govinda received a Bachelor of Commerce degree, his father suggested a film career. Around this time, Govinda saw the film Disco Dancer; afterwards, he practised for hours and circulated a promotional VHS cassette.

Govinda Career

Govinda’s first lead role was in the film Tan-Badan, directed by his uncle Anand. Govinda began shooting for his next film Love 86 in June 1985. Though he did the film Tan-Badan his first release was Ilzaam in 1986 and it did well at the Box Office and was considered to be the fifth biggest hit .. Read More

of the year. The ‘Street Dancer’ in which he breaks danced, with this he established himself as a Dancing Star. Govinda then appeared in a series of films that gained mixed success and most of his earlier acting was in films that had action, romance or family dramas. He was often paired with Neelam Kothari, and they together appeared in Love 86 in 1986, Khudgarz in 1987, and Hatya, Dariya Dil, and Jeete Hain Shaan Se all in the year 1988.In 1991 he acted opposite her in a Multi - Starrer film Hum and all these films were successful family dramas with action. In 1987 he also did the film Marte Dam Tak and Jung Baaz in 1989. Govinda worked with David Dhawan for the first time in the 1989 action film Taaqatwar and worked in this film with actor Rajinikanth and Sridevi in Gair Kaanooni During the 1980’s Govinda’s films spanned genres. He started as an action hero in the early 80s and reestablished himself as a comedy hero in 1990. At one time Amitabh Bachchan his co-star for his Come Back film rejuvenated his base in the film industry but had failed miserably. Decades later he was recognized as a comic actor after playing a mischievous young NCC Cadet in the 1992 romantic film Shola Aur Shabnam with Divya Bharti. In 1990 Govinda starred in Cult Classic with Awaargi, Swarg, Maha Sangram, and Zulm Ki Hukumat. The actor also sang in some of his films and his ‘ Meri Pant bhi Sexy’ in Dulara was a hit song among the front benchers and amid whistles and adulation for their favourite star Govinda. He has also sang the song ‘ Gori Gori’ in Shola Aur Shabnam . His two favourite star pair is with Karishma Kapoor and Raveena Tandon. Govinda had done lead roles in several commercially successful comedy films including Aankhen in 1993, Raja Babu in 1994, Coolie No. 1 in 1995, Hero No.1 in 1997, Haseena Maan Jayegi in 1999 , for which he won the Filmfare Best Comedian Award and a Filmfare Special Award for the film Saajan Chale Sasural. Govinda has played dual roles in several films including Jaan Se Pyaara in 1992, Aankhen in 1993 , Bade Miyan Chote Miyan in 1998, Anari No. 1 in 1999 . The most challenging comedy role that he played was in Hadh Kar Di Aapne in which he played six roles that of the Hero, his father, his mother, his sister and his grandmother. After a number of box-office flops in the year 2000, his films received commercial success for his films, Bhagam Bhag in 2006, Partner in 2007, Life Partner in 2009 to name a few. Govinda’s career had a setback during the early 2000 after a series of commercially unsuccessful film. He had also given some successful hits in his career span which included Kunwara, Hadh , Kyo Kii Main Jhuth Nahin Bolta , Ek Aur Ek Gyarah. Although for these films he was nominated for the Filmfare Best Performance in Comic Roles for Kunwara, Jodi No.1, Kyo Kii Main Jhuth Nahin Bolta and Akhiyon Se Goli Maar , most of his films have been unsuccessful at the Box Office. He played a villain for the first time in his career in the film Shikari in 2000. The movie was not a commercial success, Govinda’s convincing portrayal of a Sociopathic murderer was critically acclaimed. He turned down roles in the films, Taal, Gadar Ek Prem Katha and Devdas all of which were successful films. The actor took a break from films from 2003 to 2005. He had no film releases though he had completed some of his films such as Khullam Khulla Pyaar Karen in 2005 producd by Govinda and directed by his brother Kirti Kumar and in 2006 his film Sandwich was a flop at the Box Office. Govinda made a come back into the films after the break in late 2006 with the hit comedy film Bhagam Bhag directed by Priyadarshan in which he appeared with Akshay Kumar and Lara Dutta His first release of 2007 was directed by Nikhil Advani’s big budget film Salaam-E-Ishq , A tribute to Love which was a multi star cast film with Salman Khan, Priyanka Chopra, Anil Kapoor, Govinda , Akshaye Khanna, John Abraham, Sohail Khan, Juhi Chawla, Shannon Esra, Ayesha Takia azmi, Vidya Balan, Ishaa Koppikar. Govinda played the role of a taxi driver and fall in love with Shannon Esra . The film was a box office disappointment despite some of the best actors including Govinda’s performance was much appreciated by the Media and audience. In 2014, Govinda appeared in A R Murgadoss, film ‘ Holiday ’ with Akshay Kumar, Sonakshi Sinha,. This was the 2nd film in collaboration with Akshay Kumar. He also did a film with Yash Raj , Kill Dil directed by Shaad Ali starring Ranveer Singh, Ali Zafar, Parineeti Chopra,. Govinda plays the role of antagonist. He played another role of a Super Star in the film Happy Ending with Saif Ali Khan and Ileana D’Cruz in 2014. The film was a box office failure but Govinda’s performance was praised. In January 2014, it is reported that Govinda refused the remake of the Marathi film Shikshanacha Aaicha Gho in Hindi proposed by Mahesh Manjrekar. In 2015 Govinda appeared in Hey Bro, starring Nupur Sharma and Ganesh Acharya . In 2017 he ill be appeared in Anuraag Basu’s film Jagga Jasoos starring Katrina Kaif as Ranbir Kapoor’s stepfather.

Govinda Filmography

#	Released Date	Type	Credited As	Movie
1	29 Nov 2022	Film	Actor	Naam Tha Kanhaiyalal
2	01 Jan 2021	Film	Actor	Banda Yeh Bindaas Hai
3	01 Jan 2021	Film	Actor	Afra Tafri
4	18 Jan 2019	Film	Actor Producer	Rangeela Raja
5	12 Oct 2018	Film	Actor	FryDay
6	17 Mar 2017	Film	Actor ProducerStory writer	Aa Gaya Hero
7	06 Mar 2015	Film	Supporting Actor	Hey Bro
8	21 Nov 2014	Film	Actor	Happy Ending
9	14 Nov 2014	Film	Actor	Kill Dil
10	29 Aug 2014	Film	Actor Producer	Abhinay Chakra
11	06 Jun 2014	Film	Supporting Actor	Holiday - A Soldier Is Never Off Duty
12	01 Jan 2013	Film	Actor	Run Bhola Run