Govinda (actor)

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Govind
Constituency Mumbai North
Born December 21 1963 (1963-12-21) (age 45)
Virar, Thane, Mumbai
Political party INC
Spouse Sunita
Children 1 son and 1 daughter
Residence Mumbai
Religion sikhs
As of September 16, 2006
Source: [1]

Govind (born December 21, 1963 in Virar, Maharashtra India), popularly known as Govinda, is an actor in Hindi films. Starting with his debut in 1986, he has acted in over 120 Hindi films. In 2004, he joined politics, winning a parliamentary seat from Mumbai (formerly "Bombay").

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[edit] Personal life

Govinda was born to former 1940s actor Arun and singer Nirmala on December 21, 1958 . He studied at Annasaheb Vartak College in Vasai, Maharashtra. His elder brother Kirti Kumar is an actor and director who appeared in some of Govinda's films playing supporting roles and has directed his brother in some films most notably Hatya (1988). Govinda's nephew Vinay Anand is also an actor. Govinda initially wanted to marry actress Neelam with whom he had made many films but eventually gave up and married according to his mother's choice. He married Sunita Govind on 11 March 1987 and has two children with her. Govinda has acted in over 100 films since his debut in 1986. He has been one of the most successful comedy actors in Bollywood particularly during the 1990s. After a brief stint in politics in 2003 . He is attempting to make a comeback in Bollywood since 2006 [1].

[edit] Acting career

Govinda made his film debut in the 1986 film Ilzaam which was a box office success and launched his career. [2]. He acted in a string of movies after that with mixed success. Most of the films he appeared in during the 1980s were in the action, romance or family drama genres. He was often paired opposite actress Neelam and together they appeared in hit films such as Love 86 (1986), Khudgarz (1987) and his brother Kirti Kumar's directed Hatya (1988).[3]. He had success with family drama films such as Dariya Dil (1988), Jeete Hain Shaan Se (1988) and Hum (1991) as well as action films such as Marte Dam Tak (1987) and Jung Baaz.[4]. (1989). He worked with David Dhawan for the first time in the 1989 action film Taaqatwar.

He then formed a successful collaboration with David Dhawan and went onto act in 17 movies directed by him most of which were comedy films. The most successful films during their collaboration included Shola Aur Shabnam (1992), Aankhen (1993), Raja Babu (1994), Coolie No. 1 (1995), Saajan Chale Sasural (1996), Hero No. 1 (1997), Deewana Mastana (1997), Bade Miyan Chote Miyan (1998), Haseena Maan Jaayegi (1999) and Jodi No. 1 (2001). [5]. Dhawan and other directors frequently cast him opposite actresses such as Karishma Kapoor and Raveena Tandon during the 1990s.

Govinda played the role of a villain for the first time in his career in Shikari (2000). Although the movie was not a commercial success, Govinda's convincing portrayal of a sociopath murderer was critically acclaimed.[6].

His box office draw suffered a setback in the early 2000s following a series of commercially unsuccessful films. His acting career was further affected when he contested and won the seat for Member of Parliament from Mumbai North in the 2004 parliamentary elections. He did not have any new film releases in 2004 and 2005 although some of his delayed films such as Khullam Khulla Pyaar Karen (2005) and his own home production Ssukh (2005) were released but were box office disasters.

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Paresh Rawal, Govinda and Akshay Kumar in the film Bhagam Bhag

Govinda made a comeback to films in late 2006 with the comedy film Bhagam Bhag alongside Akshay Kumar which was a success.[7]. His first 2007 release was the huge multi-starrer Salaam-e-Ishq: A Tribute To Love. Although a box office disappointment[8]. Govinda was praised for his performance.[9]

His latest 2007 release is the David Dhawan directed romantic comedy Partner, which co-stars Salman Khan. The film grossed Rs.300 Million in India on its opening week, the second highest domestic opening week gross for an Indian film. [10]

[edit] Political career

In 2004, Govinda joined the Congress party, and was elected to the Lok Sabha, the lower House of Parliament from Mumbai with a thumping majority of beating the 5 time sitting MP by over 50000 votes.

In a run up to the polls, Govinda had announced that his agenda will be awaas (housing), prawaas (transportation), swasthya (health) and gyaan (education).

During the first ten months of his tenure as an Member of Parliament (MP), Govinda did not spend any money from his MP Local Area Development Fund of Rs. 20 million. He started utilizing his fund only when newspaper reports brought this to notice. According to the Thane district collectorate sources, Govinda committed Rs 7 to construct anganwadi, samaj mandirs and resolve drinking water problem of Vasai and Virar residents. However, work on these projects did not begin (as of August 2005), because administrative approval was being awaited. Govinda also took credit for 80% of the quadrupling of Borivli-Virar section on Western Railway (India).

During his tenure as an MP, Govinda embarrassed his party, Congress, by coming out in open to support actor Shakti Kapoor, who had been caught in an sting operation, asking for sexual favours from a television reporter posing as a Bollywood aspirant[2]. He also opposed the ban on dance bars, which embarrassed the Congress-NCP led Democratic Front Government, which had proposed the ban.

As an MP, Govinda has been criticized for being inaccessible to the people of his constituency, especially during the terrible rains (beginning July 26, 2005) that left around 450 dead in Mumbai. After the rains, while speaking to a TV channel, Govinda claimed that he had got Rs 150 million sanctioned for his flood-hit constituency after speaking to Sonia Gandhi. However, his own party colleagues contested the claim. Mohan Adhikari, the president of Palghar Congress Unit went on record saying that "not a single paisa" had been received.

[edit] Awards

[edit] Selected filmography

Title Year Role Director Other Notes
Ilzaam 1986 Ajay Sharma/Vijay Shibu Mitra his first hit
Love 86 1986 Vikram Doshi Ismayeel Shroff
Khudgarz 1987 Rakesh Roshan
Marte Dam Tak 1987 Mehul Kumar
Jeete Hain Shaan Se 1988 Iqbal Ali Kawal Sharma
Hatya 1988 Sagar Kirti Kumar criticaly acclaimed performance
Jung Baaz 1989 Arjun Srivastav Mehul Kumar
Do Qaidi 1989 Kanu Ajay Kashyap
Awaargi 1990 Dhiren Kumar Mahesh Bhatt
Maha-Sangram 1990 Mukul S. Anand
Swarg 1990 Krishna David Dhawan
Hum 1991 Vijay Mukul S. Anand
Shola aur Shabnam 1992 Karan David Dhawan
Jaan Se Pyaara 1992 Inspector Jai/Sunder Anand
Aankhen 1993 Bunnu/Gulshan/Gaurishankar David Dhawan the biggest blockbuster of the year beating baazighar, khalnayak and darr
Ekka Raja Rani 1994 Sagar Afzal Ahmed
Raja Babu 1994 Raja Singh David Dhawan
Dulaara 1994 Raja Vimal Kumar Also Singer
Coolie No. 1 1995 Raju David Dhawan
Saajan Chale Sasural 1996 Shyamsunder David Dhawan
Hero No. 1 1997 Rajesh Malhotra David Dhawan
Deewana Mastana 1997 Bunnu David Dhawan
Achanak 1998 Arjun Naresh Malhotra
Dulhe Raja 1998 Raja Harmesh Malhotra
Bade Miyan Chhote Miyan 1998 Pyare Mohan/Chhote Miyan David Dhawan
Pardesi Babu 1998 Raju Pardesi Manoj Agarwal
Haseena Maan Jaayegi 1999 Monu David Dhawan
Hum Tum Pe Marte Hain 1999 Rahul Malhotra Nabh Kumar 'Raju'
Shikari 2000 Om Srivastav N. Chandra
Joru Ka Ghulam 2000 Raju Shakeel Noorani
Hadh Kar Di Aapne 2000 Raju Manoj Agrawal
Aamdani Atthani Kharcha Rupaiyaa 2001 Bhimsha K. Raghavendra Rao
Jodi No. 1 2001 Veeru David Dhawan
Albela 2001 Tony Deepak Sareen
Kyo Kii... Main Jhuth Nahin Bolta 2001 Raj Malhotra David Dhawan
Pyaar Diwana Hota Hai 2002 Sunder Kirti Kumar
Waah! Tera Kya Kehna 2002 Raj Oberoi/Banne Khan Manoj Agrawal
Chalo Ishq Ladaaye 2002 Pappu Aziz Sejawal
Three Roses 2003 cameo Parameshwar Tamil
Ek Aur Ek Gyarah 2003 Tara David Dhawan
Ssukh 2005 Chandraprakash Sharma Kirti Kumar Also Producer
Sandwich 2006 Sher Singh/Shekhar/Vicky Anees Bazmi
Bhagam Bhag 2006 Babla Priyadarshan
Salaam-e-Ishq: A Tribute To Love 2007 Raju Nikhil Advani
Partner 2007 Bhaskar Diwakar Chowdahry David Dhawan
Om Shanti Om 2007 Special appearance Farah Khan also voiced a teenage version of himself
Jewellery Box 2007 Aparna Sen on hold but seems very unlikely to be made as it was announced before govinda successfull comeback
Money hai to honey hai releasing 2008 main lead ganesh acharya filming now also starring hansika motwani opposite govinda
Untitled movie with lara dutta releasing 2008 main lead Ravi Chopra filming now
tom and jerry releasing 2008 David Dhawan filming starts soon. sequal to partner

[edit] References

  1. ^ http://www.telegraphindia.com/1070204/asp/insight/story_7345094.asp
  2. ^ http://www.boxofficeindia.com/govinda.htm
  3. ^ http://www.boxofficeindia.com/govinda.htm
  4. ^ http://www.boxofficeindia.com/govinda.htm
  5. ^ http://www.boxofficeindia.com/govinda.htm
  6. ^ http://www.indiafm.com/movies/review/6682/index.html
  7. ^ http://www.boxofficeindia.com/2006.htm
  8. ^ http://www.boxofficeindia.com/2007.htm
  9. ^ http://www.indiafm.com/movies/review/12727/index.html
  10. ^ indiaglitz.com

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