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TAR
OF THE MONTH
BOLLYWOOD
Govinda had lead
roles in several
commercially
successful
comedy films,
including
Aankhen (1993),
Raja Babu (1994),
Coolie No. 1
(1995), Hero No.
1 (1997) and
Haseena Maan
Jaayegi (1999).
The actor was a member of
the Parliament of India from
2004 to 2009.Govinda's first
film was 1986's Ilzaam, and
he has appeared in over 165
Hindi films. In June 1999, He
was voted the tenth-greatest
star of stage or screen in a
BBC News Online poll.
Govinda was born on 21
December 1963 to former
actor Arun Kumar Ahuja and
singer-actress Nirmala Devi
into a family with Punjabi and
Sindhi roots. Arun is best
known for Mehboob Khan's
Aurat (1940). He produced
one unsuccessful film, and
became ill shortly afterwards.
The family, living in a
bungalow on Mumbai's Carter
Road, moved to Virar—a
northern Mumbai suburb—
where Govinda was born. The
youngest of six children, he
was given the pet name "Chi
Chi", meaning "little finger" in
Punjabi, the language spoken
at home.
During the 1980s, Govinda's
films spanned genres and
included family, drama,
action, and romance. He
started out as an action hero
in the 80's and reinvented
himself as a comedy hero in
90's. At one time, Amitabh
co-starred with him on his
comeback to rejuvenate his
market when his comeback
films failed miserably. He
was recognised the following
decade as a comic actor
after playing a mischievous
young NCC cadet in the 1992
romance Shola Aur Shabnam,
with Divya Bharti.
Govinda had lead roles
in several commercially
successful comedy films,
including Aankhen (1993),
Raja Babu (1994), Coolie
No. 1 (1995), Hero No. 1
(1997) and Haseena Maan
Jaayegi (1999). He received
a Filmfare Best Comedian
Award for Haseena Maan
Jayegi and a Filmfare Special
Award for Saajan Chale
Sasural. Govinda has
played dual roles in several
movies, including Jaan Se
Pyaara (1992), Aankhen
(1993), Bade Miyan Chote
Miyan (1998) and Anari
No.1 (1999). He played six
roles in Hadh Kar Di Aapne
(2000): Raju and his mother,
father, sister, grandmother
and grandfather.
After a number of box-office
flops in the 2000s, his later
commercial successes
included Bhagam Bhag
(2006), Partner (2007),
Life Partner (2009) etc. In
2015 Govinda became a
judge on Zee TV's dancebased
reality show, Dance
India Dance Super Mom
Season 2, replacing
Mithun Chakraborty. The
show received the highest
TRP of any reality-show
opening episode. Govinda
(a member of the Indian
National Congress) was
elected the seventh member
of parliament for the Mumbai
North constituency of
Maharashtra, India in the
14th Lok Sabha elections in
2004, defeating Ram Naik of
the Bharatiya Janata Party.
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