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7/10/2015 Govinda (actor) ­ Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Govinda (actor) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Govinda (born Govind Arun Ahuja ) (Born: December 21, 1963)[3] is an Indian film actor, former politician, and Govinda comedian. Govinda is best know for his work in Bollywood. Govinda has received twelve Filmfare Awards nominations, won a Filmfare Special Award, won a Filmfare Award for Best Comedian, and received four Zee Cine Awards. His debut was in Ilzaam in 1986 and has since appeared in over 165 Hindi films.[4] In June 1999, Govinda was voted the tenth greatest star of stage or screen of the last thousand years by BBC News Online users.[5] His earlier films in the 1980s were in genres including family, drama, action, and romance. In the 1990s, he gained recognition as a comic actor after playing a mischievous young NCC cadet in the romantic movie Shola Aur Shabnam (1992) opposite the late Divya Bharti. He played leading roles in several commercially successful comedy films in the 1990s such as Aankhen (1993), Raja Babu (1994), Coolie No. 1 (1995), Hero No. 1 (1997) and Haseena Maan Jaayegi (1999). He received the Filmfare Best Comedian Award for Haseena Maan Jayegi and Filmfare Special Award for Saajan Chale Sasural. He has successfully played dual roles in several movies including Jaan Se Pyaara (1992), Aankhen (1993), Bade Miyan Chote Miyan (1998) and Anari No.1 (1999).[6] Apart from double roles, he has also successfully played six roles of his own family in Hadh Kar Di Aapne (2000), one being Raju and others being Raju's mom, Raju's dad, Raju's sister, Raju's grandmother and Raju's grandfather.[7] Govinda at Mother Teresa International Award in 2011 Govinda is nicknamed 'No. 1' because of the series of Member of Parliament films he has done ending with "No. 1" tag like Coolie No. for Mumbai North, India 1, Hero No. 1, Aunty No. 1, Anari No.1, Beti No. 1 and Jodi No.1, popularly known as No. 1 (film series). In office Govinda is the only actor after Akshay Kumar in June 3, 2004 – 2009 Bollywood who has done a series of films with a specific Preceded by Ram Naik title. Succeeded by Sanjay Nirupam After a period of box office flops in the 2000s, his recent Constituency Mumbai North commercial successes have been Bhagam Bhag (2006), Personal details Partner (2007), Life Partner (2009) and Raavan (2010). https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Govinda_(actor)#Political_career 1/20 7/10/2015 Govinda (actor) ­ Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia In 2015, Govinda became one of the judges of Zee TV's Born Govind Arun dance­based reality show Dance India Dance Super Mom 21 December 1963 [1] [8][9][10] Season 2, replacing Mithun Chakraborty. The Virar, Maharashtra, India show garnered the highest TRP for any opening episode Citizenship Indian of a reality show.[11] Political Indian National Congress In addition to film acting, he was a member of the Indian party National Congress Party. He was elected as the seventh Spouse(s) Sunita (1987–present) Member of Parliament for the Mumbai North Constituency of Maharashtra, India in the 14th Lok Children Tina Ahuja (b. 1989) Sabha elections in 2004.[12] He defeated Ram Naik of the Yashwardhan Bharatiya Janata Party. His constituency was succeeded Parents Arun Kumar by Sanjay Nirupam (also from Congress) in 2009 when (father, deceased) Govinda choose to concentrate on his film career. Nirmala Devi (mother, deceased) Contents Residence Juhu, Mumbai, India Alma mater Annasaheb Vartak College, 1 Early life Maharashtra 2 Acting career Profession Actor 2.1 1986–90: Debut and breakthrough Dancer 2.2 1990­1999: Critical and commercial Television presenter success 2.3 2000­05: Slump and break from films Comedian 2.4 2006­09: Acting comeback and return Politician to prominence Religion Hinduism [2] 2.5 2010­present: Recent work 3 Collaboration with other actors and actresses Signature 3.1 Actors 3.2 Actresses 4 Political career 4.1 Criticism 5 Personal life 6 Controversies 7 Other work 7.1 Television 8 Honors and recognitions 9 Music Directors & Singers 10 Filmography 10.1 Actor 11 Awards & Nominations 12 References 13 External links Early life https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Govinda_(actor)#Political_career 2/20 7/10/2015 Govinda (actor) ­ Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Govinda was born into a Punjabi family to former actor Arun Kumar Ahuja and singer/actress Nirmala Devi. Arun Kumar Ahuja, Govinda's father, is best know for acting in Mehboob Khan's Aurat (1940). He also produced one film which yielded low returns, shortly after which, his health failed. The family, living in a bungalow on Mumbai's upmarket Carter Road, moved to Virar — a northern Mumbai suburb, where Govinda was born. He is the youngest of six children and was given the pet name Chi Chi which means little finger in Punjabi,[13] the language he spoke at home. Acting career 1986–90: Debut and breakthrough Govinda studied at Annasaheb Vartak College in Vasai, Maharashtra graduating in commerce. His father suggested a career in film. Around this time, Govinda saw the film Disco Dancer after which he practiced for hours and circulated a promotion of himself on a VHS cassette. He was offered a job in a fertilizer commercial and an Allwyn ad. His first leading role was in Tan­Badan which was directed by his uncle Anand. Govinda started shooting for his next film Love 86 in June 1985. By mid­July, he had signed 40 [14][15] From (l­r), David Dhawan, Govinda others. and Chunky Pandey at Bobby Deol's His first released film was Ilzaam (1986), a box office success and birthday bash the fifth biggest hit of 1986. The film song "Street Dancer", which featured Govinda break dancing, became a breakthrough in his career and established him as a dancing star. He acted in a series 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 several films such as Love 86 (1986), Khudgarz (1987) and his brother Kirti Kumar's directorial, Hatya (1988). 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 (1989). He worked with David Dhawan for the first time in the 1989 action film Taaqatwar. He also worked with Rajnikant and Sridevi in the film that year titled, Ghair Khanooni. 1990­1999: Critical and commercial success In 1990, he became a part of cult classic film Awaargi. The movie featured Anil Kapoor, Govinda and Meenakshi Sheshadri in lead roles. Others films such as Swarg and Maha Sangram also did well. In 1992, he was seen in the film Zulm Ki Hukumat, an Indian remake of The Godfather. In 1992, he as in Shola Aur Shabnam directed by David Dhawan. After this success, they did Aankhen. Aankhen became the highest grossing film of the year and one of largest all­time blockbusters. He then formed a collaboration with David Dhawan and went on to act in 17 movies directed by Dhawan. Most of these were comedy films. The other films made by their collaboration are Taaqatwar (1989), Swarg (1990), Shola Aur Shabnam (1992), Aankhen (1993), Raja Babu (1994), Coolie No. 1 (1995), Saajan Chale Sasural (1996), Banarasi Babu (1997), Deewana Mastana (1997), Hero No. 1 (1997), Bade Miyan Chote Miyan (1998), and Haseena Maan Jaayegi (1999). Aankhen became the highest grossing film of 1993. Govinda also sang in some of his https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Govinda_(actor)#Political_career 3/20 7/10/2015 Govinda (actor) ­ Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia movies including "Meri Pant Bhi Sexy" from Dulaara and "Gori Gori" from Shola Aur Shabnam. Dhawan and other directors frequently cast him opposite actresses such as Karishma Kapoor, Juhi Chawla and Raveena Tandon during the 1990s. 2000­05: Slump and break from films His box office figures suffered a setback in the early 2000s following a (l­r) Anil Kapoor,Govinda and series of commercially Govinda's wife at green carpet of unsuccessful films. Some of IIFA 2014 his movies were declared hits. These include Kunwara,[16][17] Hadh Kar Di Aapne,[18] Jodi No.1,[19] Kyo Kii... Main Jhuth Nahin Bolta[20] and Ek Aur Ek Gyarah.[21] Govinda (left) with Akshay Kumar on the set of Bhagam Bhag He was also nominated the Filmfare Award for Best Performance in a Comic Role for Kunwara, Jodi No.1, Kyo Kii... Main Jhuth Nahin Bolta and Akhiyon Se Goli Maare. However, since 2002, most of his films have been unsuccessful at box office. He 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.[22] He turned down roles in Taal, Gadar: Ek Prem Katha and Devdas all which became successful films.[23] His acting career was further affected when he joined Indian National Congress and won the seat for Member of Parliament from Mumbai North by defeating five­time sitting Member of Parliament Ram Naik, a former Petroleum Minister, by over 50,000 votes in the 2004 parliamentary elections. Govinda took a break from films from 2003­05. 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), his home production Ssukh (2005), and Sandwich, were released and became box office disasters.

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