Govinda Biography, age, family, wife, Girlfriend, Marriage, movies, Upcoming Movies, New Movie, Net Worth
Govinda is an Indian actor, comedian, dancer and a former politician. In Bollywood, he is known as the "Badshah of Swag" because of his excellent expression.
She is very famous for her dance and comedy timing in her film career. He has mostly done comedy films under the film director David Dhawan with great actors Kader Khan, Johnny Lever, Paresh Pawal, Satish Kaushik.
In the 90s, he had achieved kingship in comedy films. His chemistry with Kader Khan was incredible. He has also done many comedy films together with Shakti Kapoor.
He got the most success in the comedy films Aankhe, Aunty No. 1 which was also at the fore in terms of earnings. In the 2000 film Had Kar Di Aapne, he played six roles: that of Raju and his mother, father, sister, grandmother and grandfather which was unbelievable to the audience.
In his long career, he has never been punctual on the sets or on his work, which has caused great loss to his filmmakers and colleagues. He has acted in more than 165 Hindi films till date.
Govinda Biography
- Name - Govinda
- Full Name - Govind Arun Ahuja
- Nick Name - Govinda, Chi Chi, Virar Ka Chokra
- Famous (Famous Role) - Aunty role in Aunty Number One, for her dance
- Birthday - 21st December 1963
- Birth Place - Virar, Maharashtra, India
- Age - 58 Years (Year 2021)
- Hometown - Virar, Maharashtra, India
- Education - Bachelor of Commerce
- Name of the School - Annasaheb Vartak College, Vasai, Maharashtra
- Zodiac - Sagittarius
- Citizenship - Indian
- Religion - Hindu
- Height - 5 feet 7 inches
- Weight - 85 kg
- Chest - 44 Inches
- Waist - 36 inches
- Biceps - 16 inches
- Eye Color - Brown
- Hair Color - Black
- Hobbies - Dancing and Acting
- Profession - Actor, Producer, Dancer, Politician
- Early Career (Debut) Film (Actor) - Ilzaam (1986)
- Film - Sukh (2005)
- Girlfriends Name - Neelam Kothari (Actress), Rani Mukerji (Actress)
- Marital Status - Married
- Marriage - Date 11 March 1987
- Father's Name - Arun Kumar Ahuja (Actor)
- Mother's Name - Nirmala Ahuja
- Brother's Name - Kirti Kumar (Actor)
- Sister's Name - Kamini Khanna (Writer, Music Director and Singer)
- Nephew's Name - Krushna Abhishek (Actor)
- Niece's Name - Aarti Singh (Actress)
- Wife's Name - Sunita Ahuja
- Son's Name - Yashvardhan Ahuja
- Daughter's Name - Narmada Ahuja (also fondly called Tina)
Born & Early life
Govinda was born on 21 December 1963 in Virar, Maharashtra to father Arun Kumar Ahuja (actor) and mother Nirmala Ahuja. Her mother belonged to the city of Varanasi. Her mother, Nazim was a Muslim but converted to Hinduism and changed her name to Nirmala Devi. And his father came to Mumbai from Gujranwala (now in Pakistan) to become an actor.
His father has been a very good Bollywood actor. Who started his film world from the year 1939 and did films for about 15 years till the year 1954.
When his father came to Mumbai, he married Govinda's mother and at that time his father had made a film as a producer, which proved to be a huge flop and his father suffered a huge financial loss.
After which he had to sell his bungalow and his property on Carter Road in Mumbai and after selling everything his family shifted to Virar where actor Govinda was born.
Apart from these, he has a brother Kirti Kumar who is an actor and a sister Kamini Khanna who is a writer, music director and singer in his house. He was the youngest among the siblings in his family, so he is affectionately called Sab Chi Chi which means little finger in Punjabi language.
He has six nephews and two nieces in the TV world: actors Vinay Anand, Krushna Abhishek, Aryan, Arjun Singh, Ragini Khanna, Amit Khanna, Aarti Singh and director Janmendra Kumar Ahuja (aka Dumpy). His brother-in-law Devendra Sharma has appeared in many Hindi films.
He was fond of becoming a dancer after watching the film Disco Dancer, after which he used to practice dance alone for hours and this passion of his dance made him a famous dancer.
Govinda Marriage (Story of Govinda and Sunita)
Govinda's marriage was a mystery at one point of time because he kept the matter of his marriage hidden for almost 4 years. They were married in a secret way on 11 March 1987.
During his struggling days, he lived with his uncle for three years. Sunita often used to visit her sister and brother-in-law. Since both Sunita and Govinda were young, the two used to fight like crazy.
The reason behind these fights was Sunita's opposite personality. While he was a humble person, he liked everything desi, while Sunita was a bit modern.
She did not like Sunita in the beginning, but the way Sunita used to wear modern clothes and adorn herself. This style and modern thinking of Sunita had forced them to think. Over time, they started falling in love with Sunita.
Govinda and Sunita's marriageSoon the trend of love letters started between the two and at a very young age (only 18 years) Sunita secretly married Govinda when she was only 24 years old. His wife Sunita is half Nepali and half Punjabi because Sunita's father was Punjabi and mother was from Nepal. But Sunita does not have Nepalese citizenship.
Even after wanting to marry, he could not tell the people because at that time he was at the peak of Bollywood and his female fan following was very much.
If people had come to know about his marriage, then perhaps his female fans would have got a big shock and his fame would probably have been very less, so to save his career from sinking, he kept the matter of marriage hidden from people for about 4 years. Had done
The reason behind these fights was Sunita's opposite personality. While he was a humble person, he liked everything desi, while Sunita was a bit modern.
She did not like Sunita in the beginning, but the way Sunita used to wear modern clothes and adorn herself. This style and modern thinking of Sunita had forced them to think. Over time, they started falling in love with Sunita.
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Children of Govinda
Govinda and Sunita have two children, a daughter Narmada Ahuja and a son Yashvardhan Ahuja. Narmada was born on 16 July 1988 and is affectionately known as Tina and is an actress by profession.
Yashvardhan was born in 1997 and is preparing himself for Bollywood. While these two children of Govinda and Sunita are well known,
Not many know that they also had a daughter who died at the age of 4 months as she was a premature baby.
Govinda's Affairs / Girlfriend (Govinda Girlfriend /Affairs )
Govinda was associated with many actresses but his alleged love stories with Neelam Kothari and Rani Mukerji affected his relationship with his wife Sunita Ahuja the most. This is the story of the actor's affairs!
Govinda and Neelam Kothari
Govinda was madly in love with his Ilzaam co-star Neelam Kothari as it was his first film. When Govinda saw her for the first time, the actress had smitten Govinda.
The actor had confessed that Neelam was the perfect girl whom every boy looks up to as his life partner and wanted to marry her.
He met Neelam for the first time in Pranlal Mehta's office and on seeing Neelam, he fell in love at first sight.
Although Govinda was not married at that time, he had also insisted his then girlfriend Sunita to be straight and simple like Neelam, which irritated Sunita. After falling in love with Neelam, Govinda could not do much except watch as he was already in love with Sunita.
Govinda and Rani Mukerji
Govinda first met Rani Mukerji on the sets of the film Had Kardi Apne. The two had to travel to Switzerland and the US during the shooting of the film, which gave both the opportunity to work together and meet regularly. Both had come close to each other in a very short time.
When he was caught by a famous journalist in a hotel room along with Rani, this news made a lot of headlines. His wife Sunita was deeply hurt by an act of Govinda. Every day in the media, discussions about Govinda's love affairs kept going on, due to which Govinda's married life was broken and broken.
His wife had left the house after being troubled by these love affairs and had decided to divorce him. But returned at the behest of the parents, although later Govinda and his wife had strengthened their marital relationship so that they no longer bothered by such frivolous rumours.
Govinda First Film – Lead Role (Govinda First Film)
- Director - Shibu Mitra
- Producer - Pahlaj Nihalani
- Co-Star - Shashi Kapoor, Shatrughan Sinha, Raj Kiran, Anita Raj,
- Neelam, Prem Chopra, Geeta, Ramesh Dev, Siddharth,
- Release Date - 28 February 1986
Govinda's career (Govinda's early phase) –
Govinda was suggested to do films in Bollywood by his father although his mother was against the suggestion given by his father. He was also offered a job by an Allwyn advertising company before he got work in his first film, but due to his passion for acting, he offered it.
Govinda got the opportunity to start his career in Bollywood when he got a chance to work with great actors like Shashi Kapoor, Shatrughan Sinha, Raj Kiran, Anita Raj, Neelam and Prem Chopra in the 1986 film Ilzaam. Didn't get a chance to play the lead actor.
Superhit films of 1980s to 1990s –
- Khudgarz (1987)
- Dariya Dil (1988)
- Ghar Ghar Ki Kahani (1988)
- Hatiya (1988)
- Jeete Hain Shaan Se (1988)
- Jang Baaz (1989).
In the 1990s, he got a chance to act with big actors like Vinod Khanna, Aditya Pancholi and Madhuri Dixit, Amitabh Bachchan and Rajinikanth.
Beginning of Govinda's sinking career
The actor took a break from films during the period from 2003 to 2005. In 2004 and 2005, no new film of his was released, in the year 2005 some of his old stalled films were released in which Khullam Khulla Pyaar Kare and Sukh and Sandwich but all these films proved to be flops.
When he was caught by a famous journalist in a hotel room along with Rani, this news made a lot of headlines. His wife Sunita was deeply hurt by an act of Govinda. Every day in the media, discussions about Govinda's love affairs kept going on, due to which Govinda's married life was broken and broken.
His wife had left the house after being troubled by these love affairs and had decided to divorce him. But returned at the behest of the parents, although later Govinda and his wife had strengthened their marital relationship so that they no longer bothered by such frivolous rumours.
Govinda's return to films
At the end of 2006, Govinda once again made a bang with the comedy film Bhagam Bhag. In which he was accompanied by actors Akshay Kumar, Paresh Rawal, Lara Dutta.
In the year 2007, in director Nikkhil Advani's big-budget drama "Salaam-e-Ishq: A Tribute to Love", he starred Shannon Esra, Salman Khan, Priyanka Chopra, Anil Kapoor, Juhi Chawla, Akshaye Khanna, Ayesha Takia, John Abraham, Appeared alongside Vidya Balan, Sohail Khan and Isha Koppikar. But the film fell flat at the box office and was a flop.
In 2007, he worked with Salman Khan and Katrina Kaif in David Dhawan's Partner. The film proved to be a superhit, earning ₹ 300,000,000 in India during its opening week. Govinda received many awards for this film.
After this he also appeared in the song "Deewangi Deewangi" from Shahrukh Khan's film Om Shanti Om. In the year 2008, he worked in the film "Money Hai To Honey Hai" which was a flop, in the year "Chal Chala Chal". worked that was successful
The downfall of Govinda's acting career
Between 2010 and 2014, he did a few films which were flops. In 2014, he appeared in the film Holiday, starring Akshay Kumar and Sonakshi Sinha. This was Govinda and Akshay Kumar's second collaboration after Bhagam Bhag.
The year 2017 saw him as a cop in his home production Aa Gaya Hero. The film was also a flop. The film Aa Gaya was Hero In's third home production film, before that his two films were Hatya and Sukh.
Govinda, who was a superstar of his time, is now sometimes seen as a special guest in TV reality shows due to lack of work in films.
Govinda's career in politics
In 2004, he entered politics as a member of the Congress and was elected as the seventh member of parliament in the 14th Lok Sabha election, defeating Ram Naik of the BJP at that time.
During the election, he had claimed 80% credit for quadrupling the Borivali-Virar section of the Western Railway zone and said that his agenda would be transport, health, education, transportation.
On 20 January 2008, Govinda decided to quit politics and focus on his Bollywood acting career.
Govinda in David Dhawan's films
Govinda first did the 1989 action film 'Taktavar' with David Dhawan. He then collaborated with Govinda and directed 18 films with him as the lead actor, most of which were comedy films.
During the 90s, he transformed himself into one of the finest comedy actors, and his chemistry with Kader Khan was impeccable.
Govinda worked with the famous and self-actress Divya Bharti of his time in the superhit films Shola and Shabnam.
The 1993 film Aankhen, directed by David Dhawan, in which Govinda starred as the lead actor, became the highest-grossing film of all time. Chunky Pandey and Kader Khan were involved with him in this film.
Govinda also did the comedy film Ek Aur Ek Eleven with actor Sanjay Dutt. After this Govinda appeared in many films of David Dhawan –
Release date movie name
- 1989 Mighty
- 1990 heaven
- 1992 Shola and Shabnam
- 1993 Eyes
- 1994 Raja Babu
- 1995 Coolie No.1
- 1996 Sajan Chale Sasural
- 1997 Banarasi Babu / Deewana Mastana / Hero No 1
- 1998 big mia small mia
- 1999 Hasina will agree
- 2000 bachelor
- 2001 Jodi No. 1 / Kyo Ki… I don't lie
- 2003 One and One Eleven
- 2007 Partner
- 2009 Do Not Disturb
Exclusive information about Govinda's film career –
Govinda has worked with many well-known actors in his film career but most of his films have been comedies, in which great actors Kader Khan, Johnny Lever, Paresh Rawal, Shakti Kapoor have worked with him. Along with this, background singers for Govinda have also contributed in Govinda's career.
Let us know how many films Govinda has done with which actor. And which singer has sung the maximum number of songs in Govinda's films.
Govinda and Johnny Lever have appeared in 22 films, with Lever mainly playing comic roles.
Govinda has done 14 films with Paresh Rawal.
Govinda has worked with music directors Anand Milind and Anand Raj Anand and background singer Udit Narayan. Narayan has sung over 100 songs for Govinda in over 50 films, which is the largest number of films and songs sung for a particular actor.
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Likes and Dislikes of Govinda
- Favorite Actor - Salman Khan
- Favorite Actress - Priyanka Chopra
- Favorite Food - Moong Dal, Khichdi, Bhindi
- Favorite Film - Barfi
- Favorite Restaurant - Just Around The Corner in Mumbai and Ming Yang in Mumbai
Govinda Controversies
On 16 January 2008, he slapped Santosh Rai during the shooting of his film "Money Hai Toh Honey Hai" because Govinda alleged that he was misbehaving on the sets at Filmistan Studio, Mumbai.
Rai then filed a complaint against Govinda, but it was suppressed by the Bombay High Court. After that, Rai went to the Supreme Court. According to Rai, he fought the case for six years and spent ₹500,000-600,000 on lawyer's fees.
In the year 2015, who issued notice to Govinda and asked Govinda to apologize to the victim and also ordered a compensation of Rs 5 lakh to the victim.
Interesting information about Govinda
- Govinda was very fond of watching movies in the beginning, he always saved money to watch movies.
- Once he was rejected for the job of a waiter in the Taj Mahal Hotel because his English was not good.
- His mother wanted him to become a banker and she never wanted him to become an actor. He even gave so many auditions which were kept hidden from his mother.
- In her early days she initially auditioned several times for various roles in Rajshree studio but was rejected every time.
- In her debut film Ilzaam, she made her mark with her dancing moves in the song I Am A Street Dancer.
- In 1994, he had a major car accident and suffered multiple head injuries, but he did not cancel the shooting of the film Khudar because of this.
- His film Aunty No. 1 was initially named "Aunty" but No. 1 was lucky for Govinda, so later it was added to the title.
- In a BBC News online poll, he was voted the world's tenth biggest screen or stage star in 1999.
- She was the first choice of producers and directors for the role of Tara in the film Gadar, which later went to Sunny Deol. He also got roles in the films Taal and Devdas, but he rejected them all.
- His date of birth always creates confusion among his fans and followers; Because it remains a mystery whether his year of birth is 1963 or 1960.
Govinda Awards
Filmfare Awards-
- 1997: Special Award for Saajan Chale Sasural
- 2000: Best Comedian Award for Haseena Maan Jayegi
Zee Cine Awards-
- 1998: Best Actor in a Comedy Role for Dulhe Raja
- 1999: Best Actor in a Comedy Role for Bade Miyan Chote Miyan
- 2000: Best Actor in a Comedy Role for Haseena Maan Jayegi
- 2008: Best Actor in a Supporting Role (Male) for Partner
Note: Along with this, he has many other awards, honors and achievements to his name.
Govinda Net Worth
Apart from being an actor, Govinda was also a politician as he joined the Congress party but left politics in 2008 for the sake of his acting career. His wife Sunita is a housewife by profession. His net worth is estimated to be around $20 million, which is approximately Rs 170 crores.
- Net Worth (Net Worth 2021) - $25 million
- Net Worth In Indian Rupees - More than Rs 170 Crore
- Per film charge Rs - 2 to 3 crores
FAQ
Q 1. When and where was Govinda born?
Govinda was born on 21 December 1963 in Virar, Maharashtra.
Q 2. When did Govinda get married?
Govinda was secretly married to Sunita on 11 March 1987.
Q 3.What is the surname of film star Govinda?
Govinda's real name is Govind Arun Ahuja.
Q 4. What work did Govinda do earlier?
Before getting the job in his first film, he was also offered a job by an Allwyn advertising company but due to Govinda's passion for acting, he offered it.
Q 5. Which religion does Govinda belong to?
Govinda belongs to Hindu religion as his father was Hindu although his mother, Nazim was a Muslim but converted to Hinduism and changed her name to Nirmala Devi
Q 6. What did Govinda's father do?
Govinda's father was an actor and film producer. He started from the year 1939 and did films for about 15 years till the year 1954.
Q 7. How many sisters does Govinda have?
Govinda has a sister Kamini Khanna, who is a writer, music director and singer.
Q 8. Which is the first film of Govinda?
Govinda's first film as a lead actor was "Tan-Badan", in which his film director maternal uncle gave him an opportunity to act.
Q 9. Which was Govinda's second film?
Govinda's second film was Love 86.
Q10. How many children does Govinda have?
Govinda and Sunita have two children, a daughter Narmada Ahuja and a son Yashvardhan Ahuja. Narmada was born on 16 July 1988 and is affectionately known as Tina and is an actress by profession.
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