Govinda
Acting
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Govinda ( born Govind Arun Ahuja, 21 December 1963) is a Filmfare award-winning Indian actor and politician. He has appeared in over 120 Hindi language films. At the start of his career, his acting and dancing skills gained him widespread attention among film viewers. He later gained worldwide fame as a Bollywood icon through comedy films such as Shola Aur Shabnam, Aankhen, Coolie No. 1, Haseena Maan Jaayegi and Partner. He was a member of the Indian National Congress Party. He was elected as the seventh Member of Parliament for the Mumbai North Constituency of Maharashtra, India in the 14th Lok Sabha elections in 2004, after defeating Ram Naik of the Bharatiya Janata Party. In the 2009 General Elections, he opted out of politics to concentrate more on films. However he continues to have political favor from Congress Party. His constituency was succeeded by Sanjay Nirupam (also from Congress). In June 1999, Govinda was voted as the tenth greatest star of stage or screen of the last thousand years by BBC News Online users. Description above from the Wikipedia article Govinda, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Born: December 21, 1963
Place of Birth: Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
Known For
Khullam Khulla Pyaar Karen
Two enemy underworld Dons put their differences aside and marry their children, but a case of mistaken identity foils the plan.
Pyaar Karke Dekho
Orphaned Ravi Kumar lives in Poona, India, with his maternal uncle. As he wants to pursue a career as a singer/dancer, he re-locates to Bombay, so that he could audition for the All India Talent Association.
Rock Dancer
Jaya is a dancer who wants to build a charitable hospital for the poor, but when her show takes place, she is shot, making her unable to dance. The leader of her dance group decides to train Jaya's sister Ritu to fulfill Jaya's dream, but when Jaya is killed, Ritu's life is also under threat.
Aadmi Khilona Hai
The Verma family consists of two brothers, Vijay and Sharad (Jeetendra and Govinda respectively), Vijay's wife, Ganga (Reena Roy), and their daughter. Sharad is unmarried and is studying in college, while Vijay runs the household on his income. In college, Sharad meets with Punam (Meenakshi Sheshadhri) and both are attracted to each other. Ganga and Vijay get them married, but permit them a married life only after they complete their studies, which they do so. They are devastated to learn that Punam cannot be a mother, so Ganga lets Punam mother her child. Soon Sharad gets a job, which gets him to re-locate to another city, and there are tearful good-byes. Punam decides to keep Ganga's child with her. But Ganga has been kind to Punam and Sharad for a reason, and now the time has come for payback.
Karz Chukana Hai
Alcoholic, arrogant, and a slacker, Atmaram, though coming from a poor family, has visions of grandeur, and believes that everyone else is subordinate to his wishes and instructions. This lands him in hot water with his employer, Seth Usman, and as a result he loses his job. Unable to support his family, namely his wife, Laxmi, and two grown sons, Ravi and Vijay, he starts living at home, dependent on his sons' incomes. Then fate delivers a cruel blow to Atmaram, leaving him alone and desolate. He decides to atone for his mistakes, but will he able to convince others of his good intentions, who are weary of him, and fear that this may be another ploy on his part to fool them again.
Gharana
A family's palatial lifestyle and estate are stolen from them in an attempt to frame them for a crime they did not commit.
Awaargi
Azad (Anil Kapoor), a mob enforcer who rescues the lovely Meena (Meenakshi Seshadri) from a brothel against the orders of both his boss and a rival gang leader. He vows to help her become a singer, and enlists Dhiren (Govindra) to help her, but things become complicated when both men fall for Meena--and the gangsters decide they want her back.
Dadagiri
After the passing of her parents, a young heiress suffers abuse at the hands of her relatives.
Mera Lahoo
Widowed Avanti Singh lives in an Indian village along with her two sons Dharam and Govinda, and a married daughter. Dharam marries Pavitra, who has a twin sister, Geeta, who meets and falls in love with fellow collegian Govinda. Pavitra has an admirer in Dhaneshwar, a local wealthy land owner and aspiring politician, but Pavitra shuns him. Govinda and Pavitra share a special relationship and Dharam suspects them of having an affair, arguments ensue and Govinda leaves. He returns home to find that Avanti had prevented Dhaneshwar from molesting Pavitra, and Dharam, who went to avenge this humiliation, was killed. Enraged, Govinda rushes to kill Dhaneshwar, but ends up killing someone else instead, and is arrested and put in jail. With Dharam dead and Govinda behind bars, Dhaneshwar seizes the opportunity and this time does molest Pavitra. Who will avenge Pavitra and Dharam now?
Loha
A well-meaning but disgraced cop, is determined to fight a corrupt system, taking to task miscreants and criminals in his city.
Filmography
as Self
as Vijendra Pratap Singh/Ajay Pratap Singh
as Himself
as Gagan
as Himself
as Self
as Self
as Self
as Self
as Special Appearance in "Birju" Song
as Armaan Malik
as Bhaiyaji
as Major Pratap Panikar
as Self
as Basant
as Self - Judge
as Bajrangi (voice)
as Pandit
as Guest
as Happy
as Sanjeevani Kumar
as Raj
as Special Appearance in "Jalwa" Song
as Jeet Oberoi
as Deepak O. Nath
as Bobby P. Arora
as Himself
as Self
as Bhaskar Diwakar Chaudhry
as Karan
as Rajeev
as Babla
as Sher Singh/Shekhar
as Chandraprakash Sharma
as Raja / Vicky
as Self
as Raja Bhaiya
as Pappu
as Raj Oberoi/Banne Khan
as Himself
as Raj
as Raj Oberoi
as Sunder
as Bhimsha
as Raj Malhotra
as Prem
as Tony
as Veeru
as Bharat D. Bhatnagar
as Ganga
as Raju Sachdeva
as Self
as Raja
as Raj Malhotra
as Rahul Kumar
as Monu
as Rajaji
as Raja/Rahul Saxena
as Krishna Prasad
as Raju Pardesi
as Pyare Mohan / Chotey Miyan
as Kohinoor Karan
as Raja
as Arjun
as Gopi
as Bunnu
as Gopi
as Sagar
as Special Appearance
as Amar
as Rajesh Malhotra 'Raju'
as Amar Saxena / Rohit
as Ravi
as Bhola / Police Inspector Shankar
as Shyamsunder
as Special appearance
as Traffic Jam Dancer
as Inspector Dayashankar Pandey
as Raju
as Ajay
as Suraj / Rajnikanth
as Aniket
as Raju
as Suraj
as Birju/Raju
as Himself (Guest Appearance)
as Police Inspector Siddhant Suri
as Gangwa/Krishna
as Raja
as Raja Babu
as Sagar
as Premee
as Amar
as Bunnu / Gaurishankar
as Suraj Kumar
as Sharad Verma
as Raja V Kumar
as Govinda
as Pratap Koli
as Govinda/Kamal Nain
as Karan
as Amar
as Ajit 'Munna' Singh
as Ravi
as Vijay Malhotra
as Actor
as Sanjay
as Vikrant 'Vicky' Narayan Singh
as Arjun aka Munna
as Krishna
as Vijay
as Dhiren Kumar
as Satya
as Inspector Arjun
as Hariprasad a.k.a Hari/Om
as Sagar Singh
as John D'Mello
as Arjun Srivastav
as Ravi Verma
as Vijay
as Ram Kumar
as Vishal
as Om Narayan
as Vikram Malik (Vicky)
as Kanu
as Vijay / Barkat Ali
as Ravi Mehra
as Deepak Malhotra
as Vinay
as Amar Dhanraj
as Sagar
as Shakti
as Ravi
as Iqbal Ali
as Kumar Saxena
as Ravi
as Jai
as Govinda Singh
as Ravi Kumar
as Ravi Pratap
as Ravi
as Ajay Kumar
as Vikram Doshi