Govinda (Actor)

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Govind Arun Ahuja (born 21 December 1963) is an Indian actor, comedian, dancer, and former politician, who has appeared in more than 165 Hindi- language film and established himself one of most popular actors in India. Govinda is known for his slapstick performances and dancing skills. He has received 12 Filmfare Award nominations and won two Filmfare Special Awards and a Filmfare Award for Best Comedian. In June 1999, he was voted the tenth- greatest star of stage or screen in last thousand years by BBC News Online poll.

Starting out as an action and dancing hero in the 1980s, His first film was 1986's Ilzaam , which was a hit and other earlier box-office hits include Love 86 (1986), Hatya (1988), Jeete Hain Shaan Se (1988), Do Qaidi (1989), and Hum (1991). However, Govinda would go on to reinvent himself as a comic hero in the 1990s after his role as a mischievous young NCC cadet in the 1992 romance Shola Aur Shabnam and 1993 action comedy Aankhen in which he played dual role. Following the huge success of these films, Govinda had lead roles in several commercially successful comedy films, including Raja Babu (1994), Coolie No. 1 (1995), Saajan Chale Sasural (1996), Hero No. 1 (1997), Deewana Mastana (1997), Dulhe Raja (1998), Bade Miyan Chote Miyan (1998), Anari No.1 (1999) and Jodi No. 1 (2001). He would also receive a Filmfare Award for Best Comedian for Haseena Maan Jayegi (1999) and a Filmfare Special Award for Saajan Chale Sasural (1996).

In the 2000 film Hadh Kar Di Aapne , he played six roles. After a series of several unsuccessful films in the 2000s, his later commercial hits include Bhagam Bhag (2006), Partner (2007), and Holiday (2014), in these he played supporting roles. In 2015, Govinda became a judge on Season 2 of Zee TV's reality show, Dance India Dance Super Moms. It received the highest TRP of any reality-show opening episode at that time.

Govinda was a member of the Parliament of India from 2004 to 2009. As the Indian National Congress party member, he was got elected as Member of Parliament (MP) form the Mumbai North constituency of Maharashtra, India in the Lok Sabha elections of 2004, defeating Ram Naik of the Bharatiya Janata Party. He iscurrently working on a famous and popular Bengali show on Zee Bangla Dance Bangla Dance 2021, Season 11 as Judge which started airing on 22 May 2021.