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Govinda

Govinda
Virar, Maharashtra, India

Birth Date: 21 December 1963

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Govinda (born Govind Arun Ahuja) is an Indian film actor, known for his works in Bollywood. A former politician, Govinda has received twelve Filmfare Awards nominations, and has won a Filmfare Special Award and a Filmfare Award for Best Comedian. He has also garnered four Zee Cine Awards. Making his debut in Ilzaam in 1986, he has appeared in over 165 Hindi films. 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.

 
His earlier films in the 1980s were in a variety of genres such as 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 like Jaan Se Pyaara (1992), Aankhen (1993), Bade Miyan Chote Miyan (1998) and Anari No.1 (1999). 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.
 

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