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Hot facts in Biography

# The actor initially wanted to marry actress Neelam with whom he had made many films but eventually gave up and married according to his mother’s choice.

# He had a narrow escape from death on January 5, 1994 when his car met with an accident.

# In 2004, The actor joined the Congress party, and was elected to the Lok Sabha, the lower House of Parliament from Mumbai with a thumping majority of beating the 5 time sitting MP by over 50000 votes.

# As an MP, he has been criticized for being inaccessible to the people of his constituency.

# He opposed the ban on dance bars, which embarrassed the Congress Government, which had proposed the ban.

Govinda quotes

# “I don’t like any of my films except Hatya (1988) and Swarg (1990).”

# “I flirt with my heroines so that they’re comfortable when we do intimate scenes.”

# “You have to work hard and not think about failure and successes. That is everywhere.”

# “Worship your mother and respect your father and guru.”

Govinda best movie list

• Shola Aur Shabnam [ Govinda , Divya Bharti , Gulshan Grover , Anupam Kher , Alok Nath ]
• Aankhen [ Govinda , Chunky Pandey ]
• Raja Babu [ Karishma kapoor , Govinda , Shakti Kapoor , Kadar Khan , Aruna Irani , Prem Chopra , Gulshan Grover ]
• Saajan Chale Sasural [ Govinda , Karishma kapoor , Tabu , Satish Kaushik , Kader Khan ]
• Hero No.1 [ Govinda , Karishma kapoor , Kader Khan , Paresh Rawal ]
• Deewana Mastana [ Anil Kapoor , Govinda , Juhi Chawla , Johnny Lever , Anupam Kher ]
• Dulhe Raja [ Govinda , Raveena Tandon , Kader Khan , Prem Chopra ]
• Bade Mian Chotte Mian [ Govinda , Amitabh Bachchan , Anupam Kher , Ramya Krishna , Raveena Tandon ]
• Haseena Maan Jaayegi [ Govinda , Sanjay Dutt , Karishma kapoor , Pooja Batra , Kader Khan , Anupam Kher ]
• Jodi No: 1 [ Govinda , Sanjay Dutt , Twinkle Khanna ]
• Kyon Kii…Main Jhuth Nahin Bolta [ Govinda , Sushmita Sen , Sharad Kapoor , Satish Kaushik ]
• Bhagam Bhaag [ Paresh Rawal , Govinda , Akshay Kumar ]
• Partner [ Salman Khan , Katrina Kaif , Govinda , Lara Dutta ]

Govinda awards

• Special Filmfare award [Saajan Chale Sasural,1997]
• Lux Zee Cine Award for Best Actor in a Comic Role [ Dulhe Raja,1998]
• Special Videocon Screen award from Jury [ overall performance,1998]
• Zee Cine Award for Best Actor in a Comic Role [ Bade Miyan Chote Miyan, 1999 ]
• Filmfare Best Comedian Award [ Haseena Maan Jaayegi, 1999 ]
• Zee Cine Award for Best Actor in a Comic Role [ Haseena Maan Jaayegi, 1999 ]
• He was voted No.10 in a BBC News Online Survey the others in the list were Amitabh Bachchan, Charlie Chaplin, Robert De Niro, Cary Grant and Marylin Monroe.