Govinda

After His latest 2007 release is the David Dhawan directed romantic comedy Partner.

The film became the second highest domestic opening week gross for an Indianfilm and became a blockbuster and is ranked in the top 3 movies of 2007 in India.

Govinda is set to make a comeback in 2006 and will release two new movies: A comedy, directed by David Dhawan and Nikhil Advani's multi-starrer Salaam E Ishq: A Tribute To Love. [December 2006]

After a bad phase during 2002 until 2005, he actually made the biggest ever successful comeback ever witnessed in Bollywood with a number of hits, starting with bhagam bhag in 2006 and a critically praised performance in salaam e ishq in 2007.

1(2001) and Partner(2007)Having huge success in comedy based roles, he then also tried his luck for a villainous role in the movie 'Shikari' directed by N. Chandra. His performance in the movie was critically acclaimed.

Govinda played a negative role for the first time in Shikari which was released in 2000. Although the movie was not a commercial success, his convincing portrayal of a villain was critically acclaimed.

Went for a world tour concert with Amitabh Bachchan, Sunil Shetty in May 1999. They visited cities in Canada, America and England.

Starred in R.K.Jain's shelved film " Aazma Kar Dekh Lo" .The title was later changed to "Engineer No. 1" in 1998. The film was started in 1990 and was never finished . Starring Govinda, Urvashi (South), Deepak Parashar, Hema Malini,Anita Raj,Satish Kaushik, Sadashiv Amrapurkar. Music Laxmikant Pyarelal. Written by Iqbal Durrani. Produced and Directed by R.K. Jain.

1(1997), Deewana Mastana(1997), Bade Miyan Chote Miyan(1998), Haseena Maan Jaayegi(1999), Jodi No.

1(1995), Saajan Chale sasural(1996), Hero No.

He had a narrow escape from death on January 5, 1994. While travelling to a studio for the shooting of 'Khuddar (1994)', the actor's car hit another car, resulting in him sustaining injuries to his head. Though bleeding profusely, Govinda did not cancel the shooting. After visiting a doctor, he shot for the film till midnight.

The most successful films during their collaboration included Shola Aur Shabnam(1992), Aankhen(1993), Raja Babu(1994), Coolie No.

Went for a world tour concert with Chunky Pandey, Amrita Singh, Johnny Walker in October 1991. They visited cities in Canada, America and England.

Starred in the shelved film, Rohitasha Movies "Dosti Ka Taqaza"(1990). Starring Mithun Chakraborthy, Govinda. Music by Bappi Lahiri, Produced by Suresh Grover, Directed by Vijay Anand.

He worked with David Dhawan for the first time in the 1989 action film Taaqatwar. He then formed a successful collaboration with him and then went onto act in 18 movies directed by him most of which were comedy films.

He had great success with family based movies such as Dariya Dil(1988),Swarg(1990)and Hum(1991).

Went for a world tour concert with Neelam, Leena Das in October 1987. They visited cities in Canada, America and England.

Govinda has acted in over 120 films since his debut in 1986. Govinda is best-known for his comedy related roles; his powerful contribution in dancing in bollywood is inevitable. He is one of the most successful actors and is definitely the best dancer in bollywood. His hardworking mentality and consistent performance made him a top class actor in bollywood. He is known to be one of the most down to earth and kind hearted actors. He has acted with all bollywood greats which include amitabh bachchan, dilip kumer,akshay kumer, aishwariya rai,salman khan and madauri dixit.

Nephew actor Krushna Abhishek's mother, passed away in 1984. She was Govinda's sister.

Govinda was born on December 21, 1963.