Bollywood’s OG dance king and 90s icon, Govinda, who once had us grooving to his iconic moves and laughing with his unbeatable comic timing, has been making headlines. Chi Chi has dropped some jaw-dropping revelations about Bollywood’s dark side, career regrets, and why he vanished from the silver screen.
Govinda opens up on The ? 100 Cr Film That Got Away!
Govinda reveals he stood in front of a mirror, slapping himself. No, it’s not a movie scene. The actor recently revealed that he turned down a film worth a whopping ? 100 crore, and he’s still kicking himself over it.
In a chat with Mukesh Khanna on Bheeshm International, Govinda confessed, “When they were writing that I didn’t have work, I had left a Rs 100 crore film. I was looking in the mirror and slapping myself for refusing the project. I told myself, ‘You have gone mad, you could have financed yourself with that money.’ The film had the same role that is working these days.”
Despite the massive regret, Govinda stuck to his beliefs.“It’s important to be honest with yourself and listen to your inner voice,” he added.
Bollywood’s Dirty Politics?
If you thought Govinda’s fall from stardom was just a stroke of bad luck, think again. The actor claimed he was deliberately targeted by the industry’s power players. Things got so intense that there were even people with guns lurking outside his house!
“I went through a defamation phase and it was pre-determined. They wanted to remove me from the film industry. I understood that I, an uneducated person, had come in between educated people and they wanted to remove me. I can’t spoil their name but I didn’t know to what extent they would go. Conspiracies started against me, people were caught outside my house with guns. My nature changed after all these conspiracies,” Govinda revealed.
As if the industry’s betrayal wasn’t enough, Govinda also shared how his financial losses piled up over the years. He reportedly lost ? 16 crore trying to keep his dream alive.
“In the last 14-15 years, I have invested money and lost around Rs 16 crore. I was treated badly by some people from the fraternity too. My films didn’t get theatres and they wanted to demolish my career, which didn’t happen,” Govinda declared with his signature confidence.
When asked if Bollywood conspired against him, his response was loud and clear: “Yes, of course it was. As they say, apne bhi paraye ho jaate hain (friends turn their backs on you). If fate is not on your side, then your own people also turn against you.”
Govinda’s Comeback? Here’s What’s Cooking!
For those wondering if we’ll see Govinda back on the big screen, the actor has some good news! After his last film, Rangeela Raja (2019), Govinda has been gearing up for a triple comeback with not one but three new projects.
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