Bollywood actor Govinda was a powerful hero of his time. Even today there is no shortage in his fan following. Recently, Govinda talked about himself in Maniesh Paul’s podcast. Govinda also remembered Dilip Kumar and told that he was mentored by Late Dilip Kumar at the time of his debut in the film industry, which came in handy for him.
At that time Govind was just 21 years old and had signed 75 films. With this, Govinda told how the entire film industry boycotted him. In the interview, the superstar hero number one of the 90s told that even after achieving such a big position, he has seen bad times. A few years ago, his career took a turn for the worse. For many years he stayed away from mainstream cinema.
Dilip Kumar had given advice: Govinda told Maniesh Paul, “I did not go to the film industry, the industry came to me. I was 21 and I had signed 75 films. I remember Dilip sahab came to me and said, ‘Govinda, drop 25 of these films.’ I told him that I had spent the money to sign the film. He said that if God wishes, I will earn that money back, but for the time being I should return the money. And he was right, I was starting to get sick. I was making rounds of hospitals, doing three or four shifts a day. I had not slept for 16 days.
People had turned against me: Govinda said that for 14 years of my career, I was doing well, no planning was happening against me. But when I felt that people had turned against me, I could not do anything about it. People who grow up with Astrology, Numerology, Vastu Shastra. They don’t pay attention to these little guys. But this is a very small thing to see, but it is not.
Govinda said he has seen this happen to many ‘great’ people as well, and this is God’s way of reminding you of your position. Though I don’t react to all this, I am an actor, not a reactor.