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‘lucKnow se muJhe bahot

pyaar mila ha

Govinda
i’

ctor, singer, dancer and now producer Govinda visited
the city recently for an event. The ‘Hero No. 1’ actor,

Awho’s been to Lucknow earlier on several occasions,

says he loves coming to Lucknow. “I have got so much love
from Lucknow and I like the way people welcome guests here.

That’s why I love to come here again and again,” said he.
In town to inaugurate an acting institute, mentioning about

the talent in UP, the ‘Dulaara’ actor said, “Versatility is in the

nature of people of UP. Be it writing, acting, singing, UPites are
inherently creative. Artists, actors, writers from here become

world famous and its always been like this. Aap Amitabh

Bachchan sahab, Javed Akhtar sahab ko hi le lijiye. Kaun nahi
jaanta inko aaj, aur yeh UP ke hi toh hain. I want this land of

tehzeeb and culture to produce many more artists to do much

better work and get so much fame that their names cannot be
forgotten,” he said.

Not seen much on screen these days, Govinda’s last two
releases ‘Kill Dil’ and ‘Happy Ending’, failed to impress his

fans. “In ‘Kill Dil’ I had a negative role and perhaps my fans

couldn’t accept me as a villain. My acting in the films was
appreciated, though. I have just finished shooting for ‘FryDay’

and ‘Raju Rangeela’, in these films my fans would see the
old masti wala Govinda,” he said, adding, “By Gods grace,

whatever acting work I have done is because of the blessings

of gurus like respected Dileep Kumar ji, Kadar Khan ji and Kriti
bhaiyya (Kumar, his elder brother). I always used to discuss

with Kriti bhaiyya before going for any shooting.”

Talking about the current crop of actors, Govinda is highly
impressed with Ranveer Singh. “I have worked with him in Kill

Dil and find him extremely talented. As far as Varun Dhawan

is concerned, he is doing my types of films but not my type of
acting. He should be more versatile.

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