New Delhi:
In the 90s, Govinda had a different fire. He gave many hit films and he had the status of superstar at that time. Be it actor Salman Khan or Akshay Kumar, his stardom is still intact. He is constantly working in films, but Govinda is missing from the film screen. In the 90s, there was a crowd in theaters to watch Govinda’s films. Later, the graph of his career started drowning. He made a comeback in films with a break, but his magic could not work as before. Govinda, who is called the hit machine, was also offered some such films, which were rejected by Govinda. Later, films became super hit and other actors benefited greatly from those films. Today we are telling about some similar films, which Govinda had rejected and they were super hit.
Rishi Kapoor’s role in the film Chandni was offered to Govinda
Govinda was the role offer of Rishi Kapoor in the superhit film Chandni, but Rishi’s character was to be shown to be disabled for some time. So Govinda did not want to do this role. Later this film proved to be a hit. Govinda himself told this in an interview.
Anil Kapoor’s film Taal and Slumdog Millionaire were rejected
According to reports, Anil Kapoor’s role was offered to Govinda in Subhash Ghai’s superhit film Tal. Govinda liked the script and role of the film. However, he later disliked the title of the film and refused. Later he told that he was very sorry to reject this film. Not only this, Anil Kapoor’s role in Slumdog Millionaire was also offered to Govinda, which he rejected.
Govinda got the role of Jackie in Devdas
The third film which was rejected by Govinda is Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s memorable film Devdas. Sanjay had offered Govinda to the role of Chunni Babu in the film Devdas, which was refused by Govinda. Later this role was done by Jackie Shroff and his character was well liked. Govinda was then a superstar and he did not want to do a supporting role.
Govinda got the role of Sunny in Gadar first
Govinda, along with Ghadar director Anil Sharma, was the 1998 movie Maharaja. The film was well liked. Later, when Anil Sharma was making Gadar, he narrated its script to Govinda. Govinda refused the film, saying that there were many abuses in his narrator. Then he wanted to avoid political and controversial films and this film changed the fate of Sunny Deol.
Avatar refused
Govinda had told in one of his interviews that he had offered James Cameron’s world wide blockbuster film ‘Avatar’. The film is the highest grossing film ever. He refused to do the film saying that he does not want to paint on his body.