Highlights
- Bollywood star Govinda, who took a break of five years from films to join politics only to quit it later, says it was the worst decision of his life.
- Govinda, 47, who in 2004 was elected as the Member of Parliament from North Mumbai, admits politics did not suit him.
- "I found myself dealing with Ram Naik instead of Karishma Kapoor. It was really difficult time for me. I became 108 kgs during that period. When I decided to say goodbye to politics, it was hard to shed the extra flab," Govinda told PTI.
Bollywood star Govinda, who took a break of five years from films to join politics only to quitit later, says it was the worst decision of his life.
Govinda, 47, who in 2004 was elected as the Member of Parliament from North Mumbai, admits politics did not suit him.
"I found myself dealing with Ram Naik instead of Karishma Kapoor. It was really difficult time for me. I became 108 kgs during that period. When I decided to say goodbye to politics,it was hard to shed the extra flab," Govinda told PTI.
"Sometime something does not suit and the same happened to me. I won't call it a dirty game but I must say it's very difficult to survive in politics when you don't have any political background. It was literally the saddest period of my life. I am happy that I came out of it without a bad name," said the actor.
Govinda, who gave hits like
Raja Babu,
Coolie No 1,
Hero No 1 and
Partner, says he used to feel nostalgic about films while he was busy with politics and finally decided to return to where he belonged.
The actor is seen sharing screen space with newcomers like Mimoh Chakraborty and Shweta Bhardwaj in comedy film
Loot, which released today.
"I had to lose almost 30 kgs for the film. Our director Rajneesh Thakur was a complete fitness freak. He used to make the entire crew get up by 5 in the morning and take us for a jog. It was necessary for me to lose weight because the new league of actors are very health conscious," he said.
Though Govinda has made sure that he is visible on the silver screen, his last few films like
Money Hai Toh Honey Hai',
Life Partner and
Naughty @ 40 did not do well at the box-office.
"I tried my level best to come up with good films but they didn't do well at the box-office. I chose some big banners but the films eventually didn't release on time or didn't get promoted properly."But I am not deterred by it, I will keep working. It's just a bad phase of time in my life," Govinda said.
The actor, who gave many hits with friend and director David Dhawan, has no plans so far to team up with Dhawan again.
"I must thank Dhavid for standing up with me in my bad time and relaunching me with 'Partner'. But so far there are no plans of teaming up with him. Over the years even David's style of working has changed. Even he wants star power in his films," he said.