Govinda’s career faltered due to astrologers and wrong influences, claims Pahlaj Nihalani

Pahlaj Nihalani talks about Govinda's downfall

Bollywood actor Govinda has been in the headlines, but now for his movies. Producer Pahlaj Nihalani has recently reflected on Govinda’s downfall. He cited the actor’s bad company for his downfall of career.

In an interview with Vickey Lalwani, Pahlaj claimed that Govinda often took advice from industry insiders with ulterior motives and surrounded himself with self-proclaimed experts.

The producer reflected on Govinda’s career and said that he was “an all-rounder. He handled his career very well, but because of his ‘weakness’, he tends to trust people easily, which is why this happened.”

Pahlaj explained that the atmosphere around Govinda wasn't good, which caused him to stray. He attributed this to Govinda's association with pandits, astrologers, and fortune tellers, and the beliefs he held. Pahlaj noted that while people didn't take such conversations seriously, this environment and aura were extremely damaging and had negatively impacted Govinda's film career.

He continued to claim that filmmaker David Dhawan poisoned his mind. Pahlaj shared, “He was a single-screen hero, and the time when multiplexes came, people stopped his films from releasing. Jab Govinda ka time aaya Partner ke baad toh uski filmein jitni aayi, logon ne usko neecha dikhaaya aur shows chalne nahi diye (After Partner, many of his films were not released or stalled).”

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He elaborated, “David Dhawan uske saath kaam kar raha tha aur David Dhawan ne uske mind me zeher daal diya tha against me. Kyuki unko lagta tha main ne paisa kamaya, jabki meri picture sey unka naam hua (David Dhawan was working with him that time and he poisoned his mind against me. He thought I was making money but did not see he also made his name with my films).”

Govinda was last seen in the 2019 film Rangeela Raja, alongside Mishikka Chaurasia. The film failed to receive the expected response.