Govinda

From Wikipedia the free encyclopedia Govinda born Govind Arun Ahuja 21 December 1963 is a Filmfare awardwinning Indian actor and politician He has appeared in over 120 Hindi language films At the start of his career his acting and dancing skills gained him widespread attention among film viewers He later gained worldwide fame as a Bollywood icon through comedy films such as Shola Aur Shabnam Aankhen Coolie No 1 Haseena Maan Jaayegi and Partner He was a member of the Indian National Congress Party He was elected as the seventh Member of Parliament for the Mumbai North Constituency of Maharashtra India in the 14th Lok Sabha elections in 2004 after defeating Ram Naik of the Bharatiya Janata Party In the 2009 General Elections he opted out of politics to concentrate more on films However he continues to have political favor from Congress Party His constituency was succeeded by Sanjay Nirupam also from Congress In June 1999 Govinda was voted as the tenth greatest star of stage or screen of the last thousand years by BBC News Online users Description above from the Wikipedia article Govinda licensed under CCBYSA full list of contributors on Wikipedia