When Salman Khan Requested Govinda To Walk Out Of David Dhawan’s Judwaa & Give The Project To Him!
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oi-Swikriti Srivastava
By Lekhaka
We
have
come
across
an
old
interview
of
Govinda,
wherein
the
superstar
had
revealed
that
he
was
the
first
choice
for
David
Dhawan's
1997
film,
Judwaa.
Surprised?
So
are
we!
Do
you
want
to
know
how
Salman
Khan
had
grabbed
the
project?
Keep
reading..
According
to
Pinkvilla,
Govinda
had
revealed
the
backstory
of
Judwaa
and
said,
"I
was
at
the
top
of
my
game
at
the
time
when
a
film
called
Banarasi
Babu
was
being
filmed.
I
was
also
working
on
Judwaa
at
that
time.
While
the
shooting
for
Judwaa
was
on,
Salman
Khan
called
me
one
night
at
around
2-3
am
and
asked
me,
'Chichi
Bhaiyya,
how
many
hits
will
you
give?'
I
asked
him,
'Why,
what
happened?'"
"He
said,
'The
film
which
you
are
shooting
right
now
-
Judwaa
-
please
withdraw
yourself
from
the
project
and
please
give
the
movie
to
me.
You
also
have
to
give
me
the
director
of
the
film.
The
producer
of
the
film
will
also
have
to
be
the
same,
Sajid
Nadiadwala.'
So
the
film
which
had
already
gone
on
the
floors
was
shelved
right
there
and
Salman
took
over
the
project."
However,
Govinda
also
admitted
that
he
never
let
any
project
come
between
his
and
Salman's
friendship.
The
Coolie
No.
1
actor
also
said
that
the
entire
Khan
family
treats
him
with
utmost
respect
and
just
like
Salman,
he
shares
a
great
rapport
with
his
brother,
Sohail
Khan
too.
Govinda
was
quoted
as
saying,
"I
was
not
a
part
of
Judwaa,
but
I
had
started
the
project.
The
Khans
have
always
been
a
family
to
me.
Sohail
Khan
and
me,
we
came
upon
this
decision
together.
The
love
and
feeling
of
togetherness
that
we
shared
was
not
affected
due
to
films.
Our
work
never
got
into
the
way
of
our
personal
relationships."
"Both
Salman
and
Sohail
have
always
spoken
to
me
with
the
utmost
respect
and
the
reason
for
the
same
was
never
films.
This
is
a
protocol
followed
by
everyone
in
the
industry
including
our
seniors.
If
a
star
has
a
hero
within
him,
it
reflects
on
the
outside
and
Salman
is
one
of
those
stars.
God
bless
him,"
concluded
Govinda.