Tuesday,
July
24,
2007
The
hit
director-actor
jodi
of
David
Dhawan
and
Govinda
is
back
together
after
a
gap
of
four
years
with
Partner,
also
starring
Salman
Khan.
Their
last
release
together
was
Ek
Aur
Ek
Gyraah
in
2003.
And
the
director
is
excited
to
be
working
with
"the
best
actor
around" once
again.
The
long
gap,
he
couldn't
help.
"Govinda
had
turned
to
politics,"
reasoned
Dhawan.
Dhawan
revealed
that
he
was
enraptured
by
the
actor's
comic
timing
in
Coolie
No.1.
It
has
been
20
years
now
that
the
two
have
been
working
with
each
other,
on
and
off.
"Partner
is
my
17th
film
with
him," the
director
points
out,
adding
"It
is
not
me
who
professes
that
our
working
chemistry
rocks,
it
is
the
people
who
say
so."
He
goes
on
to
state
that
even
Salman
learnt
comedy
from
Govinda.
Talking
about
today's
comedy
films,
Dhawan
says:
"Nowadays,
films
are
mainly
copied.
Seeing
the
success
of
my
comedy
films,
sab
chalti
gadi
mein
chadna
chahte
hai
(everybody
wants
to
take
advantage).
Making
a
comedy
film
is
not
an
easy
job,
"First,
you
have
to
be
convinced
of
what
you
are
making.
Only
then
will
the
public
be
convinced".
Labelling
Partner
"the
hottest
film"
he
has
ever
made,
Dhawan
continues:
"If
I
do
not
make
films
for
the
youth,
I
will
not
survive.
My
children
have
grown
up
and
I
learn
a
lot
from
them.
Time
has
changed
and
now
people
do
not
like
loud
and
crude
comedy.
They
prefer
sophisticated
and
sensible
comedy."
If
Partner
works
out
well
at
the
box-office,
Dhawan
has
plans
on
more
projects
with
Salman
and
Govinda,
together.
The
promos
of
Partner
are
looking
good
and
going
by
them,
the
trio
will
surely
be
back
together
again.