The pair of David Dhawan and Govinda has been the top director-actor pair of their time. Both of them worked together in 17 films and most of them proved to be big hits. In his new interview, David has talked about working with Govinda in that era. The director also told that at that time he was the only one who could ‘handle’ the actor. He also told that Salman Khan was not particularly interested in working with Govinda in the film ‘Partner’.
David used to handle Govinda
In a conversation with Bollywood Bubble, David Dhawan said that Govinda was the king of improvisation, due to which he got the advantage. He worked with David in the films ‘Raja Babu’, ‘Hero No. 1’, ‘Coolie No. 1’, ‘Saajan Chale Sasural’ and other films. According to the director, he also had a ‘special language’ with Govinda, in which he used to talk when a scene was not going according to plan. He said, ‘I used to say that the scene is rubber, it is stretched.’ Govinda used to say, ‘David, I do the entire scene in one shot.’
On his working relationship with Govinda, David further said, ‘I was the only one who could handle him. He has also given me a lot of respect. In such a situation, the director was asked whether Govinda used to reach late on the sets of his films, to which David replied, ‘My work used to finish.’
Salman was not interested
After this, David Dhawan talked about working with Salman Khan and Govinda in the film ‘Partner’. He told that he had also discussed with producer Sohail Khan about casting both the actors together. He said, ‘I said can we take Govinda and Salman Bhai along? He said this is a very good idea. We went to Salman Bhai, he was not particularly interested in it. I told him come man, let’s do this. This will be a big thing.
Meanwhile, David Dhawan recalled what Salman Khan had said to him during the shooting of ‘Partner’ in Bangkok. The director told, ‘Salman told me one day when we were shooting in Bangkok. He said, David, there is no use fighting this. The film ‘Partner’ was released in the year 2007. David Dhawan last seen his son Varun Dhawan’s film ‘Coolie No. 1’, which was a remake of Govinda’s film of the same name.