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Chalis Karod
Chalis Karod (Forty Crores) is a hindi film that was released in 1946
Chalis Karod Chalis Karod (Forty Crores) is a hindi film that was released in 1946 Arun Kumar Ahuja(Govinda's Father) It h...
Posted by Bamr Mann bombaymann@gmail.comIt had music composed by Gobindram and starred Nirmala Devi, Yakub, Arun, Agha, Gope and Shantarin.
He appeared opposite his wife Nirmala Devi in several films such as Savera (1941) and Chalis Karod (1946).
Nirmala Devi
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Nirmala Devi, also known as Nirmala Arun, was an Indian film actress in the 1940s and a Hindustani classical vocalist of the Patiala Gharana. She is the mother of Bollywood actor Govinda. Nirmala Devi was the wife of the 1940s actor Arun Kumar Ahuja. Wikipedia
Movies: Savera, Geet, Kanoon, Chalis Karod, Gaali, Anmol Ratan, Wafadaar, Sharda
Nirmala Devi – My Son Govinda – Cineplot.com
Nov 19, 2011 - Her husband Arun Ahuja, she informed us, was a veteran actor of ... Later on, we shifted to Vile Parle when my father's films began to flop. But when ... Apparently Govinda had no qualms about disclosing his humble ... “Govinda, my youngest child, was born on December 21, 1963. We moved to Virar in '62.
Nirmala Devi – My Son Govinda
We trudged to Juhu to meet Nirmaladevi, who apart from being the star’s mother, is also a well-known exponent of Hindustani classical music, having performed all over the country, apart from AIR and Doordarshan.
Flat 106 had a nouveau riche air about it. Dark brown, velvet mattresses on the floor, huge ceiling to floor mirrors on three walls, amidst gaudy plastic flowers and an ornate chandelier.
It was ten o’clock in the morning and we were informed that Mrs. Nirmala Arun was performing puja. However, the rest of the household — three sisters with children of various ages lay huddled on the mattresses. Our arrival sent them scuttling inside.
A good hour later, Nirmaladevi emerged from her sanctum, starkly attired in a simple white saree. She graciously apologized for the delay, before we went back in time .. .
“I belong to an extremely cultured family of Varanasi. We were taught all the fine arts, including singing and dancing. I belong to the Patiala gharana having tutored under Ustad Atta Khan.”
Her husband Arun Ahuja, she informed us, was a veteran actor of yesteryear, having acted in many films including Mehboob Khan’s “Aurat” opposite Sardar Akhtar.
“I also acted in a few films,” she revealed, “opposite Ulhas, Motilal, Bharat Bhushan and of course my husband. I also used to sing.”
However, disaster struck when Arun decided to make a film. Huge financial losses were incurred, plunging them into an extremely mediocre standard of living. Arun’s roles too dwindled rapidly. That’s when Nirmaladevi realized that something had to be done and fast, to support the family of six children — two sons and four daughters. She started singing with renewed fervor — on the radio, held concerts all over the country. However, she couldn’t perform abroad as it would have meant leaving the family for long periods of time.
Nirmaladevi tried hard to conceal the fact that those days were difficult ones. “We lived pretty well,” she said. But her son had something different to say.
“I believe, when my father was well-off we lived on Carter Road in Bandra. That’s what my brother and sisters say. Later on, we shifted to Vile Parle when my father’s films began to flop. But when things got really bad we shifted to a chawl in Virar. That’s where I was born and lived all my life.” Apparently Govinda had no qualms about disclosing his humble beginnings, but his mother did.
We returned to the topic of her son.
“Govinda, my youngest child, was born on December 21, 1963. We moved to Virar in ’62. Those days Virar was beautiful, with lush greenery, mountains and clean, unpolluted air.
“Govinda’s name is actually Govind Arun Ahuja. But when he came into films it was decided for numerological reasons to add the ‘a’ syllable to his name. We call him Chichi at home. He was a very lovable child and very innocent. He studied in a Marathi school and did his graduation in commerce in a local college in Virar. He was well-liked by teachers.
“As a child, my son had two passions — exercising and dancing. At the tender age of seven, he would tie five pounds weight at either end of a wooden pole and do his push ups. He loved dancing and with his inborn sense of rhythm, could pick up the most intricate steps with ease. My son incidentally is also a very good writer. He is particularly good at prose, drama and dialogues,” she added proudly.
Govinda makes no bones of the fact that he struggled for a while before hitting big time. “I used to travel by trains and make the rounds of producers’ offices to show them my video cassette.” But his mother didn’t agree that her son had struggled. In fact, she made it sound like Pranlal Mehta was waiting around the corner to offer him “Love 86”.
“My son is a teetotaller and has no bad habits. When Pranlal Mehta signed him on. he offered Govinda a drink to celebrate, but my son refused saying, ‘If I start like this now, what will happen later?’ Pranlal Mehta was overjoyed at his innocence. He hugged and blessed him.”
Did Nirmaladevi see her son’s films? How did she rate his performance? Govinda, it is said, has seventy-one films on hand.
The fond mother replied, “My son is an excellent artiste. As a hero he is very good and as for dancing there is no one to touch him. Yes, I see most of his films and also attend the mahurats. He deserves his success because he works so hard for it.”
Seventy-one films on hand sounded very similar to the deluge of offers that Raj Babbar had signed on at the start of his career. Wasn’t Govinda afraid of going the Raj Babbar way?
“No, not at all. Dharamji also signed a whole lot of films in his heyday and see, today he is still at the top. Besides all the roles are good and I can say today that I have starred with almost all the heroines in the industry,” said Govinda.
Govinda was initially labelled ‘poor man’s Mithun’. Didn’t he find the remark insulting?
“No, why should I? After all I am being compared to Mithunji and that is an honour. Dharamji and Mithunji are my greatest inspirations. I want to be like them. In fact Dharamji says I’m like a son to him. Hemaji is also very nice.”
We asked Govinda about his father, but he deftly changed the topic after saying that his father was an actor. One wondered at his reluctance, but his mother explained it and said,
“Govinda’s father stays separately in Virar because he can’t bear this polluted atmosphere of the city. I don’t meet him, but the children do.”
Were they separated?
“No, it’s not like that. Actually I renounced material comforts and relationships long ago. We are man and wife in name only. All these signs of luxury you see in this house are for my son. So many people come to meet him, so one has to have a certain standard of living. But if you come to my puja room I can only offer you a ‘chattai’ to sit on. I’m deeply religious and adhere to the teachings of my guru.”
She sounded smug and content, but Govinda having seen the seamier side of life is thrilled at all the money and comforts that are his today. He didn’t admit it directly but one caught on the reterence when he said, “Man is a very ‘mutlabi’ creature. He is never satisfied. There is no end to his desires. The more he gets, the more he wants.”
Govinda’s stupendous success then must have surely changed the man himself?
His mother disagreed, “He hasn’t changed in any way. He may be doing triple shifts but every morning before leaving home he sits with me and does puja. We are strict vegetarians and do not eat onions or garlic. He eats the same food like the rest of us. At home he is not Govinda the star. He is our son. He is deeply attached to me and his brother and sisters.”
Did he still keep in touch with his friends from Virar? For once mother and son answered in the same vein, “Virar has not forgotten Govinda, neither has he. He would do anything for them. Success hasn’t gone to his head. If it does, I’ll take him to task.”
Aug 10, 2018 - His unplanned career moves and strategic mistakes in choosing good projects ... revivals after being a position where Govinda is in terms of his movie career. ... That had no precedent ever in bollywood or other film industries in the world. ..... Govinda's father was Arun kumar ahuja who was good actor and ...
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