Neelam Kothari and Govinda

Govinda and Neelam Kothari’s on-screen chemistry has always impressed the fans. While Govinda always expressed his feelings towards Neelam, the actress had kept quiet about her relationship rumors in the 90s. But now she has finally revealed if she was ever in a relationship with Govinda.

Speaking to Hauterfly, Neelam said: “I think link-ups were part of the whole game. There was no one to clarify. They just pushed what they felt and to be honest I feel we were afraid of the pressure at the time . Because that was the power of the pen and that was just part of it. If you did more than 2-3 movies, they just understood that… (you were dating).”

Rumors about Govinda and Neelam Kothari’s relationship started when the Coolie No. 1 actor told Stardust in an old interview that he wanted to marry Kothari. In the 1990 interview, Govinda said that he could not stop praising Neelam and wanted his now wife Sunita to change herself and become like Neelam. He also recalled that he told Sunita to leave him and broke his engagement with her. “I wanted to marry her. And I don’t think there’s anything wrong with that.”

Neelam Kothari was one of the most popular Hindi actresses of the 80s and 90s. After her debut in 1985, she worked in over 30 films over the next decade, including hits like Salman Khan’s Hum Saath Saath Hain. She quit films to focus on her jewelry business in the late 90s and recently returned to showbiz, first with the reality show Fabulous Lives of Bollywood Wives and then with an episode of Made in Heaven.

Govinda, who was once the superstar of Bollywood, is now away from films. The actor tried to make a comeback, but most HSI films failed at the box office. Recently, he grabbed headlines after he accidentally shot himself in the knee with his gun. While Govinda is now married to Sunita and has two children, Neelam Kothari is married to Samir Soni and is the mother of a beautiful daughter.

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