Chunky Panday and Govinda began their Bollywood journeys around the same time. While Govinda made his debut in 1986, Chunky entered the industry a year later and both were launched by Pahlaj Nihalani. It was in 1993 that the two finally came together for Aankhen, which went on to become one of the highest grossing films of that year. The film was also produced by Nihalani, who, as Chunky revealed, played a major role in changing his life when he was struggling to find work.

Appearing recently on Kajol and Twinkle Khanna’s Prime Video talk show Two Much, Chunky shared that he owed his film career to Govinda . “I struggled for about five years before I made my debut,” Chunky said. “If I am a part of this industry today, it’s because of Govinda.”

Govinda quickly quipped, “I left a film

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