Arun Govil

Arun Govil
File:ArunGovil.jpg Arun Govil in 2009
Born	(1958-01-12) 12 January 1958 Meerut, Uttar Pradesh
Occupation	Actor, producer, director
Spouse(s)	Shrilekha
Children	Amal Govil (son) Sonika Govil (daughter)

Arun Govil (born 12 January 1958) is an Indian actor, producer and director. He has acted in various Hindi, Bhojpuri, Braj Bhasha, Oriya and Telugu movies. He is best known for playing Rama in Ramanand Sagar's hit television series Ramayan (1986).

Personal life

Arun Govil was born in Ramnagar near Meerut, Uttar Pradesh. He got his formal education at Meerut University, where he acted in some plays. He spent his teenage life in Shahjahanpur, Uttar Pradesh .His father wanted him to become a government servant while Arun wanted to do something for which he would be remembered. In 1975, at the young age of 17, he moved to Mumbai to start his own business there. He later found his way into acting.

Family

Arun Govil is the fourth of six brothers and two sisters. His elder brother Vijay Govil is married to Tabassum, a former child actress and the host of the first Bollywood Celebrity talk show on Doordarshan Phool Khile Hain Gulshan Gulshan which continued for 21 years. His nephew is Film and TV actor Hoshang Govil (Son of Vijay and Tabassum Govil).His father Shri Chandra Prakash Govil was a government officer. Govil is married to actress Shrilekha, with whom he has a son and a daughter.

Religious beliefs

Arun Govil describes himself as "not particularly religious" and says when he was a child he would attend Ram-lila plays to please his religious mother. According to Arun Govil, his journey from 'not particularly religious' to a God loving person was really interesting, and today he is happy serving the society. He adds that he's enjoying the spiritual change he is experiencing today, and feels peace and ecstasy in the same.

Career

Actor

Arun Govil got his first break in Indian cinema in the 1977 film Paheli When he was introduced to Tarachand Barjatya by his sister in law Tabassum .He later starred in other films such as Sawan Ko Aane Do (1979), Saanch Ko Aanch Nahin (1979), Ayaash (1982) and Itni Si Baat (1981).

Ramanand Sagar cast Govil as Vikramaditya in his television series Vikram Aur Betaal and Rama in his highly successful television series Ramayan, for which he won the Uptron Award for "Best Actor in a Leading Role" in 1988. His role as Rama provided great exposure to him and led to him being cast in other religious-based roles, including Harishchandra in Vishwamitra (TV series) and Buddha in TV series Buddha. Arun govil has worked in movies of several languages. He has worked in Oriya movies like Bidhira Bidhan (1989) and many Telugu movies like Edu Kondalaswamy (1991), Govindha Govindha (1993), and Great Robbery (1996). "Aa re Kaaliya" He has also got an opportunity to anchor show on lord Ram, "Jahan Jahan Ram charan chali jaahi". He also lent his voice in 1992 mythological Indo-Japanese animation movie "Ramayana the legend of prince rama" as Lord Rama.

Producer

He later set up a production company with his Ramayan co-star Sunil Lahiri. He produced and acted in Mashaal, a TV series based on the Indian independence movement. His wife Shrileikha acted and co-produced the show as well.

Filmography

Films

Year	Film	Character	Notes
1977	Paheli	Balram
1979	Sawan Ko Aane Do	Birju
	Saanch Ko Aanch Nahin	Ajay S. Agarwal
	Raadha Aur Seeta	Shekhar Verma
1980	Judaai	Umakant S. Verma
	Ganga Dham	Mohan
1981	Jiyo To Aise Jiyo	Kundan Sharma
	Itni Si Baat	Anand
	Shradhanjali	Raju Kumar
	Commander
1982	Gumsum	Shankar
	Ayaash	Amal
	Ramayana	Ram
	Sasural	Narendra
	Jawalaa Dahej Ki
	Brij Bhoomi		Braj Bhasha dialect film
1983	Lal Chunariyaa
	Himmatwala	Govind
	Justice Chaudhury	Inspector Ramesh Chaudhary
1984	Aasmaan	Doctor
	Kanoon Meri Mutthi Mein
	Ram Tera Desh	Prakash
1985	Karmyudh	Rajesh
	Do Dilon Ki Dastaan	Kamal
	Yudh	Inspector Bhargav
	Baadal	Thakur Kiran Singh
	Lallu Ram	Shankar/Raju
1986	Dilwaala	Mohan Kumar
	Shatru	Salim
1987	Maashuka
1988	Jai Karoli Maa	Madan
1989	Bidhira Bidhan		Oriya film
	Pyari Dulhaniya		Bhojpuri film
1991	Edu Kondalaswamy	Lord Venkateswara	Telugu film
1992	Ramayana the legend of prince rama	Lord rama	voice only
1993	Govinda Govinda	Lord Venkateswara	Telugu film
	Muqabla	Havaldar Satyaprakash
1994	Kanoon	Pankaj	Vishal's brother
1995	Shanivrat Mahima	Bhagwan Indra/ Lord Venkestwara
	Hathkadi	Arun Chauhan
1995	Buk Bhara Bhalobasha		Bengali film
1996	Great Robbery	Lord Venkateswara	Telugu film
1997	Dhaal: The Battle of Law Against Law	Inspector Deodhar
	Do Ankhen Barah Hath
	Lav Kush	Shri Ram
	Shiv Mahima	LORD SHIVA

Television

• Vikram Aur Betaal
• Ramayan (1987)
• Luv Kush (1989)
• Kaise Kahoon (2001)
• Basera (2000)
• Ehsaas - Kahani Ek Ghar Ki
• Mashal (Doordarshan television serial)
• Phulwanti (Doordarshan Series)
• Buddha (1996 Sony TV)
• Aparajita(DD National)
• Massian di Raat (Punjabi)(DD National)
• Jai Veer Hanuman
• Karawaas
• Zindagi Navrang hai
• Mrityunjay
• Pal Chhin (1999–2000)
• Sanjhi(2002 Zee TV)
• Supriya(Sab TV)
• Antaraal(DD)
• Hamara Apna ghar
• Gayatri Mahima (DD)
• Zindagi teri meri kahani hai(Sahara one)
• Jeet (Star plus)
• Antariksh (Star plus)
• Kartavya (Zee TV)
• Sarhadein
• wo hue na humaare (DD)
• Aparjita (DD)
• Vishwamitra (DD)
• Pyar ki kashti me(Star One)

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External links

• Arun Govil at the Internet Movie Database