Arun Govil

Arun Govil ( ; ; born 12 January 1958) is an Indian actor and politician from the Bharatiya Janata Party. He is best known for portraying Lord Rama in the 1987 Ramayan TV series and reprising his role (voice acting) in the 1993 animated film, Ramayana: The Legend of Prince Rama. He also appeared in films like Paheli (1977), Sawan Ko Aane Do (1979), Saanch Ko Aanch Nahin (1979), Jiyo To Aise Jiyo (1981), Himmatwala (1983), Dilwaala (1986), and Govinda Govinda (1994). He is currently serving as a Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha to Meerut Lok Sabha constituency from June 2024.

Early life Arun Govil was born on 12 January 1952, in Meerut, Uttar Pradesh. He spent his teenage life in Shahjahanpur, Uttar Pradesh. He got his formal education at an affiliated college of Agra University situated in Shahjahanpur, where he studied science (BSc degree). His father wanted him to become a government servant while Arun wanted to do something for which he would be remembered.

Arun's father, Chandraprakash Govil, was a government officer. Arun is the fourth of six brothers and two sisters. His elder brother Vijay Govil was 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.

Career In 1975, he moved to Mumbai to join his brother's business there. After a short while, he found that he no longer enjoyed the work and decided to find something more enjoyable. After doing dramas in college he decided to start acting. Govil got his first break in Indian cinema in the 1977 film Prashanta Nanda's Paheli, when he was introduced to Tarachand Barjatya by his sister-in-law Tabassum. Tarachand Barjatya, impressed by Govil's performance in the film, signed him a three-film-deal, for Kanak Mishra's Sawan Ko Aane Do (1979), Vijay Kapoor’s Raadha Aur Seeta (1979) and Satyen Bose's Saanch Ko Aanch Nahin (1979), which shot Govil to stardom. Sawan Ko Aane Do and Saanch Ko Aanch Nahin became major successes at the box office. He made his small screen debut in Ramanand Sagar's Vikram Aur Betaal (1985). He was then cast as Bhagwan Rama in Sagar's TV series Ramayan (1986), for which he won the Uptron Award in the Best Actor in a Leading Role category in 1988. He reprised his role as Rama in Sagar's Luv Kush and Padmalya Telefilms Limited's Jai Veer Hanuman. He featured in Kanak Mishra's Jiyo To Aise Jiyo (1981).

His role as Rama provided him great exposure and led him to be cast in other roles such as Harishchandra in the TV series Vishwamitra and Buddha in the TV series Buddha. He lent his voice as Rama in Yugo Sako's Indo-Japanese animation film Ramayana: The Legend of Prince Rama (1992). He also played the role of Laxman in V. Madhusudhana Rao's Lav Kush (1997). In the year 2020, he appeared on The Kapil Sharma Show as a guest along with Dipika Chikhlia, Sunil Lahri and Prem Sagar to promote the book An Epic Life - Ramanand Sagar: From Barsaat to Ramayan, a biography of the late Ramanand Sagar.

Personal life Govil is married to actress Shrilekha. They have two children together, Sonika and Amal. Their daughter in law's name is Divya.

Political career On 18 March 2021, Arun Govil joined the Bhartiya Janata Party.

He was nominated as the Bharatiya Janata Party candidate for Meerut Lok Sabha constituency from Uttar Pradesh on 25 March 2024, to contest the upcoming 2024 Lok Sabha polls. On 4 June 2024, he was elected to the Lok Sabha, representing Meerut Lok Sabha constituency.

Filmography Film Year Film Character Notes1977PaheliBalram1979Sawan Ko Aane DoBrij Mohan/BirjuSaanch Ko Aanch NahinAjay S. AgarwalRaadha Aur SeetaShekhar Verma1980JudaaiUmakant S. VermaGanga DhamMohan1981Jiyo To Aise JiyoKundan SharmaItni Si BaatAnandShradhanjaliRaju KumarCommanderRakesh Kumar1982GumsumShankarAyaashAmalSasuralNarendraJawalaa Dahej Ki1983KalkaShibuLal ChunariyaHimmatwalaGovindJustice ChaudhuryInspector Ramesh Chaudhary1984AasmaanDoctorKanoon Meri Mutthi MeinRam Tera DeshPrakash1985Karm YudhRajeshDo Dilon Ki DastaanKamalYudhInspector BhargavBaadalThakur Kiran SinghLallu RamShankar/Raju1986Devar BhabiDilwaalaMohan KumarShatruSalimNafrat Vijay1987MaashukaArun Verma1989Bidhir BidhanOdia filmPyari DulhaniyaBhojpuri film1991Edu KondalaswamyLord VenkateswaraTelugu film1992Ramayana: The Legend of Prince RamaBhagwan Rama voice onlyShiv MahimaBhagwan Shiva1993MuqablaHavaldar Satyaprakash1994Govinda GovindaLord VenkateswaraTelugu filmKanoonPankaj1995Shanivrat MahimaBhagwan Indra/Lord VenkestwaraHathkadiArun ChauhanBuk Bhara BhalobashaSoumitra DuttBengali film1996Great RobberyLord VenkateswaraTelugu film1997Dhaal Inspector DeodharDo Ankhen Barah HathLav KushLaxmanaGaon DeshBade ChaudharyBhojpuri Film1999UpendraRaja VikramadityaKannada Film 2006Babul PyaarePandit Hari SinghBhojpuri Film 2007KanhaiyoRajasthani Film2023 Sergeant Nikhil's Father Released on JioCinemaOMG 2Principal Atal Nath MaheshwariHukus BukusPandit Radheshayam2024695Article 370Prime Minister2025Sant Tukaram2026Veer Murarbaji ShahajiMarathi-Hindi bilingual film; completed Ramayana: Part 1 DasharathaPost-production 2027Ramayana: Part 2 Filming

Television Year Title Role Notes 1985 Vikram Aur Betaal King Vikramāditya 1987-1988 Ramayan Bhagwan Rama 1989 Luv Kush Bhagwan Rama 1989 Vishwamitra Raja Harishchandra 1992 Phoolwanti Pandit Vankatesh Shastri 1994-95 Mashaal Ajay 1995Jai Veer HanumanRam1996- 1997BuddhaBuddha 1998-1999 Ashiqui Sushil 1999-2000 Pal Chhin Pratap Singh 2000-2001 Basera 2001 Kaise Kahoon Zaheer Ahmed 2002 Saanjhi Amar 2003 Ehsaas - Kahani Ek Ghar Ki Gayatri Mahima Rishi Chavan 2006 Woh Hue Na Hamare Ravinder Damania2013Etv's Sri BhagavatamSri Maha VishnuTelugu Mythological serial 2023 Jubilee Narain Khanna series

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