Amid Govinda-David Dhawan's patch up, here's looking back at why they had a fall out

Earlier today, Govinda shared a photo with filmmaker David Dhawan. The actor added the caption, “I had two wives in the 80s and 90s - Sunita and David.” The photo update from actor certainly suggests that the two film personalities have buried the hatchet finally, after being in a cold war for years.

David Dhawan began working on my idea without telling me, Govinda had said

Govinda and David Dhawan, who worked in several films in the 1990s made one of the most successful actor-director pairings ever. Their last film together was the 2009 film Do Knot Disturb, which was a box office failure. A couple of years ago during a media interaction session, Govinda had opened up about the reasons for a rift between him and the filmmaker.

Govinda had stated, “I’m not sure what he expected, but when I explained the concept of Chashme Baddoor to him, he began collaborating it with Rishi Kapoor without even informing me. When my secretary spoke with him on speaker I heard ‘ChiChi has started questioning way too much. I no longer wish to collaborate with him.’” Govinda was referring to the 2013 film Chashme Baddoor, which David Dhawan later made with Rishi Kapoor, Ali Zafar and Taapsee Pannu.

Govinda, David Dhawan worked together in 18 films

A source close to the filmmaker had later shared with a news portal, “If Govinda believes that the 17 films he made with David are the reason for him to be forever grateful, David may do the same. But he won’t do it.” Reportedly, Govinda was also miffed with Dhawan for offering many of his projects to stars like Salman Khan and Sanjay Dutt before him.

Before their fall-out, The duo delivered many box office hits, and had collaborated on 18 films in total. Some of their biggest hits were films like Coolie no. 1, Aankhen, Raja Babu.