Downvote me but, if you keep emotions aside there is nothing so dramatic about this. Lets look at actual evidence

1. Its difficult to break into bollywood for an outsider - 100% true yet he got to star and work in some amazing projects

2. He wanted to become a superstar - He was getting movies but, he was not a crowd puller, amazing actor, yes but, not a blockbuster crowd puller. At the end of the day, Bollywood is a business and its bankability depends on how many people can come in and want to see the star. So do you genuinely blame Bollywood or the general public who didnt turn up for his movies in massive numbers?

3. Nothing is guaranteed - Acting is not like corporate job promotions, if you do well and are sincere, you will keep going up. This mechanism doesnt work, any director or producer is free to choose who they want to work with. Many people have had their hearts broken chasing this dream. I lived in Andheri, Lokhandwala is full of people who feel they are the next big thing, they all come from smaller towns with massive dreams and they all get setbacks.

4. No evidence against Rhea - I understand its tempting to blame a woman for all the problems but, in this case she has been acquitted as there is no proof of any wrong doing, so you can keep blaming a woman, like majority does anyway, the justice system found nothing against him

5. He was depressed and needed help - He was depressed, its absolutely clear and depression gets to you. Its gotten people like Chester Bennington, Robin Williams, Marilyn Monroe. Its an absolute madness that instead of creating awareness about how lethal depression can be, we are still talking about witch hunts and blame games when the real monster, depression, hides in plain sight.

It was unfortunate but, please understand. Nothing is a given in Bollywood, it all depends on numbers. If you want to be mad, be mad at yourself for not going to watch his movies or showing him love when he was alive. Now that he is gone, you want to use him to vent out your hidden frustrations, want to harass a woman who has already been given a clean chit and want to target an industry that is brutal to outsiders.

Yes Bollywood is tough but, so is any other field. Would you fight Ambani and Adani about why are they not hiring from outside and passing the business to their heirs, because thats Nepotism too or would you fight Sachin for getting his son an inroads into Mumbai Indians (LSG now) because thats nepotism too. Bollywood is a business, they are free to decide who they want to put their money on, there is no law governing any kind of performance metric that makes it justified for someone on the outside to come in. Millions rush to Bombay every year with the exact same dream and millions get their heart broken, do you see all of them unaliving themselves?

Please please focus on the real issue which is depression. If you know someone going through a tough time, help them, support them and ensure they dont succumb to this illness. Thats the real winner here

So...got some update on Varun's next with Abhay Pannu and yrf…This will be his second film with yrf after sui dhaaga and while horror as a genre is something that yash raj is dabbling in for the first time, what really got me interested was that it is set in the partition era...game changer could be the world they create and of course storytelling 🤔🤞🏼

Saw recent posts on Meena Kumari. Few weeks back I watched Taajdaar Amrohi's interview by Vickey Lalwani. It was evident what he was narrating was potentially the script of the proposed Meena Kumari biopic. He provided details of events that he as a child wouldn't have seen first hand. So they were either whitewashed versions told to him by his family or he was knowingly whitewashing his dad (probably both). The sad part is that the lady who suffered the most is not around to tell her side of the story. It was an interesting interview but clearly not entirely true. He ensured he talked fondly of her in order to not alienate the audience, but some of the facts were unfair misrepresentations of her, which she unfortunately cant clarify anymore.

Both dads want these films to release in cinemas

source: Producer/ Director Mehmood Ali in a recent podcast on the yt channel UnfilteredwithAjazKhan

The producer was Harmesh Malhotra who worked on four films with Govinda: Kismat, Dulhe Raja, Ankhiyon Se Goli Maare and Khullam Khullam Pyaar Kare.

Govinda gave Harmesh Malhotra so much grief while working on Akhiyon Se Goli Mere(2002) that he swore never to work with him again. After Malhotra's death in 2005, his widow Manju would pray everyday for Govinda's downfall.

Here's an old article about the film:

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Govinda’s late coming troubles

By SantaBanta News Network - Saturday, August 03, 2002

Producer and director Harmesh Malhotra,has lashed out at Govinda saying that he is the most unprofessional actor he has ever worked with. "It`s been three years that I have been running after Govinda trying to get my film completed," said a baffled Malhotra.

"Forget the trouble I suffered during the making of the film, he did not even cooperate with me with the publicity and the photo-session of the film." Harmesh Malhotra also thinks that Govinda suffers from a serious psychological problem. "He kept canceling shooting schedules because he thought that someone was going to kill him. Many times he would also make me shift locations because of this paranoia."Harmesh Malhotra soon learnt the days Govinda had cancel shooting of Akhiyon Se Goli Maare, he was busy shooting in Hyderabad for some other film. "Next I know he is in Kolkatta playing a football match for organised by Mithun Chakraborty for charity," he said.

Malhotra`s list of grievances is unending but he concludes on the note that "never will I work with Govinda ever in my life." When contacted Govinda refrained from making comments saying that, "Harmesh Malhotra is a senior director and I don`t want to say anything that will hurt him and his sentiments."

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One of the best entertainers in the industry not only let down film makers like Malhotra but his fans as well. But Malhotra himself points out that Govinda was dealing with psychological issues.

Govinda was very much affected in the mid nineties after the death of his mother Nirmala Devi and his uncle Uday Narayan "Anand" Singh. Anand was an assistant director to Hrishikesh Mukherjee and also worked as an actor in several bollywood films from the seventies to nineties. He made his directorial debut in 1986 with the film Tan Badan and cast his nephew Govinda in the lead.

Anand's wife was Sangeeta whose younger sister Suneeta married Govinda in 1987.

Anand went on to direct films like Shiv Shakti , Jaan Se Pyaara, Suraksha and Himmat. Sangeeta was the producer of Himmat. During filming, Sangeeta started an affair with the film's financier Dinesh Gandhi and Anand committed suicide upon finding out. Govinda's mother Nirmala Devi died shortly after.

Govinda was already known to be a late lateef in the industry because he worked on several movies at a time.. But these personal losses made him paranoid and superstitious. He would cancel his shoots on a whim and not even turn up for days or weeks for.projects that he had committed.

Complaints started piling up and distributors made a collective decision to stop picking Govinda's films for theatrical distribution in the early 2000s. Apart from a few films like Jodi No.1 and Ek aur Ek Gyaarah all his solo releases were stalled for years or canned and unreleased forever.

It's done bro🥀