Govinda playing Baba Ramdev?

The Asian Age.  | subhash k jha

Entertainment, Bollywood

Govinda’s comeback film Rangeela Raja has just become more intriguing.

Govinda

Govinda’s comeback film Rangeela Raja has just become more intriguing. We already know that Govinda’s playing a double role in it, and that one of his characters is based on the fugitive business tycoon Vijay Mallya. Now, we hear that his other character is based on none other than Baba Ramdev!

In fact, the film’s director Pahlaj Nihalani has apparently shot a song, in which Baba Ramdev’s much-publicized interaction with actress Shilpa Shetty has been replicated.

But the usually outspoken filmmaker is reluctant to call a spade a spade. Or in this case, a baba a baba.

“Bhai, abhi Sanju baba ka zamana hai. Doosre baba ka zikr kyon karein? (It is Sanju baba’s time now. Why speak of any other baba?) But if you look at stills from the song, you will know who Govinda and newcomer Anupama Agnihotri are playing in it. I leave it up to your imagination,” Nihalani says.

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