Govinda’s daughter Tina Ahuja says that he ‘was never around’ when she was growing up, wasn’t present at her birth

Actor Govinda’s daughter, Tina Ahuja, said that he was ‘hardly around’ when she was growing up, because he was invariably busy with work. Govinda was one of the most sought-after Hindi film stars in the 1990s, which was when Tina grew up. She said that her mother was the primary caregiver at home, and added that she got a chance to bond with her dad after she started handling his work. Tina tried her luck at acting, but her career didn’t quite take off. After some time, she pivoted to a behind-the-scenes role with her father.

Chatting with Bollywood Bubble, she said, “People don’t know this, but my dad has hardly come to my school. In my school days, my dad was never around. It was always my mom getting our lunch, going for those… He was hardly there. This was one way of me getting to know my dad well. He was hardly there in school days, he was either in Hyderabad or Switzerland. So, I started really liking working with dad. People started giving me extra attention and importance.” Asked what she does with her dad, Tina explained, “I had a company, we were doing lots of shows and events with him… Just being busy around him, head to toe.”

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In an earlier interview, Tina’s mother, Sunita Ahuja, revealed that Govinda wasn’t around when she was born. “When our daughter was born, he’d scheduled five shifts on that same day. My mother-in-law was there with me, and after every shift, he’d check in and ask if the baby had been born. When he was at his third shift of the day, Tina was born. I didn’t realise how big a star he was,” she said on the Time Out with Ankit podcast, adding that for the first year, they kept their marriage a secret.

Sunita added, “This was the trend in those days, who cares? But when Tina was born, of course everybody came to know.” Govinda and Sunita tied the knot in ߃ they have two children, daughter Tina and son Yashvardhan.