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Govinda’s daughter Tina recalls him being largely absent during her growing up years: ‘He feels materialistic things are the only way I can win my daughter’
Govinda's daughter Tina recalled him being largely absent during her childhood. She said that he would buy her gifts to make up for his absence.
Govinda's daughter said he was largely absent during her childhood. (Photo: Tina Ahuja/Instagram)
Govinda was one of the biggest superstars in the 1990s and while the actor was all over the big screen, he hardly spent any time at home. His daughter, Tina Ahuja, recently opened up about the same and said that her father was largely absent in her growing up years and never really attended her school functions. She added that to make up for his absence, Govinda would often buy her gifts.
In a chat with Hauterrfly, Tina shared, “During my growing up years, my dad was shooting half the time and he hardly came to my school. Only mom used to come. He only came once or twice for my annual functions when I was performing. My dad has always pampered me with materialistic things. For him, he feels materialistic things are the only way I can win my daughter but it’s not like that.”
When talking about how he is as a father now, Tina Ahuja said that he is still quite strict, while her mother Sunita has always been the liberal one. “He is still very particular. He has eyes here and here (points backwards), he has eyes and people everywhere. She was not like that.”
In the same chat, Tina also mentioned that her father was always very particular about her “figure and weight.” “For my teens, my father was very particular about my figure and weight. He used to tell me, lose your weight, your stomach is growing out,” she said and recalled, “I remember I went to Switzerland for a shoot with him. I loved the milk there. He was shooting, and I was having milk and hot chocolate. By the time we went to London from Switzerland, my pants were not fitting me. He was like girls should look beautiful and have their weight in check.”