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When Karisma Kapoor recalled working with Govinda and Salman Khan: ‘I had to be on my toes all the time’
Karisma Kapoor recalls working with Aamir Khan, Shah Rukh Khan, Salman Khan and Govinda, and all that she learnt from the actors.

Actor Karisma Kapoor, who reigned over the 1990s with unforgettable performances, recently fondly recalled her golden era, marked by blockbusters like Dil To Pagal Hai, Raja Hindustani, Hum Saath Saath Hain, and Hero No. 1.
While making an appearance at an event hosted by the Ladies Study Group, Karisma talked about that period and said, “I feel very lucky to have worked with all the Khans in various films. We were all young and sort of coming up during the same time. All actors, including Aamir Khan, Shah Rukh Khan and even Govinda, are very different from each other. I tried to take something from each of them and apply it to my art.”
Karisma Kapoor then went on to highlight the valuable lessons she learned from the actors she worked with.
“In the case of Aamir, he is very particular about what he does. He’ll do multiple rehearsals. Salman is the complete opposite of that, and he will just come on the set, do something, and it will be fantastic. With Shah Rukh, he is extremely helpful and very caring towards the co-star. These are the kind of things that I would pick up from them. Govinda, for instance, was an incredible dancer, and slowly I learnt to keep up with him. He was so fantastic, and I had to be on my toes all the time,” said Karisma.
Karisma Kapoor talked about Govinda in more detail and recalled an interesting anecdote about presumably one of the first times she ever met the superstar.
She said, “I was a huge fan of Chi-Chi from the time he was in the film Khudgarz, where he is dancing with Neelam Kothari in the mountains. I remember telling my mom about a stage performance he was doing at the Shanmukhananda Hall with Neelam. I told her, ‘You have to take me there.’ I saw him, and I was completely awestruck. He came to me and said, ‘You’re a very special girl, and something amazing will happen to you in your life.’ I thanked him, and I had no idea that I would go on to do so many movies and dance hits with him.”
Apart from her stellar career, Karisma Kapoor was recently in the news after her ex-husband Sanjay Kapur unfortunately passed away earlier this year.


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