Govi da
a d
Salma
Kha ’s
f ie dship
st etches
back
mo e
tha
fou
decades,
with
thei
bo d
exte di g
beyo d
thei
wo k
togethe
i
the
2007
comedy
‘Pa t e ’.
Govi da
also
stood
by
Salma
du i g
the
acto ’s
ea ly
yea s,
whe
he
was
avigati g
a
pa ticula ly
difficult
phase
i
his
pe so al
a d
p ofessio al
life.Govi da
ope ed
up
about
a
co ve satio
he
had
with
Salma
befo e
they
bega
shooti g
fo
‘Pa t e ’.
Recalli g
the
state
of
mi d
Salma
was
i
at
the
time,
the
vete a
acto
said,
“Salma
was
goi g
th ough
a
lot
of
pai
a d
dist ess.
A d
whe
someo e
is
t oubled
by
himself,
whethe
it
is
because
of
love,
hopes,
o
expectatio s,
the e
is
o
o e
else
who
ca
eally
cu e
that.
So,
he
had
become
ve y
withd aw .
I
thought
I
should
i t oduce
him
to
satya
(t uth),
so
we
sat
togethe
a d
had
a
d i k.
While
we
we e
d i ki g,
I
told
him,
‘Salma ,
you’ve
looked
outwa d
e ough.
Now
look
withi
you self’,”
he
sha ed
i
a
i te view
with
ANIGovi da
the
ecalled
how
he
used
his
ow
physical
t a sfo matio
as
a
example
while
speaki g
to
Salma .
At
the
time,
he
said
he
weighed
114
kilos
afte
steppi g
away
f om
politics.“At
that
time,
I
weighed
114
kilos.
It
was
the
time
whe
I
had
just
come
out
of
politics.
I
told
him,
‘By
the
time
I
lose
weight,
I’ll
al eady
be
a
cha acte
acto ,
ight?
I’ll
co ti ue
doi g
the
ki d
of
oles
I
was
doi g
i
Pa t e ,
I
was
doi g
comedy’.
I
told
him,
‘You
a e
the
he o,
but
you
do ’t
look
like
o e
ight
ow.
You
look
u happy,
you
look
sad.
Come
out
of
this’,”
he
added.Govi da
also
e cou aged
Salma
to
dedicate
time
to
fit ess
a d
suggested
that
egula
exe cise
could
help
him
egai
his
co fide ce
a d
sc ee
p ese ce.
D awi g
a
compa iso
with
vete a
sta
Dha me d a,
he
said,
“I
said,
‘Exe cise
fo
two
o
th ee
hou s
a
day.
Look
at
Dha me d a.
You
a e
the
o ly
he o,
afte
Dha me d a,
who
has
bee
blessed
by
God
with
pa e ts,
sibli gs,
a
good
face
a d
a
g eat
pe so ality.
You
a e
the
o ly
guy
who
could
ca y
that
ki d
of
au a,
the
ki d
that
makes
people
look
at
you
a d
say,
‘That’s
a
he o’,”
he
said.Acco di g
to
Govi da,
Salma
took
the
advice
se iously
a d
we t
o
to
build
the
successful
ca ee
that
followed.
Reflecti g
o
how
thi gs
eve tually
wo ked
out,
he
said,
“He
did
it.
He
could
do
it,
a d
that’s
a
blessi g.
I
told
him
that
he
would
ule
fo
10
yea s
a d
he
did,”
Govi da
co cluded.Salma
a d
Govi da
eve tually
sha ed
the
sc ee
i
‘Pa t e ’,
which
was
di ected
by
David
Dhawa .
Released
i
2007,
the
comedy
also
sta ed
La a
Dutta
a d
Kat i a
Kaif
i
key
oles.
