David Dhawan recently released his 45th film “Coolie No. 1” which is a remake of his 1995 blockbuster film of the same name. He is one of the most successful directors of Hindi Cinema. Seldom would you find any other director with such a long filmography and that deserves thunderous applause. David Dhawan, at the beginning of his career, made some thriller and emotional drama but his real call was "comedy". Once he identified that comfort zone, there was no looking back. He went on to be the busiest director of Bollywood and whatever he touched turned into gold.
His collaboration with Govinda has remained the most successful phase of both Govinda and his career. Their understanding of comedy is amazing. Govinda on-screen and David Dhawan behind the cameras meant a formula for a Hit movie. David Dhawan is regarded as the Comedy King and he truly deserves that title. Switch on any movie of David Dhawan and there will be a laugh riot.
Here are some of the unknown facts about David Dhawan – the comedy king of Bollywood: -
The real name of David Dhawan is Rajinder Dhawan. A friendly Christian neighbor used to call him “David” lovingly. So, while joining FTII, Pune, he changed his name to David Dhawan just to be different from the rest.
David Dhawan joined FTII to become an actor but after seeing his batch mates Satish Shah and Suresh Oberoi, he changed his stream to editing.
He started his career as an editor and for a long time, he used to edit all his films.
The movie that inspired David Dhawan towards excellence was “Meghe Dhaka Tara” – a Bengali film by Ritwik Ghatak. That brilliant movie moved David so much that he became the worthy gold medalist for editing in FTII.
Can you guess what was the first salary of David Dhawan? It was only INR 700 and that was pretty much in those days.
From 1989 to 2005, David Dhawan had a release every year. He took his first sabbatical of 2 years for the first time in his career.
In 1997, David Dhawan had 5 releases. Yes, that’s unimaginable for any director in this world. Mr. and Mrs. Khiladi, Banarasi Babu, Judwaa, Deewana Mastana, and Hero No. 1 were those movies. Out of these five, four went on to rule the Box Office and with time became cult comedies of the ‘90s Hindi Cinema.
In the year 2007, Salman Khan brought him and Govinda together for that classic comedy movie called Partner. You can watch it online at Mzaalo – the best free app to watch Hindi movies. Govinda and David collaborated after a hiatus of 4 years. And as anyone would have expected, this movie broke many records. It became one of the most successful movies of 2007.
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