MUMBAI: Filmmaker Jagmohan Mundhra's sex comedy with Govinda is titled 'Excuse Me, Please'. The actor plays a 40-year-old virgin in the movie and says he will pretend he is one.
"Yes, it is a sex comedy. How do I play a 40-year-old virgin? I'll just have to fake it, ha ha. I guess that's what acting is. I've never touched alcohol in my life. But I've played a drunkard. Till the age of 36, I had never eaten non-vegetarian food," Govinda said.
Remember the notorious song 'Sarkaiy lo khatiya' that Govinda performed with Karisma Kapoor in 'Raja Babu' 14 years ago? In 'Excuse Me, Please', he is once again shooting a full-on desi rollicking version of the comedy. The movie went on the floors June 1 in London.
What interests Govinda in the project is his return to a raunchy risqu realm, which many thought he had left behind.
"Why should I leave it behind? I am what I am today because of those films with David Dhawan like 'Hero No. 1' and 'Raja Babu'. I am not ashamed of 'Sarkaiy lo...'
"At the time when it was filmed, I said sorry because it offended some people. But going by what's permissible on screen today, I'd say me and Karisma did nothing harmful."
In Mundhra's film Govinda plays a commitment-phobic nerd who wants sex but no marriage.
"The subject was earlier explored in Akshaye Khanna's character in Nikhil Advani's 'Salaam-e-Ishq'. All of us want the perks of a relationship with the opposite sex, including sex. But no youngster wants to be tied down with marriage. I sat down with Mundhra and discussed the script. I don't think the original material would've worked in our context.
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