A-Humble-Artist, who never mentions and does so only if asked, our own Chi-Chi aka Govinda claimed that it was he, who suggested the name Avatar to James Cameron! Huh! He might as well have given numerous ideas to Stan Lee! Who knows, after all, Stan’s no more to contradict!
Anyway, according to Govinda, he was even offered a role in Avatar, but he turned it down owing to the body paints used!
Via: Bollywood Life
Talkin to Rajat Sharma in Aapki Adalat he explained:
“Main jis type ka aadmi hu, tum 410 din colour karoge mujhe body me! Maine kaha mujhse nahi hoga sorry.”
Via: YouTube
Deep sigh! It all came down to silly body paint, otherwise who knows, our Govinda might have been the next big thing in Hollywood! Anil Kapoor, are you listening! I bet Anil Kapoor must thank those body paints, they practically eliminated his competition over in Hollywood!
Watch the interview of Govinda in Apki Adalat :
Furthermore, if to be quoted, Govinda predicted that the film will be super hit and that it would take more than 7 years to be completed. There, there! Good work predicting the success of a movie produced by the legendary James Cameron! It could have been a tough call!
We hope Govinda doesn’t miss out on any such opportunities in the future, and even if he does, the Humble-Artist he is, he wouldn’t probably talk about it! right?!