Govinda and David Dhawan are still considered one of the most successful actor-director jodis. In the 90s, the two worked together on at least 18 films, a record of sorts, and many of those, like Hero No.1, Coolie No.1, Partner and Deewana Mastana, among others, turned out to be massive hits. Years later, their messy fall-out made headlines, they both moved on to work with different people, but their differences remained unresolved for long.

However, now all that seems to be a thing of the past. The two have buried the hatchet and were seen interacting with each other at Ramesh Taurani’s recent Diwali bash.

Govinda even shared a picture with David on his social media handle, which had many fans requesting a comeback for this jodi. Along with the photo, he wrote, “80s Aur 90s mein meri doh biwiyaan thi. Ek Sunita aur ek David (sic).”

For the unversed, in an old interview, Govinda claimed that he heard the director talking to someone on the phone and saying that he didn’t wish to collaborate with his favourite hero anymore. That among other things was apparently the cause of a rift between this hit jodi.

Talking to Bombay Times about reconnecting with David Dhawan after really long, Govinda said, “I am glad people still feel that we should work together. Yeh unka pyaar hai. Our patch-up had already happened. This was our second meeting. It was a Diwali bash where we ate good food and had a great time. We don’t believe in raking up the past. Why mull over it? That’s not necessary. Let bygones be bygones. Filmy talk wasn’t a priority, but when that happened, we only spoke about the happy memories and those were plenty.”

The actor added, “I stepped out for an industry party after 19-20 years because it was an industry party and not a group party. Ramesh Taurani is a good person. Over the years, Bollywood parties have become these group parties, and if you don’t belong to a certain group (camp), you aren’t invited. If you are not seen at these parties, it is assumed that you aren’t social, which is wrong. I am not anti-social at all, and I don’t believe in groups. Back then, people used to say Govinda, Shakti Kapoor, Karisma Kapoor and David Dhawan are a group. I didn’t agree with that either. We are all artistes who worked together.”