Actor Varun Dhawan and his father, acclaimed director David Dhawan were the guests at the finale episode of the fourth season of The Great Indian Kapil Show. During the conversation, David, who had a fallout with actor Govinda, spoke about the latter, praising his acting skills and also defending his tardiness.

“Log bolte hain na late aata hai sets par, aaj kaun nahi late aata hai, late aana chodiye... Woh aata hai, apna kaam khatam kar ke jaata hai (People say he comes late on sets. Today, which actor doesn’t? Leave all that. He atleast comes and finishes his work),” said David.

The director also narrated an incident from the film Partner (2007), which starred Govinda and Salman Khan.

“And you will not believe it. He would show up and ask for his scene. It would be a four-page scene. He would go through it thoroughly while I was setting up the shot. He said, ‘Don't set it up yet. Do one thing, Here's the scene. Watch me perform. I'll do it in one take’,” the director added.

“This was in Partner. He did all kinds of acrobatics in that scene; you can't imagine. Then he told me edit the scene however I wanted. Unbelievable. Govinda is incredible,” he further said.

“Seventeen films I've done with him and I believe Govinda is one of the best actors, I have worked with, outstanding,” David said.

Varun also spoke about how his father often remembers working with stars such as Salman Khan and Anil Kapoor while discussing scenes.

“Ab joh bhi scene likha jaata hai unko yaad aati hai Chi Chi (Govinda) bhaiya ki (Today whenever a scene is written we remember Givinda), If Chi Chi were here, how would he do it? So, I tell him but I have to perform for my audience, who are little kids. So, I have a very tall order to live upto. He always tells me, Salman would do it this way, Chi Chi aise karta, Anil aise karta... But then I have to figure, how would I perform,” he said.

The finale also featured a tribute to David Dhawan from the show’s cast, including Krushna Abhishek, Kiku Sharda and Sunil Grover, who performed a parody of a scene from the filmmaker’s comedy film Coolie No. 1 (1995).