Arun Govil (/ɑːˈruːn ˈɡoʊvɪl/ GOH-vil; Hindi: [əɾʊɳ goːʋɪl]; born 12 January 1958) is an Indian actor and politician from the Bharatiya Janata Party.
He got his formal education at an affiliated college of Agra University situated in Shahjahanpur, where he studied science (BSc degree).
Govil got his first break in Indian cinema in the 1977 film Paheli, when he was introduced to Tarachand Barjatya by his sister-in-law Tabassum.
[9] He was then cast as Lord Rama in Sagar's TV series Ramayan (1986), for which he won the Uptron Award in the Best Actor in a Leading Role category in 1988.
[10][4][11] He reprised his role as Rama in Sagar's Luv Kush and Padmalya Telefilms Limited's Jai Veer Hanuman[12][13] Barjatya was really impressed by Govil's performance in the film and he signed him a three-film-deal — Kanak Mishra's Sawan Ko Aane Do (1979), Vijay Kapoor's Raadha Aur Seeta (1979) and Satyen Bose's Saanch Ko Aanch Nahin (1979).
Sawan Ko Aane Do became a major success at box office catapulting Govil to stardom.
Ramanand Sagar cast Govil as Vikramaditya in his television series Vikram Aur Betaal and Rama in Ramayan.