Govind
Namdev
with
Shivangi
Verma.
Photograph:
Kind
courtesy
Shivangi
Verma/Instagram
Is
Govind
Namdev,
70,
dating
actress
Shivangi
Verma,
30?
Rumours
first
started
when
Shivangi
posted
this
picture
on
Instagram
in
December
2024,
and
captioned
it,
‘Pyaar
knows
no
age,
no
limits.’
She
added
a
heart
emoji.
Namdev
clarified
with
a
post,
four
days
later,
saying,
‘This
is
not
real
life
love
but
reel
life
love.’
He
explained
further:
‘The
picture
in
circulation
was
nothing
but
a
publicity
stunt
for
an
upcoming
movie
Gaurishankar
Goharganj
Wale.’
Gaurishankar
Goharganj
Wale
tells
the
story
of
a
70-year-old
man
falling
in
love
with
a
30-year-old
woman.
Recently,
Namdev
clarified
further,
in
an
interview
with
ETimes:
‘I
agreed
to
the
photo
shoot
because
it
was
necessary
for
publicity
of
the
movie.
We
had
spoken
to
the
producer
and
director
of
the
movie
before
the
photo
shoot.’
‘Shivangi
insisted
that
we
should
have
a
romantic
pairing,
that
the
images
needed
to
convey
a
certain
kind
of
chemistry
between
us.
I
agreed
but
also
asked
what
kind
of
content
she
had
in
mind.
She
said,
“There’s
a
lot.
Content
matters
most.”
I
thought
fine,
let’s
do
it.’
But
he
was
upset
when
Shivangi
posted
the
picture
with
an
heart
emoji
without
informing
him.
‘That’s
where
the
misunderstanding
started.
People
began
speculating
about
us
and
frankly,
I
didn’t
appreciate
it.
That’s
why
I
stopped
talking
to
her.
I
don’t
want
to
get
involved
in
unnecessary
drama,’
Namdev
said.
‘People
had
begun
feeling
sorry
for
me.
Not
just
the
audience
but
friends
and
family
too.
So
as
a
responsible
actor,
I
felt
I
should
speak
up.
That’s
why
I
posted
my
side
of
story
initially
(in
December
2024),
to
set
the
record
straight.’
It
reached
a
point
when
his
marriage
to
wife
Sudha
was
reportedly
under
strain.
‘There
were
rumours
that
my
household
was
affected
and
me
and
my
wife
were
considering
living
separately.
I
didn’t
react
then,
and
I
don’t
react
now.
I’m
not
here
to
prove
anything
to
anyone,’
Namdev
asserts.
