Ragini Khanna: Despite being Govinda’s niece, I had to struggle in the industry

Ragini Khanna recently appeared on Zee TV's show JuzzBaatt... Sangeen Se Namkeen Tak. She talked about her personal life, her career, and also about nepotism.

By Sagarika Choudhary

Updated on Jul 05, 2018 | 01:25 PM IST | 7.7M

Zee TV's popular chat show JuzzBaatt… Sangeen Se Namkeen Tak has been shedding light on the personal lives of many popular celebrities. Until now, the show has been graced by celebs like Rohit Roy, Ronit Roy, Divyanka Tripathi, Karan Patel, Rakhi Sawant, Aashka Goradia, Dheeraj Dhoopar, among the others. The show is being hosted by television actor Rajeev Khandelwal.

Recently, one more guest to make an appearance on the show was Ragini Khanna. She walked in with actor Karan V Grover for a chat with the host. Both the actors shared interesting tidbits about their lives and their journey in the industry.

During the episode, Rajeev asked Ragini if she has ever enjoyed the benefits of being related to Govinda, to which Ragini replied, "People very easily say that I am Govinda’s bhanji and things would have been easy for me to get into the industry but that’s not true. He has worked very hard to get where he is today and I have not even done half as much as he has. I have heard of the times when Govinda has even walked all the way from Virar to Juhu to give auditions. But to give you a perspective, Govinda has never pulled in favours for his own children. If people feel I got work because of him then they really need to do some research about me. I have worked a lot to achieve my targets. So, despite being Govinda’s niece, I had to struggle in the industry, just the way he did years ago."

Apart from such intense conversations, Karan and Ragini also had some fun on the show. They danced on some of the Govinda numbers, and the host and Ragini even pulled a prank on each other.

Ragini had shot to fame with her portrayal of Suhana in the Star Plus show Sasural Genda Phool. She had also appeared in shows like Radhaa Ki Betiyaan Kuch Kar Dikhayengi and Bhaskar Bharti.