Gautam Govinda is a 1979 Hindi-language Action Crime motion picture written and directed by Subhash Ghai. Impressed with the dedication shown by Police Inspector Gautam, the Commissioner of Police assigns him to police a lawless town, which is over-run by criminals, and where no police officer has survived for than a few days. Gautam accepts this assignment, and travels to this town. He finds the town is indeed over-run by criminals, and ruled over by arrogant and aristocratic Dharamdutt. When Dharamdutt comes to know about Gautam, he asks his personal hit-man to get rid of him. The personal hit-man is none other than Govinda - a man who has never been beaten by anyone. Written by rAjOo (gunwanti@hotmail.com). Gautam govinda features Shashi Kapoor, Shatrughan Sinha, Vijay Arora, Aruna Irani, Moushumi Chatterjee, Reena Roy and Madan Puri. The music was composed by Pyarelal Ramprasad Sharma along with Laxmikant Shantaram Kudalkar and Laxmikant-pyarelal. It was released on 2nd March 1979. Gautam Govinda was made on a budget of ₹1 crore and at the box office it grossed only ₹62 lakh.

Directed by Subhash Ghai, starring Shashi Kapoor and Shatrughan Sinha in the lead roles.