Hero No. 1
| Hero No. 1 | |
|---|---|
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| Directed by | David Dhawan |
| Written by | Rumi Jaffrey |
| Produced by | Vashu Bhagnani |
| Starring | Govinda Karisma Kapoor Paresh Rawal Shakti Kapoor Satish Shah Kader Khan |
| Cinematography | K.S. Prakash Rao |
| Edited by | A. Muthu |
| Music by | Anand-Milind |
| Distributed by | S. K. Enterprise Haslingden LTD |
Release date |
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| Country | India |
| Language | Hindi |
| Budget | ₹6.7 crore (equivalent to ₹34 crore or US$4.1 million in 2023)[1] |
| Box office | ₹31 crore (equivalent to ₹158 crore or US$19 million in 2023)[2] |
Hero No.1 is a 1997 Indian Hindi comedy-drama film directed by David Dhawan. It stars Govinda and Karishma Kapoor in lead roles. The film was inspired from Rajesh Khanna film, Bawarchi. It was remade in Telugu as Goppinti Alludu. Over the years the film has gained cult status and is often telecasted on televisions.The film promised to be the family one providing wholesome entertainment from 90s.
Plot
Rajesh Malhotra (Govinda) is the son of a wealthy businessman Dhanraj Malhotra (Kader Khan). However, he is not happy at his home since his father does not let him live his life his way. He escapes from his home and reaches Europe. Meena (Karishma Kapoor) is the granddaughter of Dinanath (Paresh Rawal) and has secured a scholarship to study in Europe. She travels to Europe with her aunt Shannu (Himani Shivpuri).
Rajesh and Meena meet and fall in love. Dhanraj Malhotra reaches Europe in search of his son with assistant Sharma (Rakesh Bedi) and discovers his son is in love. They return to India so that Rajesh and Meena can get married. However, destiny has something else in store for them. As Dhanraj is on his way to discuss his son's marriage, he accidentally splashes sludge on a pedestrian and both end up quarreling. To Dhanraj's surprise, the pedestrian, unfortunately, turns out to be Dinanath himself, who, raged with the incident, refuses to Dhanraj's proposal of his son's marriage.
Dinanath's house has a problem. They are a joint family and recently the servant Babu (Shakti Kapoor) ran away. They are now in search of a new servant. Rajesh, on realising that his father did a mess up of the meeting with Dinanath, decides to disguise as a servant named Raju and work at Dinanath's home.
Everybody in that home has some problem or the other, which Raju (Govinda) solves through his wit. Dinanath's elder son Vidya Nath (Tiku Talsania) is a teacher in a local college, but is always late and bears the College Principal's brunt. Raju helps him when he is about to be transferred. Dinanath's second son Jeevan Nath(Anil Dhawan), is an insurance agent but does not have many customers. Raju helps him by asking all employees in his father's office to open insurance policies with Jeevan Nath. The younger son, Pappi (Satish Shah) is a struggling music composer. Raju makes him prepare some good music which he uses as his own and gets a break for a film's music. The elder daughter, Shanno is not in good terms with her husband, so she stays away from him in her father's home. Raju makes her meet her husband and unites them again. The younger granddaughter, Dimple (Prachi) is a party animal. Raju one day saves her from few rowdies and she turns into a homey girl.
Dinanath is impressed with Raju's acts, but one day he finds some valuables missing from his house. Police arrive and find Dhanraj, in the guise of a Chowkidar (portraying Raju's uncle), hiding behind the fridge. Raju and Dhanraj are insulted by the family members and are about to be taken away when Meena reveals Raju's true identity and the sacrifices he has been through for his love.
Dinanath realises of Meena and Raju's true love for each other. In the last scene, as he is going in his car along with Meena to Dhanraj's place, Dhanraj comes along with Rajesh in their way and nearby sludge comes splashing over Dhanraj, thus completing Dinanath's revenge. Rajesh and Meena get married.
Cast
- Govinda as Rajesh "Raju" Malhotra, son of Dhanraj, love interest of Meena, masquerading as a servant in Dinanath's house.
- Karisma Kapoor as Meena Nath, granddaughter of Dinanath, love interest of Raju.
- Kader Khan as Dhanraj Malhotra, Rajesh's father, big businessman, former enemy of Dinanath, because he splashed Dinanath with muck while driving back home from work.
- Paresh Rawal as Dinanath, Meena's grandfather, former enemy of Dhanraj, who got splashed with muck, while walking on the street, by Dhanraj.
- Satish Shah as Pappi, Dinanath's youngest son who wants to be a musician, but is struggling to compose songs.
- Tiku Talsania as Vidya Nath, Dinanath's oldest son, a schoolteacher who is not very punctual.
- Himani Shivpuri as Shanno, Meena's aunt
- Shakti Kapoor as Babu (Special Appearance), the former manservant who was working in Dinanath's house
- Shashi Kiran as Shanno's husband, Sunil
- Anil Dhawan as Jeevan Nath, Dinanath's second son, who is an insurance agent, but does not get many customers.
- Shagufta Ali as Jeevan's wife
- Rita Bhaduri as Vidya's wife
- Rakesh Bedi as Dhanraj Malhotra's naïve Secretary
- Omkar Kapoor as Jeevan's Son
- Harish Kumar as Meena's prospective husband
Soundtrack
Anand-Milind came up with a chart-topping score yet again for a Govinda-David Dhawan film. The music, especially the song, "Sona Kitna Sona Hain", emerged a winner on countdown shows and is remembered till date. The other songs also gained mass popularity like "Saaton Janam", "Maine Paidal", "Main Tujko Bahga Laya", "Mohobbat Ki Nahi" and "U. P. Wala". The songs were extremely popular among the masses and are often heard even now.Poornima earned herself a Zee Cine Awards nomination for "Sona Kitna Sona Hain", but she lost to Lata Mangeshkar for Dil To Pagal Hai.
| # | Song | Singer(s) | Lyrics | Length |
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| 1 | "Maine Paidal Se Ja Raha Tha" | Vinod Rathod, Poornima | Sameer | 05:38 |
| 2 | "Main Tujhko Bhaga Laya" | Kumar Sanu, Alka Yagnik | 05:06 | |
| 3 | "Saton Janam Tujko Paate" | Kumar Sanu | 05:20 | |
| 4 | "Sona Kitna Sona Hai" | Udit Narayan, Poornima | 04:52 | |
| 5 | "Mohabbat Ki Nahin" | Udit Narayan, Sadhana Sargam | 05:50 | |
| 6 | "Tum Hum Pe Marte Ho" | Vinod Rathod, Sadhana Sargam | 05:14 | |
| 7 | "U.P. Wala Thumka Lagaoon" | Sonu Nigam | 05:12 |
References
External links
- Hero No. 1 at IMDb