Anari No.1

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Anari No. 1
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Directed by Kuku Kohli
Written by Kader Khan
Kuku Kohli
Produced by Aruna Irani
Starring Govinda
Raveena Tandon
Simran
CinematographyH. Laxminarayan
Edited by Kuldip K. Mehan
Music byDilip Sen-Sameer Sen
Distributed byA.K International
Release date
  • 9 April 1999 (1999-04-09)
Running time
161 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageHindi

Anari No. 1 is a 1999 Indian Hindi-language comedy film directed by Kuku Kohli. The film stars Govinda, Raveena Tandon and Simran in the lead roles and Aruna Irani, Kader Khan, Satish Shah and Satyendra Kapoor in supporting roles, with songs composed by Dilip Sen and Sameer Sen. It was hit at box office. [1]

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Plot

Naive Raja is employed as a lowly waiter in a hotel. One day he serves and looks after a wealthy businessman K. K., who lends him a suit, and gives him some money, so that he could find a rich woman to woo and marry. Raja thinks Sapna is wealthy and successfully woos her and wins her heart, only to find out that she too is on the lookout for a rich prince charming. She thought Raja was the rich, debonair, and eligible bachelor Rahul Saxena.

With the help of garage owner, Sattarbhai, all three of them concoct a plot to kidnap Rahul Saxena and hold him for ransom, while Raja takes his place. After kidnapping him, Raja does take his place with Rahul's family, his stepmom, Sharda, dad Dhanraj, uncle, aunt, and sweetheart Sona. Sona happens to be the daughter of Raja's mentor K. K., and this arouses anger with K. K. when he finds out that Raja has chosen Sona to seduce. Then things start to go wrong as Raja himself gets kidnapped, as he is mistaken for Rahul.

Cast

Soundtrack

Anari No.1
Soundtrack album by
Dilip Sen-Sameer Sen
ReleasedMarch 1999
Genre Feature film soundtrack
Label Tips Music
TitleSinger(s)
"A B C D E F G" Udit Narayan, Kavita Krishnamurthy
"Le Aaya Hoon" Kumar Sanu, Preeti Uttam
"Dheere Dheere Ham Donon Mieen" Abhijeet, Alka Yagnik
"Main Laila"Abhijeet, Jaspinder Narula
"Tujhe Dekh Ke Jaana Jaana" Sonu Nigam, Alka Yagnik
"Main Hoon Ladki Kunwari"Abhijeet, Jaspinder Narula
"Pagal Mujhe Bana Gaya Hai"Abhijeet, Kavita Krishnamurthy
"Bol Hari"Dilip Sen, Amit Kumar, Pradeep Suri

Reception

Sharmila Taliculam of Rediff.com wrote, "Anari No 1 isn't wonderful, but it's a simple film with no pretensions about it. It seeks to entertain and makes a decent job of it". [2] K. N. Vijiyan of New Straits Times wrote that "See this one if you are a fan of Govinda and his brand of comedy". [3]

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References

  1. "27 Years of Aankhen, 21 Years of Anari No 1: Govinda Celebrates with Throwback Pics". 9 April 2020. Archived from the original on 26 April 2022. Retrieved 26 April 2022.
  2. Taliculam, Sharmila (10 April 1999). "Entertainer No 1". Rediff.com . Archived from the original on 4 July 2023. Retrieved 4 July 2023.
  3. Vijiyan, K. N. (24 April 1999). "A double dose of Govinda". New Straits Times . p. 4. Archived from the original on 2 March 2024. Retrieved 4 February 2024.