Hero No. 1

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Hero No. 1
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Directed by David Dhawan
Written by Rumi Jaffery
Produced by Vashu Bhagnani
Starring Govinda
Karisma Kapoor
Paresh Rawal
Shakti Kapoor
Satish Shah
Kader Khan
Cinematography K.S. Prakash Rao
Edited byA. Muthu
Music by Anand–Milind
Production
company
Distributed byS. K. Enterprise Haslingden LTD
Release date
  • 21 February 1997 (1997-02-21)
Country India
LanguageHindi
Budget₹67.5 million [1]
Box office₹309.5 million [1]

Hero No.1 is a 1997 Indian Hindi-language comedy film directed by David Dhawan. It stars Govinda and Karishma Kapoor with an ensemble supporting cast of actors.

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The film borrows the theme of Bawarchi, which was itself a remake of Bengali film Galpo Holeo Satti. It was remade in Telugu as Goppinti Alludu . Upon its release, the film was successful, grossing ₹309.5 million (equivalent to ₹1.6 billionorUS$20 million in 2023) at the box office against a production budget of ₹67.5 million (equivalent to ₹340 millionorUS$4.3 million in 2023) and was the seventh highest grossing film of the year. The film promised to be the family one providing wholesome entertainment from 90s. [2]

Plot

Rajesh, the son of rich businessman Dhanraj Malhotra, escapes from his home and reaches Europe. Meena, the granddaughter of Dinanath Tripathi, also travels to Europe as she has secured a scholarship to study there. The two meet and fall in love. Dhanraj reaches Europe in search of Rajesh and discovers he loves Meena. They return to India for the two to get married. However, destiny has something else in store for them.

When Dinanath finds out about Rajesh being Dhanraj's son, he breaks the alliance in rage. As later Dinanath's servant Babu escapes, they're now in search of new servant. Rajesh disguises as servant Raju and begins to work at the Tripathis. He solves the problems of family members also including Dinanath's 3 sons, daughter Shanno and other granddaughter Dimple, winning hearts of everyone.

Dinanath finds some valuables missing from the home. Police arrive and find Dhanraj, disguised as a Chowkidar. Raju and Dhanraj are insulted by the family members. Meena reveals Raju's identity and the sacrifices he made for her. Dinanath realises their true love for each other. The film ends happily with Rajesh and Meena's marriage.

Cast

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 .

#SongSinger(s)LyricsLength
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 Sanu05:20
4"Sona Kitna Sona Hai" Udit Narayan, Poornima04:52
5"Mohabbat Ki Nahin"Udit Narayan, Sadhana Sargam 05:50
6"Tum Hum Pe Marte Ho"Vinod Rathod, Sadhana Sargam05:14
7"U.P. Wala Thumka Lagaoon" Sonu Nigam 05:12

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References

  1. 1 2 "Hero No. 1 - Movie - Box Office India". boxofficeindia.com.
  2. ↑ "'Hopefully, those carefree days will return soon': Karisma Kapoor shares throwback photo with Govinda from Eiffel Tower". DNA India. 24 April 2020.
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