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{{Infobox film
| name          = '''Hero No. 1'''
| name          = Hero No. 1
| image          = Hero No. 1 Poster.jpg
| image          = Hero No. 1 Poster.jpg
| director      = [[David Dhawan]]
| director      = [[David Dhawan]]
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| writer        = Rumi Jaffrey
| writer        = Rumi Jaffrey
| narrator      =  
| narrator      =  
| starring      = [[Govinda (actor)|Govinda]]<br />[[Karisma Kapoor]] <br />[[Paresh Rawal]] <br /> [[Shakti Kapoor]] <br /> [[Satish Shah]] <br /> [[Kader Khan]]
| starring      = [[Govinda (actor)|Govinda]]<br />[[Karisma Kapoor]] <br />[[Paresh Rawal]] <br /> [[Satish Shah]] <br /> [[Kader Khan]]
| music          = [[Anand-Milind]]
| music          = [[Anand-Milind]]
| cinematography = [[K.S. Prakash Rao]]
| cinematography = [[K. S. Prakash Rao]]
| editing        = A. Muthu
| editing        = A. Muthu
| distributor    = S. K. Enterprise Haslingden LTD
| distributor    = S K Enterprise haslingden LTD
| released      = {{film date|df=y|1997|2|21}}
| released      = {{Film date|df=y|1997|02|21}}
| runtime        =  
| runtime        =  
| country        = [[India]]
| country        = [[India]]
| language      = Hindi
| language      = Hindi
| budget        = {{INRConvert|6.7|c|year=1997}}<ref name="auto">{{Cite web|url=https://boxofficeindia.com/movie.php?movieid=2704|title=Hero No. 1 - Movie - Box Office India|website=boxofficeindia.com}}</ref>
| budget        = {{INRConvert|6.7|c|year=1997}}<ref>{{Cite web | title=Boxoffice | url=http://www.boxofficeindia.com/Movies/movie_detail/hero_no_1#.ViUhfn7hDIU | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150317210411/http://boxofficeindia.com/Movies/movie_detail/hero_no_1 | access-date=2026-02-03 | archive-date=2015-03-17}}</ref>
| gross          = {{INRConvert|31|c|year=1997|lk=c}}<ref name="auto"/>
 
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'''''Hero No.1''''' is a [[Bollywood films of 1997|1997]] Indian [[Bollywood|Hindi]] [[comedy-drama]] film directed by [[David Dhawan]]. It stars [[Govinda (actor)|Govinda]] and [[Karishma Kapoor]] in lead roles. The film was inspired from Rajesh Khanna film, ''[[Bawarchi]]''.Infact "Bawarchi" was a remake of "Golpo Holeo Shotti" a bengali movie (Robi Ghosh). 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.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.dnaindia.com/bollywood/report-hopefully-those-carefree-days-will-return-soon-karisma-kapoor-shares-throwback-photo-with-govinda-from-eiffel-tower-2822373|title='Hopefully, those carefree days will return soon': Karisma Kapoor shares throwback photo with Govinda from Eiffel Tower|date=24 April 2020|website=DNA India}}</ref>
'''''Hero No.1''''' is a 1997 Indian Hindi-language [[Romance film|romantic]] [[comedy drama]] film directed by [[David Dhawan]]. It stars [[Govinda (actor)|Govinda]] and [[Karishma Kapoor]] in lead roles. Most of the film's story is inspired by ''[[Bawarchi]]'', a comedy film directed by [[Hrishikesh Mukherjee]]. It was remade in Telugu as ''[[Goppinti Alludu]].''


==Plot==
==Synopsis==
Rajesh Malhotra ([[Govinda (actor)|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 , Living in Bungalow named Anand Niwas ([[Paresh Rawal]]) and has secured a scholarship to study in Europe. She travels to Europe with her aunt Shannu Nath ([[Himani Shivpuri]]).
Rajesh Malhotra ([[Govinda (actor)|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 Shanno ([[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.
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 about his son's marriage, he accidentally splashes mud on a pedestrian and both end up quarreling. To Dhanraj's surprise, the pedestrian unfortunately turns out to be Dinanath himself, who, upset and angry 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.
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 for 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 Ahuja|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 Nath([[Prachi]]) is a party animal. Raju one day saves her from few rowdies and she turns into a homey girl.
Everybody in that home has some problem or the other, which Raju ([[Govinda Ahuja|Govinda]]) solves through his wit. Dinanath's elder son Vidya Nath ([[Tiku Talsania]]) is teacher in a local college, but is always late and bears the College Principal's brunt. Raju helps him to stop his transfer with the help of Education Minister. 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, Sunil, 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. One day Raju saves her from goons and she becomes a homely 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 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.
Dinanath realises Meena and Raju's true love for each other. The next day, as he is going in his car along with Meena to Dhanraj's place, Dhanraj comes along with Rajesh in their way and nearby mud comes splashing over Dhanraj, thus completing Dinanath's revenge. Rajesh and Meena get married.


==Cast==
==Cast==
* [[Govind Arun Ahuja|Govinda]] as Rajesh "Raju" Malhotra, son of Dhanraj, love interest of Meena and later Husband . masquerading as a servant in Dinanath's house.
* [[Govinda Ahuja|Govinda]] as Rajesh 'Raju' Malhotra: Meena's love-interest
* [[Karisma Kapoor]] as Meena Nath Malhotra, granddaughter of Dinanath, love interest of Raju and later Wife.
* [[Karisma Kapoor]] as Meena Nath Tripathi: Rajesh's love-interest
* [[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.
* [[Kader Khan]] as Dhanraj Malhotra: Rajesh's father
* [[Paresh Rawal]] as Dinanath, Meena's grandfather, former enemy of Dhanraj, who got splashed with muck, while walking on the street, by Dhanraj.
* [[Paresh Rawal]] as Dinanath Tripathi: Meena's grandfather
* [[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 Tripathi: Meena's eldest paternal uncle
* [[Tiku Talsania]] as Vidya Nath, Dinanath's oldest son, a schoolteacher who is not very punctual.
* [[Rita Bhaduri]] as Laxmi Tripathi: Vidya Nath's wife and Meena's eldest paternal aunt
* [[Himani Shivpuri]] as Shanno, Meena's aunt
* [[Anil Dhawan]] as Jeevan Nath Tripathi: Meena's second paternal uncle
* [[Shakti Kapoor]] as Babu (Special Appearance), the former manservant who was working in Dinanath's house
* [[Himani Shivpuri]] as Shanno Tripathi / Shanno Mishra: Meena's fraternal aunt
* [[Shashi Kiran]] as Shanno's husband, Sunil
* Shashi Kiran as Sunil Mishra: Shanno's husband and Meena's fraternal uncle
* [[Anil Dhawan]] as Jeevan Nath, Dinanath's second son, who is an insurance agent, but does not get many customers.
* [[Shagufta Ali]] as Paro Tripathi: Jeevan Nath's wife and Meena's second paternal aunt
* [[Shagufta Ali]] as Sughanda Jeevan's wife
* [[Satish Shah]] as Somnath 'Pappi' Tripathi: Meena's youngest paternal uncle
* [[Rita Bhaduri]] as Vidya's wife
* [[Shakti Kapoor]] as Babu (Special Appearance)
* [[Rakesh Bedi]] as Dhanraj Malhotra's naïve Secretary
* [[Rakesh Bedi]] as Sharma ji: Dhanraj Malhotra's secretary
* [[Omkar Kapoor]] as Jeevan's Son
* [[Omkar Kapoor]] as Shekhar 'Rinku' Jeevan Nath Tripathi: Jeevan Nath and Paro's son and Meena's cousin
* [[Harish Kumar (actor)|Harish Kumar]] as Meena's prospective husband
* [[Harish Kumar (actor)|Harish Kumar]] as Meena's prospective husband


==Soundtrack==
==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. [[Sushma Shrestha|Poornima]] earned herself a [[Zee Cine Awards]] nomination for "Sona Kitna Sona Hain", but she lost to [[Lata Mangeshkar]] for ''[[Dil To Pagal Hai]]''.
[[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 popularity like "Saaton Janam", "Maine Paidal", "Main Tujko Bahga Laya", "Mohobbat Ki Nahi" and "U P Wala". [[Sushma Shrestha|Poornima]] earned herself a Zee Cine awards nomination for "Sona Kitna Sona Hain" but lost to [[Lata Mangeshkar]] for [[Dil To Pagal Hai]]. The song was remade for the 2024 film ''[[Crew (film)|Crew]]''.


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{| class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size: 95%;"
! # !! Song !! Singer(s) !! Lyrics !! Length
! # !! Song !! Singer(s) !! Length
|-
|-
| 1
| 1
| "Maine Paidal Se Ja Raha Tha"
| "Sona Kitna Sona Hai"
| [[Vinod Rathod]], [[Poornima (singer)|Poornima]]  
| [[Udit Narayan]], [[Sushma Shreshta|Poornima]]
| rowspan="7"|[[Sameer (lyricist)|Sameer]]
| 04:52
|-
| 2
| "Main Paidal Se Jaa Raha"
| [[Vinod Rathod]], [[Sushma Shreshta|Poornima]]
| 05:38
| 05:38
|-
|-
| 2
| 3
| "Main Tujhko Bhaga Laya"
| "Main Tujhko Bhaga Laya"
| [[Kumar Sanu]], [[Alka Yagnik]]
| [[Kumar Sanu]], [[Alka Yagnik]]
| 05:06
| 05:06
|-
|-
| 3
| 4
| "Saton Janam Tujko Paate"
| "Saton Janam Tujko"
| Kumar Sanu
| [[Kumar Sanu]]
| 05:20
| 05:20
|-
| 4
| "Sona Kitna Sona Hai"
| [[Udit Narayan]], Poornima
| 04:52
|-
|-
| 5
| 5
| "Mohabbat Ki Nahin"
| "Mohabbat Ki Nahin Jaati"
| Udit Narayan, [[Sadhana Sargam]]
| [[Udit Narayan]], [[Sadhana Sargam]]
| 05:50
| 05:50
|-
|-
| 6
| 6
| "Tum Hum Pe Marte Ho"
| "Tum Humpe Marte Ho"
| Vinod Rathod, Sadhana Sargam
| [[Vinod Rathod]], [[Sadhana Sargam]]
| 05:14
| 05:14
|-
|-
| 7
| 7
| "U.P. Wala Thumka Lagaoon"
| "U.P Wala Thumka"
| [[Sonu Nigam]]
| [[Sonu Nigam]]
| 05:12
| 05:12
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Latest revision as of 05:03, 4 March 2026

Hero No. 1
Directed byDavid Dhawan
Produced byVashu Bhagnani
Written byRumi Jaffrey
StarringGovinda
Karisma Kapoor
Paresh Rawal
Satish Shah
Kader Khan
Music byAnand-Milind
CinematographyK. S. Prakash Rao
Edited byA. Muthu
Distributed byS K Enterprise haslingden LTD
Release date
  • 21 February 1997 (1997-02-21)
CountryIndia
LanguageHindi
Budget6.7 crore (equivalent to 27 crore or US$3.9 million in 2019)[1]

Hero No.1 is a 1997 Indian Hindi-language romantic comedy drama film directed by David Dhawan. It stars Govinda and Karishma Kapoor in lead roles. Most of the film's story is inspired by Bawarchi, a comedy film directed by Hrishikesh Mukherjee. It was remade in Telugu as Goppinti Alludu.

Synopsis[edit | edit source]

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 Shanno (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 about his son's marriage, he accidentally splashes mud on a pedestrian and both end up quarreling. To Dhanraj's surprise, the pedestrian unfortunately turns out to be Dinanath himself, who, upset and angry 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 for 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 teacher in a local college, but is always late and bears the College Principal's brunt. Raju helps him to stop his transfer with the help of Education Minister. 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, Sunil, 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. One day Raju saves her from goons and she becomes a homely 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 Meena and Raju's true love for each other. The next day, as he is going in his car along with Meena to Dhanraj's place, Dhanraj comes along with Rajesh in their way and nearby mud comes splashing over Dhanraj, thus completing Dinanath's revenge. Rajesh and Meena get married.

Cast[edit | edit source]

  • Govinda as Rajesh 'Raju' Malhotra: Meena's love-interest
  • Karisma Kapoor as Meena Nath Tripathi: Rajesh's love-interest
  • Kader Khan as Dhanraj Malhotra: Rajesh's father
  • Paresh Rawal as Dinanath Tripathi: Meena's grandfather
  • Tiku Talsania as Vidya Nath Tripathi: Meena's eldest paternal uncle
  • Rita Bhaduri as Laxmi Tripathi: Vidya Nath's wife and Meena's eldest paternal aunt
  • Anil Dhawan as Jeevan Nath Tripathi: Meena's second paternal uncle
  • Himani Shivpuri as Shanno Tripathi / Shanno Mishra: Meena's fraternal aunt
  • Shashi Kiran as Sunil Mishra: Shanno's husband and Meena's fraternal uncle
  • Shagufta Ali as Paro Tripathi: Jeevan Nath's wife and Meena's second paternal aunt
  • Satish Shah as Somnath 'Pappi' Tripathi: Meena's youngest paternal uncle
  • Shakti Kapoor as Babu (Special Appearance)
  • Rakesh Bedi as Sharma ji: Dhanraj Malhotra's secretary
  • Omkar Kapoor as Shekhar 'Rinku' Jeevan Nath Tripathi: Jeevan Nath and Paro's son and Meena's cousin
  • Harish Kumar as Meena's prospective husband

Soundtrack[edit | edit source]

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 popularity like "Saaton Janam", "Maine Paidal", "Main Tujko Bahga Laya", "Mohobbat Ki Nahi" and "U P Wala". Poornima earned herself a Zee Cine awards nomination for "Sona Kitna Sona Hain" but lost to Lata Mangeshkar for Dil To Pagal Hai. The song was remade for the 2024 film Crew.

# Song Singer(s) Length
1 "Sona Kitna Sona Hai" Udit Narayan, Poornima 04:52
2 "Main Paidal Se Jaa Raha" Vinod Rathod, Poornima 05:38
3 "Main Tujhko Bhaga Laya" Kumar Sanu, Alka Yagnik 05:06
4 "Saton Janam Tujko" Kumar Sanu 05:20
5 "Mohabbat Ki Nahin Jaati" Udit Narayan, Sadhana Sargam 05:50
6 "Tum Humpe Marte Ho" Vinod Rathod, Sadhana Sargam 05:14
7 "U.P Wala Thumka" Sonu Nigam 05:12

References[edit | edit source]

  1. "Boxoffice". Archived from the original on 17 March 2015. Retrieved 3 February 2026.

External links[edit | edit source]