Hero Hiralal is a 1988 Indian film directed by Ketan Mehta, starring Naseeruddin Shah and Sanjana Kapoor in leading roles. It is a movie about an auto rickshaw driver who falls in love with a film actress. The movie showcased performances by the lead actors and by Saeed Jaffrey and Satish Shah in their supporting roles. This marked Sanjana Kapoor's first leading role in a Bollywood film.
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| Directed by | Ketan Mehta |
| Screenplay by | Gul Anand Ketan Mehta |
| Produced by | Gul Anand |
| Starring | Naseeruddin Shah Sanjana Kapoor Deepa Sahi Kiran Kumar Amitabh Bachchan |
| Music by | Babla Shah |
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| Language | Hindi |
Synopsis
editNaseeruddin Shah is Hero Hiralal, a Hyderabadi auto-rickshaw driver who meets an upcoming Bollywood starlet, Roopa (Sanjana Kapoor) and becomes her tour guide. Soon, the two fall in love.
Work takes Roopa back to Bombay. Hero, pining for his lover, follows her and has an encounter with her family members, who clearly disapprove of him. Rupa's family tells her to reject Hero's love and move on with her career. Buckling under family pressure, Roopa is compelled to abandon her love, which causes Hero to fall into depression and attempt suicide. He is saved in time by Rani Sitara Devi, a show lady (Deepa Sahi), who arranges for him to die like a great lover in supposedly the greatest show on earth as directed by her. Hero is saved once again in the nick of time when Roopa arrives in a rush at the last minute to confess her love for him.
Cast
edit- Naseeruddin Shah – Hero Hiralal
- Sanjana Kapoor – Rupa
- Deepa Sahi - Rani Sitara Devi
- Kiran Kumar – Prem Kumar
- Rohini Hattangadi – Roopa's step-mom
- Saeed Jaffrey – Aziz Bhai
- Satish Shah – Bhagwan
- Mohan Gokhale – Rangeela Paintal
- Johnny Lever – Police constable
- Dilip Dhawan
- Deepak Qazir – Dukhilal
- Ahmad Khan
- Rahul Chowdhary
- Hosi Vasunia
- Benjamin Gilani
- Amitabh Bachchan (Spl. Appearance)
Music
editThe film's music is by Babla Shah, with lyrics by Hriday Lani, and singing by Lata Mangeshkar, Amit Kumar and Kumar Sanu, as his first major Bollywood song. This movie Kumar Sanu song " Jashna Hai Mohabbat Ka" include on 6 January 1989.
- "Sapano Ki Duniya Hai" (sad) – Lata Mangeshkar
- "Main Hoon Hero Hero Hiraalaal" – Amit Kumar
- "Jashna Hai Mohabbat Ka" – Kumar Sanu
- " Sapno Ki Duniya Hai" - Kanchan
Box office reception
editHero Hiralal had an All Time BlockBuster collection on box office.
Crew
edit- Direction – Ketan Mehta
- Producer – Gul Anand
- Cinematography – Faroukh Mistry, Jehangir Chowdhury
- Choreography – Chinni Prakash, Jay Borade
- Action – Ravi Dewan
- Editor – Sutanu Gupta, Adesh Verma
- Screenplay – Ketan Mehta, Gul Anand
- Dialogue – Hridaylani
- Sound – Jitendra Chaudhary
- Costume – Bhanu Athaiya
- Music - Babla Shah
- Lyrics - Hriday Lani
- Singers - Lata Mangeshkar, Amit Kumar & Kumar Sanu
References
editExternal links
edit- Hero Hiralal at IMDb