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|name = Hero Hiralal
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|director = [[Ketan Mehta]]
| name = Hero Hiralal
| image = Hero Hiralal.jpg
|writer = Gul Anand (screenplay), <br> [[Ketan Mehta]] (screenplay), <br> Hriday Lani (dialogues)
| caption = Poster
|starring = [[Naseeruddin Shah]],<br>[[Sanjana Kapoor]]
|producer = Gul Anand
| director = [[Ketan Mehta]]
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|released= [[1988 in film|1988]]
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|language = Hindi
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| producer = Gul Anand
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| music = [[Babla & Kanchan|Babla Shah]]
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| released = {{Film date|1988|10|21|df=y}}
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'''''Hero Hiralal''''' is a [[1988 in film|1988]] directed by [[Ketan Mehta]]. It is a movie about an Auto-Rickshaw driver who falls in love with a film Actress. Roopa (played by Sanjana Kapoor) comes to Hyderabad to shoot her film, where she meets Hiralal (played by [[Naseeruddin Shah]]), who is fondly called Hero Hiralal, for his love for movies. Things start to get interesting when the crew leaves for Bombay and Hero, who follows them to declare his love, ends up planning his own death in a grand manner.
'''''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.


== Synopsis ==
The movie had good performances by the lead actors. [[Saeed Jaffrey]], [[Satish Shah]] were also good in their supporting roles.
Naseeruddin Shah is Hero Hiralal, a [[Hyderabad]]i 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==

*[[Naseeruddin Shah]] - Hero Hiralal
== Cast ==
*Sanjana Kapoor - Roopa (as Sanjna Kapoor)
*[[Naseeruddin Shah]] – Hero Hiralal
*[[Deepa Sahi]]
*[[Sanjana Kapoor]] – Rupa
*[[Kiran Kumar]] - Prem Kumar (an actor)
*[[Deepa Sahi]] - Rani Sitara Devi
*[[Rohini Hattangadi]]
*[[Saeed Jaffrey]] - Aziz Bhai
*[[Kiran Kumar]] – Prem Kumar
*[[Rohini Hattangadi]] – Roopa's step-mom
*[[Satish Shah]] - Bhagwan
*[[Saeed Jaffrey]] – Aziz Bhai
*Mohan Gokhale
*[[Johnny Lever]]
*[[Satish Shah]] – Bhagwan
*[[Mohan Gokhale]] – Rangeela Paintal
*Dilip Dhawan
*[[Johnny Lever]] – Police constable
*Deepak Qazir
*[[Dilip Dhawan]]
*Deepak Qazir – Dukhilal
*Ahmad Khan
*Ahmad Khan
*Rahul Chowdhary
*Rahul Chowdhary
*Hosi Vasunia
*Hosi Vasunia
*Benjamin Gilani
*[[Benjamin Gilani]]
*[[Amitabh Bachchan]] (Spl. Appearance)
*[[Amitabh Bachchan]] (Spl. Appearance)

== Music ==
The film's music is by [[Babla & Kanchan|Babla Shah]], with lyrics by [[Hriday Lani]], and singing by [[Lata Mangeshkar]], [[Amit Kumar (singer)|Amit Kumar]], [[Babla & Kanchan|Kanchan]], [[Mahendra Kapoor]], [[Suresh Wadkar]] and [[Kumar Sanu]], as his first major Bollywood song. This movie Kumar Sanu song "Jashn Hai Mohabbat Ka"

#"Main Hoon Hero Hiralal" – [[Amit Kumar (singer)|Amit Kumar]]
#"Sapno Ki Duniya Hai" (Happy) – [[Babla & Kanchan|Kanchan]]
#"Bigdi Humein Banani Hai" – [[Mahendra Kapoor]], [[Suresh Wadkar]] & Anant
#"Jashn Hai Mohabbat Ka" – [[Kumar Sanu]]
#"Sapno Ki Duniya Hai" (Sad) – [[Lata Mangeshkar]]
#"Bachke Kahan Jayega" – Kanchan & Amit Kumar

== Box office reception ==
''Hero Hiralal'' had an All Time BlockBuster collection on box office.

== Crew ==
*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 & Kanchan|Babla Shah]]
*Lyrics - [[Hriday Lani]]
*Singers - [[Lata Mangeshkar]], [[Amit Kumar (singer)|Amit Kumar]] & [[Kumar Sanu]]

== References ==
{{Unreferenced|date=March 2010}}
{{Reflist}}

== External links ==
* {{IMDb title|id=0093182|title=Hero Hiralal}}

[[Category:1989 films]]
[[Category:1980s Hindi-language films]]
[[Category:1980s Indian films]]
[[Category:Films directed by Ketan Mehta]]
[[Category:Films set in Hyderabad, India]]
[[Category:Films about interclass romance]]
[[Category:Films shot in Hyderabad, India]]
[[Category:Urdu-language Indian films]]
[[Category:1980s Urdu-language films]]
[[Category:Films about Bollywood]]
[[Category:Indian romantic drama films]]

Latest revision as of 23:27, 1 November 2024

Hero Hiralal
Poster
Directed byKetan Mehta
Screenplay byGul Anand
Ketan Mehta
Produced byGul Anand
StarringNaseeruddin Shah
Sanjana Kapoor
Deepa Sahi
Kiran Kumar
Amitabh Bachchan
Music byBabla Shah
Release date
  • 21 October 1988 (1988-10-21)
LanguageHindi

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.

Synopsis

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Naseeruddin 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

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Music

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The film's music is by Babla Shah, with lyrics by Hriday Lani, and singing by Lata Mangeshkar, Amit Kumar, Kanchan, Mahendra Kapoor, Suresh Wadkar and Kumar Sanu, as his first major Bollywood song. This movie Kumar Sanu song "Jashn Hai Mohabbat Ka"

  1. "Main Hoon Hero Hiralal" – Amit Kumar
  2. "Sapno Ki Duniya Hai" (Happy) – Kanchan
  3. "Bigdi Humein Banani Hai" – Mahendra Kapoor, Suresh Wadkar & Anant
  4. "Jashn Hai Mohabbat Ka" – Kumar Sanu
  5. "Sapno Ki Duniya Hai" (Sad) – Lata Mangeshkar
  6. "Bachke Kahan Jayega" – Kanchan & Amit Kumar

Box office reception

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Hero Hiralal had an All Time BlockBuster collection on box office.

Crew

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References

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