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Hero Hiralal
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Wikipedia article
'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
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
*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
The 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
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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 Shah
*Lyrics - Hriday Lani
*Singers - Lata Mangeshkar, Amit Kumar & Kumar Sanu
References
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