Hero No. 1
1997 film by David Dhawan
Hero No.1 is a 1997 Indian Hindi-language romantic comedy drama film directed by David Dhawan. An adaptation of the 1972 film Bawarchi by Hrishikesh Mukherjee, which itself is a remake of Bengali film Galpo Holeo Satti (1967), it stars Govinda and Karishma Kapoor in lead roles. It was remade in Telugu as Goppinti Alludu.
Plot
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.
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