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Hero No. 1 (1997)

Hero No. 1 poster
Directed by
David Dhawan
Genre
comedy film
Country
India
Runtime
2h 14m
Rated
U
Rating
6.2 of 10 from 35 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A young man pretends to be a servant to win over a woman from a large family. He uses charm and comedy to win their approval.

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What happens

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. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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