Coolie No. 1 (1995)

Pandit Shaadiram Gharjore is a village match-maker. When he takes some guy's family to see Malti, Hoshyaarchand (her father) insult the family and throw them out, saying he wants a ... See full summary »

Director:

David Dhawan

Writers:

Rumi Jaffery (screenplay), Kader Khan (dialogue)

Stars:

Govinda, Karisma Kapoor, Harish

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Govinda	...	Raju
Karisma Kapoor	...	Malti
Harish	...	Deepak
Kanchan	...	Shalini (as Kaanchan)
Kader Khan	...	Choudhry Hoshiarchand Shikarpuri Bakulwala
Shakti Kapoor	...	Goverdhan
Sadashiv Amrapurkar	...	Shaadiram Gharjodhe
Kulbhushan Kharbanda
Mahesh Anand
Vikas Anand
Mahavir Shah
Tiku Talsania
Shammi	...	Dadi
Javed Khan
Dinesh Hingoo

Storyline

Pandit Shaadiram Gharjore is a village match-maker. When he takes some guy's family to see Malti, Hoshyaarchand (her father) insult the family and throw them out, saying he wants a son-in-law at least 40 times wealthier than he. Panditji is so humiliated that he vows to do something about Hoshyaarchand's ego. This is where the story begins. Panditji goes to his friend, Raju (Coolie No. 1) (who, by the way, has fallen in love with this rich girl since he saw her picture before panditji took the random guy's family to see her), and convinces him to pretend to be the son of the richest man in Asia. After a lot of bootlicking on the part of Hoshyaarchand, Malti and Raju get married. The rest of the film revolves around upholding this bit of deception, and gets quite interesting.... :)

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Genres:

Comedy

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Details

Country:

India

Language:

Hindi

Release Date:

30 June 1995 (India)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Puja Films

Technical Specs

Runtime:

143 min

Color:

Color

Did You Know?

Connections

Referenced in Kitne Door... Kitne Paas (2002)

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Soundtracks

"Coolie No. 1"

User Reviews

Brainless entertainer, very annoying Karishma

Govinda movies are very much an acquired taste so keep that in mind before reading further. This is a typically brainless entertainer. There are scattered laughs, almost all of which come from Govinda himself. Kader Khan and Shakti Kapoor, both of whom are perennial David Dhawan staples, seem to be reprising familiar persona. The script is utter rubbish of course, and loses its sense of fun surprisingly fast. Karishma Kapoor is bad. She plays a scatter-brained character which unfortunately got on my nerves. This film is better avoided in my opinion.

Overall 2/10