Aunty No. 1
Aunty No 1 is a 1998 Bollywood comedy film directed by Kirti Kumar and written by Kader Khan and Sachin Bhowmik. It is adapted from famous Marathi play 'Moruchi Mavshi' written and directed by Acharya Atre.[3] It stars Govinda, Raveena Tandon, Harish Kumar and Kader Khan .
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| Directed by | Kirti Kumar |
| Produced by | Suresh Jethani |
| Written by | Kader Khan (dialogues) |
| Screenplay by | Sachin Bhowmick |
| Based on | Moruchi Mayshi by Acharya Atre |
| Starring | Govinda Raveena Tandon Kader Khan Harish Kumar |
| Music by | Anand-Milind |
| Cinematography | S. M. Anwar |
| Edited by | V. S. Mayekar |
Production company | Lata Films |
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| Country | India |
| Language | Hindi |
| Budget | ₹4 crore (equivalent to ₹15 crore or US$2.0 million in 2019)[1] |
| Box office | ₹10 crore (equivalent to ₹36 crore or US$5.1 million in 2019)[2] |
Plot
Sandhya (Raveena Tandon) is in search of her prince charming and when Gopi (Govinda) comes to know about this he pretends to be a rich prince and Sandhya starts dating him. But soon she comes to know that Gopi is a poor man but nevertheless they start loving each other. Meanwhile, Gopi's friends Abhyankar (Harish) and Raja (Rohit Kumar) request Gopi to become an Aunty for a big favour. He does so with hilarious results, as two men (Kader Khan and Saeed Jaffrey) start loving him. This leads to humorous situations.
Cast
- Govinda - Gopi/Prince Ranjit Sehgal/Maharani Kanaklakshmi of Kanda
- Raveena Tandon - Sandhya
- Harish Kumar-Abhyankar
- Raza Murad - Ram Nath/Sandhya's father
- Reema Lagoo - Vijayalaxmi
- Kader Khan - Rai Bahadur Behl
- Guddi Maruti - Asha
- Satish Kaushik - Mr. Pareshan
- Anupam Kher - Jyotish
- Saeed Jaffrey - Col. Dogra
- Narender Singh Bedi - Sardarji on Scooter
- Bindu - Gopi's sister-in-law
- Lilliput - Servant
- Sadashiv Amrapurkar - Gopi's elder brother
Box office
Although a comic film, it received only below average collections at the box office.[4]
Soundtrack
The music of this movie was composed by the duo Anand–Milind.
| No. | Title | Singer(s) | Length |
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| 1. | "Kuchh Kuchh" | Udit Narayan, Alka Yagnik | |
| 2. | "Bulbula Re Bulbula" | Udit Narayan, Alka Yagnik | |
| 3. | "Chin China China" | Kumar Sanu, Udit Narayan, Sadhana Sargam, Poornima | |
| 4. | "Reshmi Rumaal Wala" | Vinod Rathod, Jyotsna, Sumati | |
| 5. | "Sonpapdi" | Alka Yagnik, Vinod Rathod | |
| 6. | "Aunty No. 1" | Arzoo Bano |
References
- https://bestoftheyear.in/movie/aunty-no-1/
- https://bestoftheyear.in/movie/aunty-no-1/
- https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0154900/
- "Box office 1998". Archived from the original on 17 October 2013. Retrieved 28 June 2011.