Coolie No. 1 (1995 film)

Coolie No. 1 is a 1995 Indian Hindi-language comedy drama film, directed by David Dhawan, and written by Rumi Jaffery and Kader Khan. The film stars Govinda Ahuja, Karisma Kapoor, Shakti Kapoor, Kader Khan , Harish Kumar and Sadashiv Amrapurkar, with music by Anand-Milind.[3][4][5][6][7][8][9] This movie was one of the first successful movies of Karisma Kapoor.[10] Actor Govinda received the Star Screen Award Special Jury Award for his role in this movie as 'performer of the decade'.[11][12] Over the years, the movie has become a classic in Hindi film history and is now considered a cult film.[13] The film is a remake of the 1993 Tamil film Chinna Mapillai.[14] In the year 2020, the director of this film has remade the same film with the same name with his son Varun Dhawan, Sara Ali Khan and Paresh Rawal.

Coolie No. 1
Theatrical release poster
Directed byDavid Dhawan
Produced byVashu Bhagnani
Written byRumi Jaffery
Kader Khan
Story byAmma creations
P. Kalaimani (uncredited)
Based onChinna Mapillai by
P. Kalaimani and
Crazy Mohan
StarringGovinda Ahuja
Karisma Kapoor
Harish Kumar
Music byAnand-Milind
CinematographyRajan Kinagi
Edited byA. Muthu
Production
company
Distributed byTips Industries Limited
Tips Music Films
S K Enterprise Ltd
Release date
  • 30 June 1995 (1995-06-30) (India)
Running time
161 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageHindi
Budget₹3.6 crore (US$500,000)[1]
Box office₹21.0 crore (US$2.9 million)[2]

Plot

Shaadiram Gharjode, a matchmaker, is once humiliated by Hoshiyar Chand when Shaadiram goes to inform him about a family wanting to marry their son to Hoshiyar's daughter. Hoshiyar Chand insults them as he wants both his daughters to marry into the richest family. Gharjode decides to teach Hoshiyar Chand a lesson: He meets a coolie called Raju and they go to Hoshiyar Chand's village pretending to be a rich family. Hoshiyar is impressed and he wants his daughter Malti to marry Raju, leading to humorous situations.

Cast

Music

The music of Coolie No. 1 was popular when it released. Although producer of Tips films Vashu Bhagnani and director David Dhawan were extremely confident that "Husn Hain Suhana", rendered by Abhijeet and Chandana Dixit would be the selling factor of the album, it was the song "Main To Raste Se Ja Raha Tha" that did the trick. The music of Coolie No. 1 strengthened Anand-Milind and Govinda/David Dhawan's track record of coming up with super hit music with each outing.

The film's soundtrack album sold around 3.5 million units,[15] making it one of the best-selling Bollywood soundtracks of the year.[16]

Track listing
#TitleSinger(s)Length
1 "Aa Jaana Aa Jaana" Kumar Sanu, Alka Yagnik 06:22
2 "Jeth Ki Dopahri Mein" Kumar Sanu, Poornima 05:00
3 "Coolie No. 1" Kumar Sanu 05:24
4 "Husn Hai Suhana" Abhijeet, Chandana Dixit 06:00
5 "Tere Pyar Mein Dil Deewana" Udit Narayan, Alka Yagnik 05:00
6 "Kya Majnu Kya Ranjha" Kumar Sanu, Sadhna Sargam 06:31
7 "Main To Raste Se Jaa Raha Tha" Kumar Sanu, Alka Yagnik 05:18

Remake
Main article: Coolie No. 1 (2020 film)

On 8 March 2019, it was announced that the film will be remade, with David Dhawan as director again and with his son Varun Dhawan and Sara Ali Khan essaying the roles of Raju and Malti originally played by Govinda Ahuja and Karisma Kapoor. The first look poster of the remade Coolie No.1 was released on 1 May 2019. The film released on 25 December 2020 through Amazon Prime Video to negative reviews.[17][18]

References
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  2. "All Time Rank". 20 September 2015. Archived from the original on 20 September 2015.
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  4. "David Dhawan has acting dreams, and Govinda's in them!". Sify.com. 19 September 2009. Retrieved 21 October 2011.
  5. "Govinda, the actor or the politician? – Bollywood Movie News". IndiaGlitz. Retrieved 21 October 2011.
  6. "David-Govinda duo returns with Do Knot Disturb". Screenindia.com. 29 June 2008. Retrieved 21 October 2011.
  7. "Govinda teams up with David". The Times of India. 2 October 2009. Retrieved 21 October 2011.
  8. "Journey to Destination Cool". The Hindu. India. 2 May 2003. Retrieved 21 October 2011.
  9. "Govinda Wapas Aala Re". Bollywoodhungama.com. 31 October 2006. Retrieved 21 October 2011.
  10. "The blue-eyed baby". The Indian Express. India. 6 February 1998. Retrieved 21 October 2011.
  11. "8th Annual Asian Paints STAR SCREEN Weekly Awards". Screenindia.com. Archived from the original on 16 February 2009. Retrieved 21 October 2011.
  12. "Bollywood Star Govinda – Film Actor Govinda – Govinda Biography – Chichi Govinda Profile". Iloveindia.com. Retrieved 21 October 2011.
  13. Gulazāra; Govind Nihalani; Saibal Chatterjee (2003). Encyclopaedia of Hindi Cinema. Popular Prakashan. p. 572. ISBN 978-81-7991-066-5.
  14. "Remake of Coolie No. 1 a new film: David Dhawan". Outlook. 3 July 2019. Retrieved 29 November 2020.
  15. "Making Music Like Ne'er Before". Outlook. 13 March 1996.
  16. "Music Hits 1990–1999 (Figures in Units)". Box Office India. 2 January 2010. Archived from the original on 5 February 2010.
  17. "Varun Dhawan and Sara Ali Khan's Coolie No 1 to hit screens on May 1, 2020". The Indian Express. 1 May 2019. Retrieved 2 May 2019.
  18. "Varun Dhawan and Sara Ali Khan's Coolie No 1 to hit screens on May 1, 2020". DNA. 1 May 2019. Retrieved 2 May 2019.
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