Coolie No. 1 (1995 film)
Coolie No. 1 is a 1995 Indian Hindi-language comedy film directed by David Dhawan, and written by Rumi Jaffery and Kader Khan. The film stars Govinda, Karisma Kapoor, Shakti Kapoor, Kader Khan and Sadashiv Amrapurkar, with music by Anand-Milind. This movie was one of the first successful movies of Karisma Kapoor. Actor Govinda received the Star Screen Award Special Jury Award for his role in this movie as 'performer of the decade'. Over the years, the movie has become a classic in Hindi film history and is now considered a cult film. The movie is a remake of the 1993 Tamil film Chinna Mapillai.
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. This leads to humorous situations in the climax.Cast
- Govinda as Raju Coolie
- Karisma Kapoor as Malti
- Harish Kumar as Deepak
- Kanchan as Shalini
- Kader Khan as Hoshiyar Chand
- Shakti Kapoor as Goverdhan Mama
- Sadashiv Amrapurkar as Pandit Shadiram Gharjode
- Kulbhushan Kharbanda as Gajendra Pratap Singh
- Javed Khan Amrohi as Taxi Driver
- Dinesh Hingoo as Game Show Host
- Mahesh Anand as Son of Gajendra
- Vikas Anand as shadiram's client
- Tiku Talsania as Police Inspector Pandey
- Shammi as mother of hoshiyar chand
- Babbanlal Yadav as street magician
- Mahavir Shah as Gajendra's Manager
Soundtrack
The film's soundtrack album sold around 3.5million units, making it one of the best-selling Bollywood soundtracks of the year.
| # | Title | Singer | 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 |