Movie Synopsis: Coolie No. 1 (1995) is a Bollywood Comedy Movie released on 30 June, 1995. The movie was produced by Vashu Bhagnani and directed by David Dawan. The story of Coolie No. 1 (1995) was written by Amma Creations, whereas, screenplay was written by Rumi Jaffery and Kader Khan.
Coolie No. 1 (1995) was a remake of 1993 Tamil Movie Chinna Mapillai and is being remade by the same name which is also being directed by David Dhawan. Vashu Bhagnani is producing the movie too along with Jackky Bhagnani. Rumi Jaffrey has also joined the new version as a dialogues writer with Farhad Samjhi. Coolie No. 1 (2020) stars Varun Dhawan, Sara Ali Khan and Paresh Rawal in lead roles. Javed Jaffrey, Rajpal Yadav, Johnny Lever and Sahil Vaid have also played pivotal supporting roles in the movie.
Coolie No. 1 (1995) was a superhit movie and became the 6th Highest Grossing Bollywood Movie in the year 1995. Govinda was awarded Star Screen Award Special Jury Award for his role in the movie as ‘performer of the decade. The movie is now considered a cult movie in bollywood.
Star Cast: Govinda, Kasrisma Kapoor, Kader Khan, Shakti Kapoor, Harish Patel, Kanchan, Sadashiv Amrapurkar, Kulbhushan Kharbanda, Javed Khan, Mahesh Anand, Dinesh Hingoo, Vikas Anand, Tiku Talsaniya, Shammi, Babbanlal Yadav, Shashi Kiran, Alpana, Sharada and Mahavir Shah.
Coolie No. 1 (1995)-Full Story
Hoshiyaar Chand (Kader Khan) is an upper Middle class man having two marriageable daughters namely Malti (Karisma Kapoor) and Shalini (Kanchan). Hoshiyaar Chand wants his daughters to be married with rich guys. Once Pandit Shadiram Gharjode (Sadasiv Amrapurkar) meets Hoshiyar Chand with regard to the marriage of his two daughters and shows some decent but middle class youngster. Since Hoshiyar Chand wants rich guys for his son, he insults Shadiram very badly and proudly says that his daughter would only marry to rich boy. Shadiram takes his insult on heart and vows to marry his daughters with very poor guys.
Shadiram meets Raju (Govinda) who is a Coolie and is very famous among his counterparts. He is known as Coolie No. 1 among the people around him. Raju wants to marry with a beautiful rich girl. He convinces Raju to act like a very rich person and brings him in the vicinity of Hosiyar Chand. Raju acts as if he is very rich and wants to buy a big chunk of village. When Hoshiyar Chand comes to know about Raju he immediately plans to get her elder daughter Malti’s (Karisma Kapoor) with Raju. However, innumerous twists are waiting there both for Raju and Hosiyar Chand.
Music and Songs: Music was given by Music Director’s duo Anand and Millind Shrivastav and became immensely popular during 1995. Around 3.5 Million units of soundtracks were sold of the movie and it became of the best selling Bollywood Soundtrack of the year. There are seven tracks in the movie out of which ‘Main To Raste Se Jaa Raha Tha’, ‘Husn Hai Suhana’ and ‘Jeth Ki Dopahari Mein’ became massive popular.
1. Main To Raste Se Jaa Raha Tha | Singer: Kumar Shanu and Alka Yagnik
2. Husn Hai Suhana | Singer: Abhijet and Chandana Dixit
3. Jeth Ki Dopahri Mein | Kumar Shanu and Poornima
4. Coolie No. 1 (Title Track) | Kumar Shanu
5. Aa Jaana Aa Jaana | Kumar Shanu and Alka Yagnik
6. Tere Pyar Mein Dil Deewana | Udity Narayan and Alka Yagnik
Acting: Govinda was awarded Star Screen Award Special Jury Award for his role in the movie as ‘performer of the decade. His comedy timing is brilliant and perhaps no other mainstream actor can hold his hand in this regard.
Kadar Khan is in his typical comic style looks cool. Though we have already seen him repeating his character in many such movies, yet he gives a fresh look every time he repeats his character.
Karisma Kapoor in her lively bubbly character appears very good. While dancing with Govinda she perfectly matches with him which is significant. Harish and Kanchan in supporting roles are also good.
Shakti Kapoor, Sadashiv Amrapurkar and Kulbhushan Kharbanda are all in the comic roles which increases the elegance of the movie.
Script and Screenplay: Story of Coolie No. 1 (1995) was written by Amma Creations whereas Screenplay was written by Rui Jaffery and Kader Khan who is famous for his cheeky dialogues. The script is written for the nineties comedy and that is especially by Govinda who has a large fan following at that point of time.
Direction: David Dhawan is like Mr. Perfectionist as far as Comedy Movies are concerned and when he comes up with Govinda his work becomes much easier. David Dhaawan has utilized full potential of Govinda and it is one of his best comic movies with David Dhawan who makes movies full of Filmy Masala and entertainment not only for single screen theaters but also for multiplex audience also. David has fully justified his directorial Genre and done a good job. Coolie No. 1 is a sheer magic of Govinda and Kader Khan. But don’t find logic in the movie.
Coolie No. 1 (1995) Movie Review
Coolie No. 1 (1995) is a full entertainment does with superhit foot tapping songs like Main To Raste Se Ja Raha Tha, Husn Hai Suhana, Jeth Ki Dopahari Me and the lovely title track are soul of the movie. These songs compel the audience to tap their feet instead of making hindrance in the movie. Govinda and Karisma look amazing as onscreen pair and the rest of the artists adds flavor in the magical movement of the movie. In short a fun loving movie you can watch with you family. The movie is like a roller coaster rides of Jokes and entertainment. But please don’t try to find logics in the movie.
