Hero No. 1

"A modern retelling of Bawarchi"

Feb 21 1997 Not Rated 2h 14m
Comedy, Drama, Musical

Rajesh and Meena fall in love and want to get married. But Meena's grandfather rejects Rajesh without seeing him because of a terrible encounter with Rajesh's father. Rajesh pretends to be a servant and finds employment in Meena's house to try and win her family over.

Plot

Two young Indians, Meena and Rajesh, meet in Europe and fall in love with each other, promising to get married when they return back to India. When they return home, Rajesh tells his dad about Meena, and they go to meet with Meena's dad. During this meeting, both fathers get into an argument, and refuse to permit the young couple to get married. No amount of persuasion gets them to change their minds. Then Rajesh, with Meena's help, decides to work as a servant in Meena's household - with a view of winning over her father, and thus finding a solution to their wedding problems. Will Rajesh succeed in fooling Meena's shrewd father?

Written by

Rumi Jaffery

Directed by

David Dhawan

Production Countries

India

Production Companies

Pooja Entertainment

Languages

Awards

3 nominations

Scores
# of Votes
3,804
Average Rating
6.3 out of 10
Metascore
NA
Popularity
NA