Coolie No. 1 (1995 film)
| Coolie No. 1 | |
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| Directed by | David Dhawan |
| Written by | Rumi Jaffery Kader Khan (dialogues) |
| Story by | Amma creations P. Kalaimani (uncredited) |
| Based on | Chinna Mapillai by P. Kalaimani |
| Produced by | Vashu Bhagnani |
| Starring | Govinda Karisma Kapoor Harish Kumar Kanchan Kader Khan Mahesh Anand Sadashiv Amrapurkar Shakti Kapoor |
| Cinematography | Rajan Kinagi |
| Edited by | A. Muthu |
| Music by | Songs: Anand–Milind Score: Shyam-Surinder |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | Tips Industries Limited Tips Music Films S.K. Enterprises Ltd. |
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Running time | 161 minutes |
| Country | India |
| Language | Hindi |
| Budget | ₹3.50 crore |
| Box office | ₹21.22 crore (equivalent to ₹297 crore or US$36 million in 2024) |
Coolie No. 1 is a 1995 Indian Hindi-language masala film, directed by David Dhawan, and written by Rumi Jaffery and Kader Khan. The film stars Govinda, Karisma Kapoor, Kader Khan, Shakti Kapoor, Harish Kumar, Sadashiv Amrapurkar and Mahesh Anand, with music by Anand–Milind. The film is a remake of the Tamil film Chinna Mapillai (1993).
This movie was one of the first successful movies of Kapoor. 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 and one of the greatest Hindi film ever made . In 2020, Dhawan remade the film with the same name with his son Varun Dhawan, Sara Ali Khan and Paresh Rawal.