Coolie No. 1 (1995 film)

Coolie No. 1 is a 1995 Indian Hindi-language comedy 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.

Coolie No. 1
Theatrical release poster
Directed byDavid Dhawan
Written byRumi Jaffery
Kader Khan
(dialogues)
Story byAmma creations
P. Kalaimani (uncredited)
Based onChinna Mapillai
by P. Kalaimani
Produced byVashu Bhagnani
StarringGovinda
Karisma Kapoor
Harish Kumar
Kanchan
Kader Khan
Mahesh Anand
Sadashiv Amrapurkar
Shakti Kapoor
CinematographyRajan Kinagi
Edited byA. Muthu
Music bySongs:
Anand–Milind
Score:
Shyam-Surinder
Production
company
Pooja Films
Distributed byTips Industries Limited
Tips Music Films
S.K. Enterprises Ltd.
Release date
  • 30 June 1995 (1995-06-30) (India)
Running time
161 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageHindi
Budget3.50 crore
Box office21.22 crore (equivalent to ₹297 crore or US$36 million in 2024)

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. The film is a remake of the 1993 Tamil film Chinna Mapillai. In 2020, Dhawan remade the film with the same name with his son Varun Dhawan, Sara Ali Khan and Paresh Rawal.

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