1999 Indian film
Anari No. 1 is a 1999 Indian Hindi-language comedy film directed by Kuku Kohli. The film stars Govinda, Raveena Tandon and Simran in the lead roles and Aruna Irani, Kader Khan, Satish Shah and Satyendra Kapoor in supporting roles, with songs composed by Dilip Sen and Sameer Sen. It was hit at box office.[1]
Plot
Naive Raja (Govinda) is employed as a lowly waiter in a hotel. One day he serves and looks after a wealthy businessman K. K. (Kader Khan), who lends him a suit, and gives him some money, so that he could find a rich woman to woo and marry. Raja thinks Sapna (Raveena Tandon) is wealthy and successfully woos her and wins her heart, only to find out that she too is on the lookout for a rich prince charming. She thought Raja was the rich, debonair, and eligible bachelor Rahul Saxena (Govinda).
With the help of garage owner, Sattarbhai (Satish Shah), all three of them concoct a plot to kidnap Rahul Saxena and hold him for ransom, while Raja takes his place. After kidnapping him, Raja does take his place with Rahul's family, his stepmom, Sharda, dad Dhanraj, uncle, aunt, and sweetheart Sona (Simran). Sona happens to be the daughter of Raja's mentor K. K., and this arouses anger with K. K. when he finds out that Raja has chosen Sona to seduce. Then things start to go wrong as Raja himself gets kidnapped, as he is mistaken for Rahul.
Reception
A critic from Rediff.com wrote that "Anari No 1 isn't wonderful, but it's a simple film with no pretensions about it. It seeks to entertain and makes a decent job of it".[2] K. N. Vijiyan of New Straits Times wrote that "See this one if you are a fan of Govinda and his brand of comedy".[3]
