Hiralal, a rickshaw driver, falls in love with a starlet, Roopa. He follows her to Bombay with the intention of marrying her. But her family forces her to reject him and concentrate on her career.
Hyderabadi Hiralal, who is also referred to as 'Hero' due to his obsession with Bollywood movies, drives an auto-rickshaw and often gets into fisticuffs. Things change when he meets with actress, Roopa, shows her around, and falls head-over-heels in love with her - so much so - when the unit leaves, he drives all the way to Bombay to be close to her. It is here that he will come to know that she has no similar feelings for him - and he will be thrown into contact with beautiful and manipulative actress, Sitara Devi, who has new and different role for him - one that will change his life forever.—rAjOo ([email protected])
Obsessed with Hindi films; Hyderabadi Hero Hiralal drives an auto-rickshaw. When he meets Roopa a film actress - he shows her around only to fall in love with her. When she leaves he follows her all the way to Bombay in order to confide to her that he is in love with her only to learn that she has no similar feelings for him. He then attempts suicide but is rescue by Sitara Devi; an actress which changes his life forever.—gavin ([email protected])
Hero Hiralal (Naseeruddin Shah) is a Hyderabadi auto-rickshaw driver. Aziz Bhai (Saeed Jaffrey) runs a restaurant where Hiralal typically eats. Rangeela Paintal (Mohan Gokhale) paints movie posters and is one of Hiralal's best friends. Hira is a big fan of the movies and has developed mannerisms based on his favorite actors. His auto has a registration of "Hira 555"", and every Friday he will watch the first day first show of his favorite actors movies.Hira is a romantic at heart and hope to meet his dream woman one day. He vows to have a love story that is unique in the annals of love.
One day he learns that a Bollywood film is being shot in the city. Hira goes to watch. The movie has Prem Kumar (Kiran Kumar), a big Bollywood brand as the hero. Bhagwan (Satish Shah) is the sets assistant from Hawa Hawaii Productions.
Hiralal befriends Bhagwan, who allows him on the sets. Hiralal saves the heroine Roopa (Sanjana Kapoor) from a light stand falling on her head. Prem keeps hitting on Roopa on the sets, while she is the reserved types. Hira falls in love with Roopa as she is the dream girl that he has been waiting for.The cast is staying at a hotel near the location of the sets, as it is someway away from the main city.
Roopa is tired playing second fiddle to Prem on the sets. She is kept waiting for a full day for her shots and sometimes whole days go without any of her shots.Prem Kumar continues his starry airs on the sets. The cook spits in his food and Prem finds out, leading to the cook getting fired. Hira gets the contract for the food to Aziz, thus benefiting his friends.
One night, Prem gets drunk and comes into her hotel room with an intention to have sex with her. Hiralal saves her by knocking Prem unconscious.Now Roopa starts going out with Hira steadily and Hira takes her to all the famous sites in Hyderabad like the Golconda fort. Hira reveals that he doesn't know how to swim and is afraid of the water. Hira says that he only wants to be an honest love in life, someone who can give his life for the sake of his love.Hira introduces Roopa to Aziz and Rangeela. Rangeela tries to warn Hira against the perils of love outside of his social status.
Work takes Roopa back to Bombay when one day the shooting wraps up and Roopa goes back without any prior notice. Hero is hurt and is pining for his lover. He follows her to Mumbai. Via auto drivers, Hira reaches the studios and from there he finds Bhagwan, and finally reaches Roopa's home. He has an encounter with her stepmom (Rohini Hattangadi), who clearly disapprove of him. She wants Roopa to focus on maximizing her earnings in the heat of her career.
Rupa's family tells her to reject Hero's love and move on with her career. Buckling under family pressure, Roopa is compelled to abandon her love publicly (he confronts Roopa at a awards ceremony, and she publicly shuns and rejects him), which causes Hero to fall into depression and attempt suicide.
He is saved in time by Rani Sitara Devi (Deepa Sahi), a show lady, who arranges for him to die like a great lover in supposedly the greatest show on earth as directed by her. Hira doesn't want an ordinary death and wants a death befitting a scorned lover. Rani promises him death in 10 days. Hira refuses to change his appearance for media appearances and wants to be himself till his death.Rani plans a media blitz, advertising Hira's death at the "greatest show on Earth". Tons of merchandise is sold in the name of death and love. Rani shameless manipulates supply to push up prices and makes monster profits.
Aziz Bhai and Rangeela arrive from Hyderabad and via Bhagwan, gain access to Hira and starts living with him. Meanwhile Roopa's mom gets her engaged to Prem and wants them to get married. Aziz, Rangeela and Bhagwan reach Roopa and tell her that Hira is serious about killing himself and implore her to save him.Prem decides the wedding date to be the day when Hira is scheduled to die.Roopa tries to get Rani to stop the spectacle, but she refuses saying that if Roopa loved Hira, he wouldn't be dying in the first place. Roopa speaks to Hira directly and even he refuses to stop this death spectacle.
To stop Hira from becoming a martyr, Prem gets him abducted. luckily Aziz Bhai and Rangeela witness the abduction. Meanwhile Roopa finds out that her mom is actually her stepmom and is herself having an affair with Prem (she sees them together in bed). Prem sees this and imprisons her.Aziz Bhai and Rangeela attack and free Hira. Hira rushes to the venue where Rani has planned his death as he doesn't want to break his promise to him. Hira arrives just in time for his death by drowning.
Hira is saved once again in the nick of time when Roopa arrives (she escapes from her captivity) in a rush at the last minute to confess her love for him. Roopa breaks the glass cylinder containing Hira and saves his life. Prem makes a last-ditch effort to kill Hira, but is again thwarted by Aziz and Rangeela who also arrive in the nick of time. Prem is arrested by the police. Hira and Roopa unite.
