The orphan Jackie (Shroff) is raised by notorious criminal Pasha (Puri). When Pasha is arrested, he asks Jackie to silence the main prosecution witness, a retired police officer, Mathur (Shammi Kapoor). Jackie kidnaps Radha (Sheshadri), Mathur’s daughter, who then falls in love with him and asks him to give himself up. The obstacles are Mathur, who hates Jackie, and Jackie’s rival (Shakti Kapoor). Jackie has to save both Mathur and Radha from Pasha in the violent climax before he can be forgiven. Ghai’s independent hit marketed its unknown lead, Jackie Shroff, via a major advertising campaign using a series of teaser ads. The film includes several of Ghai’s trade- mark song picturisations in mountainous locales (e.g. Ding-a-dong baby sing-a-song).
Cast: Jackie Shroff, Meenakshi Sheshadri
Crew: Subhash Ghai (Director), Kamalakar Rao (Director of Photography), Laxmikant Shantaram Kudalkar (Music Director), Pyarelal Ramprasad Sharma (Music Director)
Release Dates: 01 Jan 1983 (India)
Hindi Name: हीरो
Did you know? Sanjay Dutt was to play the lead role before he was dropped on account of his drug addiction. Read More
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as Jackie Dada
as Radha Mathur
as Pasha
as Ramu
Supporting Actor
as Bharat
as Billa
as Uma Mathur
Supporting Actress
as Damodar Mathur
as Jimmy Thapa
as IGP Shrikanth Mathur
as Man Singing In 'Ding Dong'
as Sandhya Mathur
Direction
Director
Camera and Electrical
Director of Photography
Music
Music Director
Playback Singer
Sound
Sound Designer
Art
Art Director
Choreography
Choreographer
Editorial
Editor
Stunts
Stunt Coordinator
Film Type:
Feature
Language:
Hindi
Colour Info:
Color
Sound Mix:
Mono
Frame Rate:
24 fps
Aspect Ratio:
2.39:1 (Scope)
Stereoscopy:
No
Music Director: Laxmikant Shantaram Kudalkar, Pyarelal Ramprasad Sharma
Playback Singer: Lata Mangeshkar
Music Director: Pyarelal Ramprasad Sharma, Laxmikant Shantaram Kudalkar
Playback Singer: Anuradha Paudwal, Manhar Udhas
Music Director: Pyarelal Ramprasad Sharma, Laxmikant Shantaram Kudalkar
Playback Singer: Anuradha Paudwal, Manhar Udhas
Music Director: Laxmikant Shantaram Kudalkar, Pyarelal Ramprasad Sharma
Playback Singer: Manhar Udhas, Lata Mangeshkar
Music Director: Laxmikant Shantaram Kudalkar, Pyarelal Ramprasad Sharma
Playback Singer: Anuradha Paudwal, Manhar Udhas
Music Director: Pyarelal Ramprasad Sharma, Laxmikant Shantaram Kudalkar
Playback Singer: Suresh Wadkar, Asha Bhosle
Trivia:
Sanjay Dutt was to play the lead role before he was dropped on account of his drug addiction.
The film marks Jackie Shroff's debut as a hero.
Hero was remade in Telugu as Vikram (1986) and in Kannada as Ranadheera (1988).
The film marks Jackie Shroff's debut as a hero.
Hero was remade in Telugu as Vikram (1986) and in Kannada as Ranadheera (1988).
