The comedy movie Hero Hiralal was released on October 21, 1988. The movie was directed by V N Menon and Ketan Mehta while the movie was produced by Ashok and Gul Anand. The top roles in the movie were played by Naseruddin Shah, Deepa Mehta, Sanjana Kapoor and Rohini Hattangadi while the presence of Kiran Kumar, Satish Shah, Saeed Jaffrey and Amitabh Bachchan supported the film. The music of the film was directed by Babla while the songs were sung by Kanchan, Mahendra Kapoor, Suresh Wadkar, Amit Kumar and Lata Mangeshkar.

Hero Hiralal was an offbeat comedy movie that mostly revolves around an auto rickshaw driver named Hero Hiralal ( Naseeruddin Shah ). Hero who is a Hyderabadi auto driver enjoyed his life a lot and wanted to several things before he die. The twist in the story and his life comes when he comes across a girl named Roopa ( Sanjana Kapoor ). Hero becomes a tourist guide to her as she wanted to visit the glorious places. Slowly they also fall in love with each other.

Hero loved her so much that he visited her back in Bombay and was shocked to find that he was not liked by her family. She was forced to say that she didn’t like him. Dejected hero wanted to commit suicide. But Hero was saved by a Show Lady ( Deepa Mehta ) who wants Hero to die like a great lover in a greatest show on earth The movie features Sanjana Kapoor who is a new comer and is debuting with this movie.

The songs of the movie are:
1.    Kissa Hai Mohabbat Ka
2.    Main Hoon Hero Hiralal
3.    Sapno Ki Duniya
4.    Sapno Ki Duniya (Sad)