Naseeruddin Shah is Hero Hiralal, a Hyderabadi auto-rickshaw driver who meets an upcoming Bollywood starlet, Roopa (Sanjana Kapoor) and becomes her tour guide. Soon, the two fall in love.

Work takes Rupa back to Bombay. Hero, pining for his lover, follows her and has an encounter with her family members, who clearly disapprove of him. 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, which causes Hero to fall into depression and attempt suicide. He is saved in time by Rani Sitara Devi, a show lady (Deepa Sahi), who arranges for him to die like a great lover in supposedly the greatest show on earth as directed by her. Fortunately, Hero is saved once again in the nick of time when Roopa arrives in a rush at the last minute to confess her love for him.

• Naseeruddin Shah – Hero Hiralal
• Sanjana Kapoor – Rupa
• Deepa Sahi - Rani Sitara Devi
• Kiran Kumar – Prem Kumar
• Rohini Hattangadi – Roopa's step-mom
• Saeed Jaffrey – Aziz Bhai
• Satish Shah – Bhagwan
• Mohan Gokhale – Rangeela Paintal
• Johnny Lever – Police constable
• Dilip Dhawan
• Deepak Qazir – Dukhilal
• Ahmad Khan
• Rahul Chowdhary
• Hosi Vasunia
• Benjamin Gilani
• Amitabh Bachchan (Spl. Appearance)

The film's music is by Hridyanath Mangeshkar , with lyrics by Gulzar, and singing by Lata Mangeshkar, Amit Kumar and Kumar Sanu, as his first major Bollywood song.

Hero Hiralal was an All-Time Blockbuster at Box Office India.

• Direction – Ketan Mehta
• Producer – Gul Anand
• Cinematography – Faroukh Mistry, Jehangir Chowdhury
• Choreography – Chinni Prakash, Jay Borade
• Action – Ravi Dewan
• Editor – Sutanu Gupta, Adesh Verma
• Screenplay – Ketan Mehta, Gul Anand
• Dialogue – Hridaylani
• Sound – Jitendra Chaudhary
• Costume – Bhanu Athaiya
• Music = Hridaynath Mangeshkar
• Lyrics = Gulzar
• Singers = Lata Mangeshkar, Kumar Sanu & Amit Kumar