Duplicate is an
IndiaIndia, officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country, and the most populous democracy in the world. Bounded by the Indian Ocean on the south, the Arabian Sea on the west, and the Bay of Bengal...
n
BollywoodBollywood is the informal term popularly used for the Hindi-language film industry based in Mumbai, India. The term is often incorrectly used to refer to the whole of Indian cinema; it is only a part of the Indian film industry. Bollywood is the largest film producer in India and one of the...
movie released on May 8 1998. The movie was directed by
Mahesh BhattMahesh Bhatt , is a prominent Indian film director, producer and screenwriter.Bhatt's early directional career consisted of acclaimed art parallel films, such as Arth, Saaransh, Janam and Naam....
and stars
Shahrukh KhanShahrukh Khan born November 2, 1965, sometimes credited as Shah Rukh Khan, is an Indian actor and a prominent Bollywood figure, as well as a film producer and television host....
in a double role opposite
Juhi ChawlaJuhi Chawla is an award winning Indian actress, film producer and television presenter.After being crowned as the winner of the Miss India beauty contest in 1984, Chawla pursued an acting career...
and
Sonali BendreSonali Bendre is an Indian actress and model. She has starred in Bollywood films mostly but has acted in a few Marathi, Tamil, Telugu and Kannada films. She is also one of the four judges of fourth season of Indian Idol and India's Got Talent.-Personal life and education:Bendre sisters...
. It was produced by
Karan JoharKaran Johar is an Indian film director, producer, and TV celebrity. He is the son of Hiroo Johar and the late Yash Johar. He is one of the most successful young filmmakers in Bollywood.-Early life:...
's
Dharma ProductionsDharma Productions Pvt. Ltd. is a Indian film company founded by Yash Johar in 1976.- Other Projects :Recently, Dharma Productions and NDTV decided to jointly launch an entertainment television channel called NDTV Imagine.- Controversy :...
and marks
Shahrukh KhanShahrukh Khan born November 2, 1965, sometimes credited as Shah Rukh Khan, is an Indian actor and a prominent Bollywood figure, as well as a film producer and television host....
s first of five collaboration with the production company. The film is partly a
parodyA parody , in contemporary usage, is a work created to mock, comment on, or poke fun at an original work, its subject, author, style, or some other target, by means of humorous, satiric or ironic imitation...
of Chandra Bharot's
Don (1978) starring
Amitabh BachchanAmitabh Bachchan , is an Indian film actor. He first gained popularity in the early 1970s as the "angry young man" of Bollywood cinema, and has since become one of the most prominent figures in the history of Indian cinema.Bachchan has won numerous major awards in his career, including three...
.
Bablu Chaudhary (
Shahrukh KhanShahrukh Khan born November 2, 1965, sometimes credited as Shah Rukh Khan, is an Indian actor and a prominent Bollywood figure, as well as a film producer and television host....
) is an aspiring cook in search for a job.
Duplicate is an
IndiaIndia, officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country, and the most populous democracy in the world. Bounded by the Indian Ocean on the south, the Arabian Sea on the west, and the Bay of Bengal...
n
BollywoodBollywood is the informal term popularly used for the Hindi-language film industry based in Mumbai, India. The term is often incorrectly used to refer to the whole of Indian cinema; it is only a part of the Indian film industry. Bollywood is the largest film producer in India and one of the...
movie released on May 8 1998. The movie was directed by
Mahesh BhattMahesh Bhatt , is a prominent Indian film director, producer and screenwriter.Bhatt's early directional career consisted of acclaimed art parallel films, such as Arth, Saaransh, Janam and Naam....
and stars
Shahrukh KhanShahrukh Khan born November 2, 1965, sometimes credited as Shah Rukh Khan, is an Indian actor and a prominent Bollywood figure, as well as a film producer and television host....
in a double role opposite
Juhi ChawlaJuhi Chawla is an award winning Indian actress, film producer and television presenter.After being crowned as the winner of the Miss India beauty contest in 1984, Chawla pursued an acting career...
and
Sonali BendreSonali Bendre is an Indian actress and model. She has starred in Bollywood films mostly but has acted in a few Marathi, Tamil, Telugu and Kannada films. She is also one of the four judges of fourth season of Indian Idol and India's Got Talent.-Personal life and education:Bendre sisters...
. It was produced by
Karan JoharKaran Johar is an Indian film director, producer, and TV celebrity. He is the son of Hiroo Johar and the late Yash Johar. He is one of the most successful young filmmakers in Bollywood.-Early life:...
's
Dharma ProductionsDharma Productions Pvt. Ltd. is a Indian film company founded by Yash Johar in 1976.- Other Projects :Recently, Dharma Productions and NDTV decided to jointly launch an entertainment television channel called NDTV Imagine.- Controversy :...
and marks
Shahrukh KhanShahrukh Khan born November 2, 1965, sometimes credited as Shah Rukh Khan, is an Indian actor and a prominent Bollywood figure, as well as a film producer and television host....
s first of five collaboration with the production company. The film is partly a
parodyA parody , in contemporary usage, is a work created to mock, comment on, or poke fun at an original work, its subject, author, style, or some other target, by means of humorous, satiric or ironic imitation...
of Chandra Bharot's
Don (1978) starring
Amitabh BachchanAmitabh Bachchan , is an Indian film actor. He first gained popularity in the early 1970s as the "angry young man" of Bollywood cinema, and has since become one of the most prominent figures in the history of Indian cinema.Bachchan has won numerous major awards in his career, including three...
.
Movie synopsis
Bablu Chaudhary (
Shahrukh KhanShahrukh Khan born November 2, 1965, sometimes credited as Shah Rukh Khan, is an Indian actor and a prominent Bollywood figure, as well as a film producer and television host....
) is an aspiring cook in search for a job. He applies for an open position in a hotel, where he meets Sonia Kapoor (
Juhi ChawlaJuhi Chawla is an award winning Indian actress, film producer and television presenter.After being crowned as the winner of the Miss India beauty contest in 1984, Chawla pursued an acting career...
), who is the Banquet Manager. They are soon attracted to each other and Bablu falls in love with her. However, one day, the police arrive at his doorstep, arresting him - Bablu is the exact duplicate of Manudada, an infamous criminal, who is in search for money which was stolen from him. When Manu learns of his duplicate, he decides to switch roles with him and kill him in order to start his own life from anew. However, when Manu kidnaps Mrs. Chaudhary, Bablu's mother (
Farida Jalal- Career :Farida Jalal, a native of New Delhi, started her career in the 1960s, when she won the United Film Producers Talent Hunt sponsored by Filmfare. She usually played the sister or rejected fiancée of the male lead, but almost never the female lead...
), Bablu accepts the identity of Manu in order to rescue both his mother and Sonia, who has gotten involved, too. With the help of the police and Manu's girlfriend Lily (
Sonali BendreSonali Bendre is an Indian actress and model. She has starred in Bollywood films mostly but has acted in a few Marathi, Tamil, Telugu and Kannada films. She is also one of the four judges of fourth season of Indian Idol and India's Got Talent.-Personal life and education:Bendre sisters...
), who has fallen out of love with Manu and back again with Bablu, the cook is able to rescue his dear ones and all ends well.
Cast and characters
| Character's name |
Played by |
| Bablu Chaudhary/Manudada |
Shahrukh KhanShahrukh Khan born November 2, 1965, sometimes credited as Shah Rukh Khan, is an Indian actor and a prominent Bollywood figure, as well as a film producer and television host....
|
| Sonia Kapoor |
Juhi ChawlaJuhi Chawla is an award winning Indian actress, film producer and television presenter.After being crowned as the winner of the Miss India beauty contest in 1984, Chawla pursued an acting career...
|
| Lily |
Sonali Bendre Sonali Bendre is an Indian actress and model. She has starred in Bollywood films mostly but has acted in a few Marathi, Tamil, Telugu and Kannada films. She is also one of the four judges of fourth season of Indian Idol and India's Got Talent.-Personal life and education:Bendre sisters...
|
| Mrs. Chaudhary |
Farida Jalal - Career :Farida Jalal, a native of New Delhi, started her career in the 1960s, when she won the United Film Producers Talent Hunt sponsored by Filmfare. She usually played the sister or rejected fiancée of the male lead, but almost never the female lead...
|
| Ravi Lamba |
Mohnish BehlMohnish Behl , born February 14 1963, is an Indian actor working in the Bollywood film industry. He is currently playing the role of Dr. Shashank Gupta in the show popular show Dill Mill Gayye.- Personal Life :...
|
| Inspector R.K Thakur |
Tiku Talsania |
| Dhingra |
Sharat Saxena Sharat Saxena is an Indian actor working in Bollywood films. He has acted in nearly 160 Bollywood films.Saxena started his career in the early 70s and has mainly played either supporting roles of a father, uncle or villainous roles....
|
| Gappa |
Rana Jung Bahadur |
| Shalaku |
Gulshan Grover Gulshan Grover is an Indian actor. He graduated from Shri Ram College of Commerce Delhi University. Fascinated by the lifestyle of rich kids, he planned to do something which would make him popular. Thus, initially it was not his major concern to be an actor of lead roles, and he almost...
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| Special Appearance |
Viswajeet Pradhan |
| Girl on railway station |
KajolKajol Devgan, née Mukherjee Kajol Devgan, née Mukherjee Kajol Devgan, née Mukherjee (Bengali: কাজল দেবগন Kajol Debgôn, born August 5, 1975, popularly known as Kajol, is an Indian film actress appearing in Hindi films....
|
Music
Songs:
- Mere Mehboob Mere Sanam (Udit Narayan
Udit Narayan Jha, popularly known as Udit Narayan is a leading playback singer in commercial Hindi, Urdu, Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam, Kannada, Oriya and Nepali language cinema. Narayan has sung more than 15,000 songs in more than 30 different languages...
& Alka YagnikAlka Yagnik is an Indian singer and seven-time winner of the Filmfare Best Female Playback Award. She has done playback singing for over 500 Indian films, and is ranked among the best-known Hindi playback singers of all-time.-Early life and background:Alka Yagnik was born in Kolkata to a Gujarati...
)
- Kathai Ankhonwali (Kumar Sanu
Kumar Sanu Kumar Sanu Kumar Sanu (alias Kedarnath Bhattacharya , born September 23, 1957 in Kolkata, is a leading Indian playback singer of Bollywood. He is a recipient of the Padma Shri award, one of India's highest civilian honours...
)
- Ladna Jhagadna (Abhijeet
Abhijeet Bhattacharya is an Indian singer.-Early life:Abhijeet was born as Abhijeet Bhattacharya in a middle-class family in Kanpur, the youngest of four siblings. He passed his class X from Ramakrishna Mission Higher Secondary School, Kanpur and Class XII from BNSD Inter College Chunni Ganj,...
& Kavita Krishnamurthy)
- Theme Music (Instrumental
Rock Instrumentals have a separate page.An instrumental is a musical composition or recording without lyrics or any other sort of vocal music; all of the music is produced by musical instruments. This term is used when referring to popular music rather than to other musical genres such as European...
)
- Tum Nahin Jana (Alka Yagnik
Alka Yagnik is an Indian singer and seven-time winner of the Filmfare Best Female Playback Award. She has done playback singing for over 500 Indian films, and is ranked among the best-known Hindi playback singers of all-time.-Early life and background:Alka Yagnik was born in Kolkata to a Gujarati...
& Udit NarayanUdit Narayan Jha, popularly known as Udit Narayan is a leading playback singer in commercial Hindi, Urdu, Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam, Kannada, Oriya and Nepali language cinema. Narayan has sung more than 15,000 songs in more than 30 different languages...
)
- Wah Ji Wah (Kumar Sanu
Kumar Sanu Kumar Sanu Kumar Sanu (alias Kedarnath Bhattacharya , born September 23, 1957 in Kolkata, is a leading Indian playback singer of Bollywood. He is a recipient of the Padma Shri award, one of India's highest civilian honours...
)
- Ek Shararat Hone Ko Hai (Kumar Sanu
Kumar Sanu Kumar Sanu Kumar Sanu (alias Kedarnath Bhattacharya , born September 23, 1957 in Kolkata, is a leading Indian playback singer of Bollywood. He is a recipient of the Padma Shri award, one of India's highest civilian honours...
& Kavita Krishnamurthy)