Do Dooni Chaar (1968 film)

Do Dooni Chaar
Do Dooni Chaar
Directed by	Debu Sen
Written by	Gulzar
Produced by	Bimal Roy
Starring	Kishore Kumar; Asit Sen; Sudha Rani; Tanuja; Rashid Khan
Music by	Hemant Kumar; Gulzar (lyrics)
Release date	1968;
Country	India
Language	Hindi

Do Dooni Char (transl. Two twos are four) is a 1968 Bollywood musical, which is a remake of the 1963 Bengali film Bhranti Bilas based on the 1869 play of the same name by Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar which was loosely based on William Shakespeare's The Comedy of Errors.^[1]^[2] The movie was remade by Gulzar as Angoor^[3]^[4] and was again adapted by Rohit Shetty as Cirkus.

Plot

When a banker and his assistant head to a small town on a business trip, they are mistaken for a merchant and his servant who live in the town, causing much confusion.

Cast

Kishore Kumar as Sandeep
Tanuja as Anju
Surekha as Suman
Asit Sen as Sevak
Sudha Rani as Pyari
Iftekhar as Police Inspector
Rashid Khan
Neetu Singh as Ban Devi

Soundtrack

The music of the film was composed by Hemant Kumar, while lyrics were penned by Gulzar.

No.	Title	Singer(s)	Length
1.	"Bada Badmash Hai Yeh Dil"	Kishore Kumar
2.	"Hawaon Pe Likhdo Hawaon Ke Naam"	Kishore Kumar

References

^ "'Bhranti Bilash' and 'Comedy of Errors' - when Bengali cinema drew inspiration from William Shakespeare". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 7 June 2021. Retrieved 23 December 2024.
^ Radhakrishnan, Sruthi (23 April 2018). "400 years later, Shakespeare still remains relevant in Indian cinema". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 4 December 2018. Retrieved 23 December 2024.
^ "Angoor (1982) - The Hindu". The Hindu. 17 April 2014. Archived from the original on 26 July 2020. Retrieved 5 November 2020.
^ Rajiva Verma, "Shakespeare in Indian Cinema: Appropriation, Assimilation and Engagement", The Shakespearean International Yearbook, 12 2012, 90

External links

Do Dooni Char at IMDb
Do Dooni Char at Rotten Tomatoes

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[1] "'Bhranti Bilash' and 'Comedy of Errors' - when Bengali cinema drew inspiration from William Shakespeare". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 7 June 2021. Retrieved 23 December 2024.

[2] Radhakrishnan, Sruthi (23 April 2018). "400 years later, Shakespeare still remains relevant in Indian cinema". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 4 December 2018. Retrieved 23 December 2024.

[3] "Angoor (1982) - The Hindu". The Hindu. 17 April 2014. Archived from the original on 26 July 2020. Retrieved 5 November 2020.

[4] Rajiva Verma, "Shakespeare in Indian Cinema: Appropriation, Assimilation and Engagement", The Shakespearean International Yearbook, 12 2012, 90

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v t e William Shakespeare's The Comedy of Errors
Sources	Menaechmi Amphitryon Apollonius of Tyre
Opera and musicals	Gli equivoci (1786) The Boys from Syracuse (1938) Pozdvižení v Efesu (1943) The Comedy of Errors (1976) The Bomb-itty of Errors (2000)
Film/TV	The Boys from Syracuse (1940) Bhranti Bilas (1963) Do Dooni Chaar (1968) Angoor (1982) The Comedy of Errors (1983; TV) Big Business (1988) Niboo (1996) Ulta Palta (1997) Bade Miyan Chote Miyan (1998) Dam Dama Dam (1998) Ulta Palta (1998) Heeralal Pannalal (1999) Ambuttu Imbuttu Embuttu (2005) Baa Bega Chandamama (2008) Double Di Trouble (2014) Cirkus (2022)
Related	Gesta Grayorum (1688)

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