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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Short description|1968 Indian Bollywood musical film}}<br />
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{{Infobox film<br />
| name = Do Dooni Chaar<br />
| image = <br />
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| director = Debu Sen<br />
| writer = [[Gulzar]]<br />
| starring = [[Kishore Kumar]]<br />[[Asit Sen (actor)|Asit Sen]]<br />Sudha Rani<br />[[Tanuja]]<br />[[Rashid Khan (actor)|Rashid Khan]]<br />
| producer = [[Bimal Roy]]<br />
| cinematography = <br />
| music = [[Hemant Kumar]]<br />[[Gulzar]] (lyrics)<br />
| editing = <br />
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| released = {{Film date|1968}}<br />
| runtime = <br />
| country = India<br />
| language = [[Hindi]]<br />
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'''''Do Dooni Char''''' ({{Translation|Two twos are four}}) is a 1968 Indian Hindi-language [[Musical film|musical]], which is a remake of the 1963 [[Cinema of West Bengal|Bengal]]i 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]]''.<ref>{{cite news | url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/bengali/movies/photo-features/when-bengali-cinema-drew-inspiration-from-william-shakespeare/bhranti-bilash-and-comedy-of-errors/photostory/63799939.cms | title='Bhranti Bilash' and 'Comedy of Errors' - when Bengali cinema drew inspiration from William Shakespeare | website=[[The Times of India]] | archive-date=7 June 2021 | access-date=23 December 2024 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210607142256/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/bengali/movies/photo-features/when-bengali-cinema-drew-inspiration-from-william-shakespeare/bhranti-bilash-and-comedy-of-errors/photostory/63799939.cms | url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.thehindu.com/entertainment/movies/400-years-later-shakespeare-still-remains-relevant-in-indian-cinema/article23648292.ece | title=400 years later, Shakespeare still remains relevant in Indian cinema | newspaper=The Hindu | date=23 April 2018 | last1=Radhakrishnan | first1=Sruthi | archive-date=4 December 2018 | access-date=23 December 2024 | archive-url=https://archive.today/20181204165729/https://www.thehindu.com/entertainment/movies/400-years-later-shakespeare-still-remains-relevant-in-indian-cinema/article23648292.ece | url-status=live }}</ref> The movie was remade by Gulzar as ''[[Angoor (1982 film)|Angoor]]''<ref>{{cite news| url = https://www.thehindu.com/features/cinema/cinema-columns/angoor-1982/article5922084.ece| title = Angoor (1982) - The Hindu| website = [[The Hindu]]| date = 17 April 2014| archive-date = 26 July 2020| access-date = 5 November 2020| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20200726042519/https://www.thehindu.com/features/cinema/cinema-columns/angoor-1982/article5922084.ece| url-status = live}}</ref><ref>Rajiva Verma, "Shakespeare in Indian Cinema: Appropriation, Assimilation and Engagement", ''The Shakespearean International Yearbook'', 12 2012, 90</ref> and was again adapted by Rohit Shetty as ''[[Cirkus (film)|Cirkus]]''.<br />
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==Plot==<br />
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.<br />
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==Cast==<br />
*[[Kishore Kumar]] as Sandeep<br />
*[[Tanuja]] as Anju<br />
*Surekha as Suman<br />
*[[Asit Sen (actor)|Asit Sen]] as Sevak<br />
*Sudha Rani as Pyari<br />
*[[Iftekhar]] as Police Inspector<br />
*Rashid Khan <br />
*[[Neetu Singh]] as Ban Devi<br />
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==Soundtrack ==<br />
The music of the film was composed by [[Hemant Kumar]], while lyrics were penned by [[Gulzar]].<br />
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{{Tracklist<br />
| extra_column = Singer(s)<br />
| title1 = Bada Badmash Hai Yeh Dil<br />
| extra1 = Kishore Kumar<br />
| length1 =<br />
| title2 = Hawaon Pe Likhdo Hawaon Ke Naam<br />
| extra2 = [[Kishore Kumar]]<br />
| length2 =<br />
}}<br />
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==See also==<br />
* {{Section link|The Comedy of Errors|Adaptations}}<br />
* ''Bhranti Bilas'', 1869 play by Indian writer [[Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar]], based on Shakespeare's ''The Comedy of Errors''<br />
** ''[[Bhranti Bilas]]'', 1963 Indian Bengali-language comedy film by Manu Sen, based on Vidyasagar's play<br />
** [[Angoor (1982 film)|''Angoor'' (1982 film)]], 1982 Indian Hindi-language comedy film by Gulzar, remake of the 1968 film ''Do Dooni Chaar''<br />
** ''[[Double Di Trouble]]'', 2014 Indian Punjabi-language film by Smeep Kang remake of the 1982 film ''Angoor''<br />
** [[Cirkus (film)|''Cirkus'' (film)]], 2022 Indian Hindi-language comedy film by Rohit Shetty, remake of the 1982 film ''Angoor''<br />
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==References==<br />
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==External links==<br />
* {{IMDb title|0060317|Do Dooni Char}}<br />
* {{rotten-tomatoes|do-dooni-char|Do Dooni Char}}<br />
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{{The Comedy of Errors}}<br />
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