Do Dooni Char

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Do Dooni Char
Directed byDebu Sen
Produced byBimal Roy
Written byGulzar
StarringKishore Kumar
Asit Sen
Sudha Rani
Tanuja
Rashid Khan
Music byHemant Kumar
Gulzar (lyrics)
Release date
  • 1968 (1968)
CountryIndia
LanguageHindi

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

Plot[edit]

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[edit]

Soundtrack[edit]

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

No. TitleSinger(s) Length
1. "Hawaon Pe Likh Do"  Kishore Kumar  

References[edit]

  1. https://www.thehindu.com/features/cinema/cinema-columns/angoor-1982/article5922084.ece
  2. Rajiva Verma, "Shakespeare in Indian Cinema: Appropriation, Assimilation and Engagement", The Shakespearean International Yearbook, 12 2012, 90

External links[edit]

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