Do Dooni Chaar (1968 film)

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 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.

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

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

Soundtrack

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 

See also

References
  1. "'Bhranti Bilash' and 'Comedy of Errors' - when Bengali cinema drew inspiration from William Shakespeare". The Times of India.
  2. Radhakrishnan, Sruthi (23 April 2018). "400 years later, Shakespeare still remains relevant in Indian cinema". The Hindu.
  3. "Angoor (1982) - The Hindu". The Hindu. 17 April 2014.
  4. Rajiva Verma, "Shakespeare in Indian Cinema: Appropriation, Assimilation and Engagement", The Shakespearean International Yearbook, 12 2012, 90
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