Angoor (1982 film)

Angoor
Angoor
	Poster
Directed by	Gulzar
Written by	Gulzar
Based on	The Comedy of Errors; by William Shakespeare
Produced by	Jai Singh
Starring	Sanjeev Kumar; Moushumi Chatterjee; Deepti Naval; Deven Verma; Aruna Irani
Cinematography	M. Sampat
Edited by	Waman Bhonsle; Gurudutt Shirali
Music by	R. D. Burman
Production; company	A. R. Movies
Release date	5 February 1982
Country	India
Language	Hindi

Angoor (transl. The Grape) is a 1982 Indian Hindi-language comedy film. It stars Sanjeev Kumar and Deven Verma in double roles, and directed by Gulzar.^[1]^[2] which was a remake of 1963 Bengali language comedy film Bhranti Bilas, a Uttam Kumar classic^[3] that is based on Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar's Bengali novel by the same name, which itself is based on Shakespeare's play The Comedy of Errors^[4] Do Dooni Chaar 1968 Film also remake from the same Film and was also adapted by Rohit Shetty as Cirkus.^[5] All characters are naïve and destiny plays the main role in bringing all characters to one place. Most of the other films are generally based on false characters and deliberately make false statements to fool others.^[6]

Plot

The film is about two pairs of identical twins separated at birth and how their lives go haywire when they meet in adulthood.

Raj Tilak (Utpal Dutt) and his wife (Shammi) are on a trip with their twin sons, both of whom they call Ashok. Since they look the same, they should be called the same, is Mr Tilak's reasoning. As fate would have it, they adopt another set of twins, both of whom they call Bahadur. An unfortunate accident then divides the family, leaving each parent with one child out of each pair of twins.

A few years later, Ashok (Sanjeev Kumar) is married to Sudha (Moushumi Chatterjee) and Bahadur (Deven Verma) is married to Prema (Aruna Irani). They all stay together with Sudha's younger sister Tanu (Deepti Naval). Into their lives enter the other Ashok, a detective novel aficionado, and Bahadur, a bhang lover. Now there are two Ashoks and two Bahadurs in the same city. This is more than their families, the Jeweller, the Taxi Driver and the Inspector can handle.

Cast

Sanjeev Kumar in a double role as twin brothers Ashok Tilak and Ashok Tilak.^[A]
Moushmi Chatterjee as Sudha Tilak, Ashok's wife
Deepti Naval as Tanu, Sudha's sister
Deven Verma in a double role as twin brothers Bahadur and Bahadur.^[A]
Aruna Irani as Prema, Bahadur's wife
Yunus Parvez as Mansoor Miyan, Chhedilal's worker
C. S. Dubey as Chhedilal, a jeweller
T. P. Jain as Ganeshilal, a diamond merchant
Padma Chavan as Alka, Ashok's friend
Rammohan Sharma as Taxi Driver
Shammi as Ashok's mother
Utpal Dutt as Raj Tilak, Ashok's father (Cameo)
Raj Kumar Kapoor as Inspector Sinha
Arjun Chakraborty as an office assistant under Ashok Tilak
Kamaldeep as 'Angoor' landlord
Raj Mata as Kashibai

Soundtrack

Song	Singer
"Hothon Pe Beeti Baat"	Asha Bhosle
"Roz Roz Daali Daali"	Asha Bhosle
"Preetam Aan Milo"	Sapan Chakraborty

Awards and nominations

30th Filmfare Awards:

Won

Best Comedian – Deven Verma

Nominated

Best Actor – Sanjeev Kumar

Home media

The DVD version of the film was released by IndiaWeekly under its own label.^[7]

Notes

^A Both twins were given the same name at birth.

References

^ "Gulzar's 'Angoor': He had 'a metre in mind, the rhythm of a sentence in his brain'". Scroll.in. 13 February 2019. Archived from the original on 11 July 2020. Retrieved 11 July 2020.
^ "Tha making of Angoor". The Telegraph, Calcutta. 11 February 2019. Archived from the original on 13 July 2020. Retrieved 11 July 2020.
^ Radhakrishnan, Sruthi (23 April 2018). "400 years later, Shakespeare still remains relevant in Indian cinema". The Hindu.
^ "'Bhranti Bilash' and 'Comedy of Errors' - when Bengali cinema drew inspiration from William Shakespeare". The Times of India.
^ Salam, Ziya Us (21 May 2016). "Angoor (1982)". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 26 July 2020. Retrieved 11 July 2020.
^ Singh, Harneet (25 March 2011). "Just breathe and reboot". Indian Express. Archived from the original on 23 February 2021. Retrieved 23 February 2021.
^ "Angoor DVD". IndiaWeekly. Archived from the original on 28 April 2012. Retrieved 20 February 2013.

External links

Angoor at IMDb

[1] "Gulzar's 'Angoor': He had 'a metre in mind, the rhythm of a sentence in his brain'". Scroll.in. 13 February 2019. Archived from the original on 11 July 2020. Retrieved 11 July 2020.

[2] "Tha making of Angoor". The Telegraph, Calcutta. 11 February 2019. Archived from the original on 13 July 2020. Retrieved 11 July 2020.

[3] Radhakrishnan, Sruthi (23 April 2018). "400 years later, Shakespeare still remains relevant in Indian cinema". The Hindu.

[4] "'Bhranti Bilash' and 'Comedy of Errors' - when Bengali cinema drew inspiration from William Shakespeare". The Times of India.

[5] Salam, Ziya Us (21 May 2016). "Angoor (1982)". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 26 July 2020. Retrieved 11 July 2020.

[6] Singh, Harneet (25 March 2011). "Just breathe and reboot". Indian Express. Archived from the original on 23 February 2021. Retrieved 23 February 2021.

[DVD_release-7] "Angoor DVD". IndiaWeekly. Archived from the original on 28 April 2012. Retrieved 20 February 2013.

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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) 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)