Duplicate (1998 film)

Duplicate
Duplicate
	Film poster
Directed by	Mahesh Bhatt
Written by	Robin Bhatt; Akash Khurana; Javed Siddiqi
Produced by	Yash Johar
Starring	Shahrukh Khan; Shah Rukh Khan; Juhi Chawla; Sonali Bendre
Cinematography	Sameer Arya
Edited by	Waman Bhonsle
Music by	Songs:; Anu Malik; Score:; Louis Banks
Production; company	Dharma Productions
Distributed by	Eros International
Release date	8 May 1998;
Running time	166 minutes
Country	India
Language	Hindi
Budget	₹9.5 crore (equivalent to ₹34 crore or US$4.8 million in 2019)
Box office	₹21.49 crore (equivalent to ₹78 crore or US$11 million in 2019)

Duplicate is a 1998 Indian Hindi action comedy film directed by Mahesh Bhatt and stars Shahrukh Khan opposite Juhi Chawla and Sonali Bendre, with Shah Rukh Khan in a negative role. It marked Khan's first of many collaborations with Dharma Productions. Upon release, the film received mixed reviews and was an average grosser at the box office.

Plot[]

Bablu Chaudhary, a bubbly young man, is an aspiring chef who always prays to God whenever he gets the chance. Then the movie shifts to Manu who is a very big don and a duplicate of Bablu getting chased by the police. It shifts back to Bablu as he gets a job as the head chef at a hotel and meets the charming Sonia Kapoor, the hotel catering manager and the Hotel's owner who has a crush on Sonia. Bablu falls in love with her.

One day, when Bablu takes Sonia out for lunch trying to express his feelings, he gets arrested because the police think that Bablu is Manu. Bablu is able to prove his true identity, but not before Manu hears of his duplicate and decides to take his place by trying killing him. But Bablu saves himself but Manu says they have to switch places if he wants to survive so Bablu unwillingly accepts. Soon due to his womanizing nature, Manu flirts with Sonia , but ultimately fails at trying to kiss her. Soon Lily, who is Manu's girlfriend tries to flirt with Bablu thinking him to be Manu but also fails. Bablu is a very kind man who starts teaching all of Manu's gang members, including Lily about morals.

Now seeing that the light is on in Bablu's home, Manu thinking Bablu is home starts calling for him but really it is Bablu's mother. She thinks Bablu is drunk since Manu who is posing as Bablu is calling out for Bablu, so she scolds him and tells him to go to sleep. Soon they switch back since the police are not looking for Manu anymore. Now Bablu scared of Manu, calls his mother and Sonia to a rundown place so they can meet each other so Sonia can now marry him. Now Manu loses much money and thinking Bablu did it locates him the since Bablu runs late Manu arrives where Sonia and Bablu's mom are waiting. Thinking they have tracked down Manu they come and try to arrest him. But Sonia intervenes and tells them they have the wrong guy. Bablu now coming to the location tells the police that is Manu. Bablu's mom says that Bablu was a big wrestler before he came to Mumbai and she says whoever pulls her to their respective side is the real Bablu. When Bablu sees that his mother's arms are hurting decides to let go because he can't bear to see his mother in pain. Now the police thinking Bablu is Manu grab him but she says that the man holding her is Manu because she knew that Bablu would not dare to try and let his mother bear any pain. But Manu has a gun and tries to shoot her, but before he can do that Lily comes and shoots him and reveals that she informed the police because Bablu taught her how to be a good person. The film ends on a happy note with Bablu and Sonia's wedding.

Cast[]

Shahrukh Khan as Bablu Chaudhry / Manu Dada (dual role)
Juhi Chawla as Sonia Kapoor
Sonali Bendre as Lily
Mohnish Behl as Ravi Lamba
Farida Jalal as Bablu's mother
Tiku Talsania as Inspector R.K Thakur
Gulshan Grover as Shalako
Sharat Saxena as Dhingra
Kajol as new Lily the girl on the station (cameo)
as Gappa

Soundtrack[]

The songs featured in the film are composed by Anu Malik with lyrics penned by Javed Akhtar. The songs were rendered by Kavita Krishnamurthy, Alka Yagnik, Kumar Sanu, Udit Narayan and Abhijeet Bhattacharya.

#	Title	Singer(s)	Length
1	"Mere Mehboob Mere Sanam"	Alka Yagnik & Udit Narayan	06:59
2	"Kathai Aankhon Wali"	Kumar Sanu	07:13
3	"Ladna Jhagadna"	Kavita Krishnamurthy & Abhijeet Bhattacharya	06:28
4	"Tum Nahin Jaana"	Alka Yagnik, Shankar Mahadevan & Udit Narayan	06:48
5	"Wah Ji Wah"	Kumar Sanu	06:04
6	"Ek Shararat Hone Ko Hai"	Kavita Krishnamurthy & Kumar Sanu	05:54
7	"Theme Music" (Instrumental)	Jack Known	00:34

Box office[]

Duplicate grossed ₹17.39 crore (US$2.4 million) in India and $1 million (₹4.10 crore) in other countries, for a worldwide total of ₹21.49 crore (US$3.0 million), against its ₹9.50 crore (US$1.3 million) budget. It had a worldwide opening week of ₹9.44 crore (US$1.3 million).^[2] It is the 12th-highest-grossing film of 1998 worldwide.^[3]

Overseas[]

It grossed $375,000 (₹1.53 crore) in its first week and earned a total of $1 million (₹4.10 crore) outside India.^[2] Overseas, it is the 3rd-highest-grossing film of 1998 behind Kuch Kuch Hota Hai ($6.3 million (₹26.61 crore)) and Dil Se.. ($2.32 million (₹9.86 crore)), which were also Shah Rukh Khan starrers.^[4]

'**Duplicate'** worldwide collections breakdown
Territory	Territory wise Collections break-up
India	Nett Gross: ₹10.17 crore (US$1.4 million)
	Distributor share: ₹5.14 crore (US$720,000)
	Total Gross: ₹17.39 crore (US$2.4 million)
International (Outside India)	$1 million (₹4.10 crore)
Worldwide	₹21.49 crore (US$3.0 million)

Awards and nominations[]

1999 Filmfare Awards[]

Category	Recipient's	for	Result
Best Villain	Shah Rukh Khan	Best actor as Villian	Nominated
Best Lyrics	Javed Akhtar	"Mere Mehboob Mere Sanam"	Nominated

Bollywood Movie Awards[]

Year	Category	Film	Result
1999	Most Sensational Actress	Juhi Chawla	Won
1999	Zee Cine Award for Best Actor – Female	Juhi Chawla	Nominated

Release[]

Duplicate's DVD was released by Ultra Media & Entertainment.Duplicate's television premiere was occurred on Zee TV.^{[citation needed]}

References[]

^ "Duplicate Budget". Box Office India. 22 July 2015. Archived from the original on 7 July 2015. Retrieved 22 July 2015.
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c "Duplicate Box office". Box Office India. 22 July 2015. Archived from the original on 7 July 2015. Retrieved 22 July 2015.
^ "Top Worldwide Grossers 1998". Box Office India. 22 July 2015. Retrieved 22 July 2015.
^ "Top Overseas Gross 1998". Box Office India. 22 July 2015. Retrieved 22 July 2015.

External links[]

Duplicate at IMDb

[1] "Duplicate Budget". Box Office India. 22 July 2015. Archived from the original on 7 July 2015. Retrieved 22 July 2015.

[Duplicate_Box_office-2] Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c "Duplicate Box office". Box Office India. 22 July 2015. Archived from the original on 7 July 2015. Retrieved 22 July 2015.

[3] "Top Worldwide Grossers 1998". Box Office India. 22 July 2015. Retrieved 22 July 2015.

[4] "Top Overseas Gross 1998". Box Office India. 22 July 2015. Retrieved 22 July 2015.

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Shakun Batra	Ek Main Aur Ekk Tu (2012) Kapoor & Sons (2016)
Mahesh Bhatt	Gumrah (1993) Duplicate (1998)
Rensil D'Silva	Kurbaan (2009) Ungli (2013)
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Tarun Mansukhani	Dostana (2008) Drive (2019)
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