Duplicate (1998 film)

Duplicate

Film poster
Directed by Mahesh Bhatt
Produced by Yash Johar
Written by Robin Bhatt
Akash Khurana
Javed Siddiqi
Starring Shahrukh Khan
Juhi Chawla
Sonali Bendre
Farida Jalal
Music by Anu Malik
Cinematography Sameer Arya
Edited by Waman Bhonsle
Distributed by Dharma Productions
Release dates
  • 8 May 1998 (1998-05-08)
Running time
166 minutes
Country India
Language Hindi
Budget 9.5 crore (equivalent to 30 crore or US$4.5 million in 2016)[1]
Box office 21.49 crore (equivalent to 68 crore or US$10 million in 2016)[2]

Duplicate is an Indian Bollywood action comedy film released on 8 May 1998. The movie was directed by Mahesh Bhatt and stars Shahrukh Khan in a double role opposite Juhi Chawla and Sonali Bendre. It was produced by Karan Johar's Dharma Productions and marks Shahrukh's first of five collaborations with the production company. The storyline is similar to the 1935 movie The Whole Town's Talking. Hollywood film The One starring Jet Li has similiraities with this film.

Plot

Bablu Chaudhary (Shah Rukh Khan), a bubbly young man, is an aspiring chef. He gets a job as the lead chef at a hotel and meets the charming Sonia Kapoor (Juhi Chawla), the hotel manager. They bond and Bablu falls in love with her. Meanwhile, Manu, (Shah Rukh Khan in a double role), Bablu's lookalike, is a ruthless criminal who has escaped from jail to kill his partners, who have betrayed him. One day, when Bablu takes Sonia out for lunch, 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 killing him. There is a lot of confusion about who is who by all associated with the two men, including Sonia, Bablu's mother Bebe (Farida Jalal), and Manu's girlfriend, Lily (Sonali Bendre). In a final confrontation between Manu and Bablu, Lily shoots Manu dead after realizing he is not good at heart and does not truly love her like Bablu loves Sonia.

Cast

Soundtrack

The Music is scored by Anu Malik and Lyrics is penned by Javed Akhtar. The songs were Voiced by Kumar Sanu, Udit Narayan, Abhijeet Bhattacharya, Alka Yagnik & Kavita Krishnamurthy. The songs "Ek Shararat Hone Ko Hai" & "Kathai Aankhon Wali" were very popular.

# 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 & 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) 00:34

Box office

Duplicate grossed 17.39 crore (US$2.6 million) in India and $1 million (4.10 crore) in other countries, for a worldwide total of 21.49 crore (US$3.2 million), against its 9.50 crore (US$1.4 million) budget. It had a worldwide opening week of 9.44 crore (US$1.4 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 starrer.[4]

'Duplicate' worldwide collections breakdown
Territory Territory wise Collections break-up
India Nett Gross:
10.17 crore (US$1.5 million)
Distributor share:
5.14 crore (US$760,000)
Total Gross:
17.39 crore (US$2.6 million)
International
(Outside India)
$1 million (4.10 crore)
Worldwide 21.49 crore (US$3.2 million)

Awards and Nominations

1999 Filmfare Awards

Nominated

Bollywood Movie Awards
Year Category Film Result
1999 Most Sensational Actress Juhi Chawla Won

References

  1. "Duplicate Budget". Box Office India. 22 July 2015. Retrieved 22 July 2015.
  2. 1 2 3 "Duplicate Box office". Box Office India. 22 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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