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A film, which came 27 years ago, is included in the Classic Cult today, but at the time of release it was in bad shape at the box-office. In this film, Bollywood’s biggest superstar played the role of Villain. Bad Pradee at ticket window …Read more
The classic Cult film completed 27 years.
Highlights
- Shahrukh’s film ‘Duplicate’ completed 27 years.
- The film flopped at the box office, but the critics appreciated.
- ‘Duplicate’ won several awards at the 43rd Filmfare Award.
New Delhi. There was a film 27 years ago, which may have flopped at the box-office, but it is still counted in classic cloth films. Despite not showing anything special on the ticket window, the film received tremendous response from critics. This is the 1998 Shah Rukh Khan film ‘Duplicate’. This classic Cult film was directed by Mahesh Bhatt and Yash Johar took command of its production. Today, the release of ‘duplicate’ has completed 27 years.
Karan Johar’s production house celebrated the completion of 27 years of Shah Rukh Khan, Juhi Chawla and Sonali Bendre starrer film. His banner Dharma Movies shared some old pictures of the film on Instagram. One of these special pictures is to sing ‘Mere Mehboob Mere Sanam’, in which all three artists can be seen in full vigor. In a picture, a glimpse of veteran actress Farida Jalal is being seen.
Dharma Production shared emotional post
Sharing these pictures, Dharma Movies wrote in the caption, ‘Even though the name of the film is’ duplicate’, it is very unique in itself. In this post, filmmakers Apoorva Mehta and Mahesh Bhatt, actors Shah Rukh Khan, actress Juhi Chawla and Sonali Bendre were tagged.
The film won many awards
‘Duplicate’ is an action comedy film. In this, Shah Rukh Khan did a double role with Juhi Chawla and Sonali Bendre. In the film, Shah Rukh Khan played chef Bablu and notorious gangster Manu. Even though it came out in terms of earnings. The film won several awards at the 43rd Filmfare Award. The duplicate music was also highly appreciated. One of its songs ‘Kathai Akh Wali Ik Girl’ was also heard a lot.
Juhi Chawla played Sonia Kapoor and Sonali Bendre played Lily. The story was very interesting. In which a boy named Bablu Chaudhary lives with his mother. All the bodybuilders and wrestlers in his family are, but he wants to become a chef. To fulfill his dream, he goes to a restaurant, but on the way she collides with Sonia Kapoor, who is a banquet manager in the same restaurant. It is from here that many ups and downs in the story come and the film makes the audience laugh.
