Angoor (1982 film)

{{Infobox film

| name = Angoor

| image = Angoor 1982 poster.jpg

| caption = Poster

| released = {{Film date|1982|03|05|df=yes}}

| starring = Sanjeev Kumar
Moushumi Chatterjee
Deepti Naval
Deven Verma
Aruna Irani

| writer = Gulzar

| producer = Jai Singh

| director = Gulzar

| music = R. D. Burman

| cinematography = M. Sampat

| editing = Waman Bhonsle
Gurudutt Shirali

| studio = A. R. Movies

| country = India

| language = Hindi

|based_on = The Comedy of Errors
by William Shakespeare

}}

Angoor ({{translation|The Grape}}) is a 1982 Indian Hindi-language comedy film. Starring Sanjeev Kumar and Deven Verma in double roles, it is directed by Gulzar.{{Cite web |date=13 February 2019 |title=Gulzar's 'Angoor': He had 'a metre in mind, the rhythm of a sentence in his brain' |url=https://scroll.in/reel/912676/gulzars-angoor-he-had-a-metre-in-mind-the-rhythm-of-a-sentence-in-his-brain |website=Scroll.in |access-date=11 July 2020 |archive-date=11 July 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200711201403/https://scroll.in/reel/912676/gulzars-angoor-he-had-a-metre-in-mind-the-rhythm-of-a-sentence-in-his-brain |url-status=live }}{{Cite news |date=11 February 2019 |title=Tha making of Angoor |work=The Telegraph, Calcutta |url=https://www.telegraphindia.com/culture/books/the-making-of-angoor-sanjeev-kumar-was-a-late-latif/cid/1684243 |access-date=11 July 2020 |archive-date=13 July 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200713135830/https://www.telegraphindia.com/culture/books/the-making-of-angoor-sanjeev-kumar-was-a-late-latif/cid/1684243 |url-status=live }} The film was a remake of the 1963 Bengali-language comedy film Bhranti Bilas, an Uttam Kumar classic{{cite news | url=https://www.thehindu.com/entertainment/movies/400-years-later-shakespeare-still-remains-relevant-in-indian-cinema/article23648292.ece | title=400 years later, Shakespeare still remains relevant in Indian cinema | newspaper=The Hindu | date=23 April 2018 | last1=Radhakrishnan | first1=Sruthi }} 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{{cite news | url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/bengali/movies/photo-features/when-bengali-cinema-drew-inspiration-from-william-shakespeare/bhranti-bilash-and-comedy-of-errors/photostory/63799939.cms | title='Bhranti Bilash' and 'Comedy of Errors' - when Bengali cinema drew inspiration from William Shakespeare | website=The Times of India }} Do Dooni Chaar 1968 Film also remake from the same Film and was also adapted by Rohit Shetty as Cirkus.{{Cite news |last=Salam |first=Ziya Us |date=21 May 2016 |title=Angoor (1982) |work=The Hindu |url=https://www.thehindu.com/features/cinema/cinema-columns/angoor-1982/article5922084.ece |access-date=11 July 2020 |archive-date=26 July 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200726042519/https://www.thehindu.com/features/cinema/cinema-columns/angoor-1982/article5922084.ece |url-status=live }} 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.{{Cite news |last=Singh |first=Harneet |date=25 March 2011 |title=Just breathe and reboot |work=Indian Express |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/news-archive/web/just-breathe-and-reboot/ |access-date=23 February 2021 |archive-date=23 February 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210223184541/https://indianexpress.com/article/news-archive/web/just-breathe-and-reboot/ |url-status=live }}

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 (an edible preparation made from the leaves of the cannabis plant) 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.{{ref label|id1|A|1}}
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.{{ref label|id1|A|2}}
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
Zafar as the Tangewala

Soundtrack

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! 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.{{cite web|url=http://www.indiaweekly.com/dvdImages/b4998.jpg|title=Angoor DVD|publisher=IndiaWeekly|access-date=20 February 2013|archive-date=28 April 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120428041246/http://www.indiaweekly.com/dvdImages/b4998.jpg|url-status=live}}