Bade Miyan Chote Miyan

Bade Miyan Chote Miyan

Film's poster
बड़े मियाँ छोटे मियाँ
Directed by David Dhawan
Produced by Vashu Bhagnani
Written by Rumi Jaffery
Starring Amitabh Bachchan
Govinda
Raveena Tandon
Ramya Krishnan
Paresh Rawal
Anupam Kher
Narrated by Amitabh Bachchan
Vashu Bhagnani
Music by Viju Shah
Cinematography K. S. Prakash Rao
Edited by A. Muthu
Distributed by Tips Music Films Pvt. Ltd.
Release dates
  • 16 October 1998 (1998-10-16)
Running time
 142 minutes
Country India
Language Hindi
Budget est.₹120 million[1]
Box office est.₹352 million[1][2]

Bade Miyan Chote Miyan is a 1998 Bollywood action comedy film starring Amitabh Bachchan and Govinda in double roles along with Ramya Krishnan, Raveena Tandon and Anupam Kher. Directed by David Dhawan, the mahurat shot of the film was done on 22 December 1996 by Shweta Bachchan. It was released on 16 October 1998 along with Kuch Kuch Hota Hai.

Bade Miyan Chote Miyan was the first box office success of Bachchan since his comeback after a few years of hiatus from Bollywood. The film was the second highest grosser of the year after Kuch Kuch Hota Hai.[3]

Synopsis

A woman Neha (Ramya Krishnan) witnesses the murder of a friend of her named Madhu (Divya Dutta) by a notorious smuggler Zorawar (Paresh Rawal) but she skips while being chased by Zorawar's goons and ends up in the secure custody of police inspector Arjun Singh (Amitabh Bachchan), a friend of police inspector Pyare Mohan (Govinda). In reality, Neha, unaware of their identities, believes Arjun to be "Pyare", about whom she was agreeably apprised of by Madhu, and so, Arjun has to impersonate Pyare, giving rise to hilarious situations. Concurrently, Pyare flirts with Seema (Raveena Tandon) - Arjun's sister. Everything could have been passable for the two cops if two lookalikes of the cops, by the nicknames "Bade Miyan" (Amitabh Bachchan) and "Chote Miyan" (Govinda) had not been a cause of concern for them because of the misdeeds they commit leading to Arjun and Pyare being accused as the miscreants everytime. With background scores of the songs (specially "Bade Miyan Toh Bade Miyan") that stir the listeners, the movie advances through scenes of thrill and amusement.

Plot

This movie is inspired from the 1995 action-comedy Hollywood film Bad Boys' directed by Michael Bay

Two friends, Arjun Singh (Amitabh Bachchan) and Pyare Mohan (Govinda), are in the police force. Arjun's sister Seema (Raveena Tandon) is in love with Pyare. Arjun has no female companion and some petty comments are made about his age.

The villain Zorawar (Paresh Rawal) runs a business smuggling arms and diamonds, under a cover of being a statue maker. Zorawar appears terrified of the police, but the mood seems to come and go: When it comes to snuffing one out, he has no problem doing so. Once, in a hotel, he discovers that he is being spied upon and along with the cop spying on him, he also gets rid of an eyewitness, played by Divya Dutta (in a cameo role).

But there's another: Neha (Ramya Krishnan), a friend of the first eyewitness, who happens to see her friend die. Scared, and with the gangsters after her, she calls the police station and asks for Pyare, but since he is not there, Arjun is asked to go to her, and masquerade as Pyare, who had been described as a very good person to Neha by her dead friend. In a considerable amount of confusion, he takes her to Pyare's house and even ges to the extent of asking Pyare to masquerade as Arjun Singh. As Arjun and Pyare exchange places and get busy trying to protect Neha, a hilarious riot starts when in pop two petty thieves who look exactly like Arjun and Pyare.. They call themselves Bade Miyan and Chote Miyan.

Arjun and Pyare are blamed for every crime the crooks commit and things aren't helped when Shyamlal (Anupam Kher), the police commissioner, is also thrashed by the doubles. Also, Arjun and Pyare are blamed for stealing a diamond from a bank and even messing up a security operation for Madhuri Dixit (herself, in a special appearance), all of these acts having been committed by Bade Miyan and Chote Miyan, masquerading as Arjun Singh and Pyare Mohan. Matters are not helped when even Bade and Chote are mistaken for Arjun and Pyare by Seema and Neha, thus completing the confusion.

Further trouble arrives when Zorawar kidnaps Seema and asks for the diamond and Neha in return. Arjun and Pyare, who have been arrested, are saved by the arrival of Bade Miyan and Chote Miyan, who explain their acts of theft and conning, and promise to get Neha and Seema back. They then, along with the commissioner, stage a dance program at Zorawar's hideout. When Arjun and Pyare don't arrive on their call, they are asked to dance continuously at gunpoint by Zorawar and nearly pass out doing so, when Arjun and Pyare arrive and everyone at the hideout is arrested. The crooks leave after apologising to Neha and Seema for the confusion

However, some of Zorawar's men, hijack the police van which is to take Zorawar and his associates to jail. They are stopped on the way by Bade and Chote, asking for a lift. The latter realise who really are in the van and proceed to badly thrash Zorawar and his men and return him to jail. Arjun and Pyare are badly criticised for their mistake regarding the hijacking of the van and the two crooks are given a job in the police force by the commissioner himself. The film ends with Arjun and Pyare ending up being demoted to the post of traffic police officers and Bade and Chote Miyan taking their place as police inspectors.[4]

Cast

Music

The songs of the film, composed by Viju Shah with lyrics by Sameer, worked well.[5] Similar to Shah's prior compositions for films like Mohra and Gupt that became quite popular, the album noticeably showed his offbeat mode of music yielding the tuneful numbers like the title track "Bade Miyan Chote Miyan" and the groovy "Kisi Disco Mein Jaayein". The zippy number "Oye Makhna" performed in Bhangra flair is another popular song of the album. Singers Udit Narayan, Sudesh Bhonsle, Amit Kumar, Alka Yagnik, Jaspinder Narula, Anuradha Paudwal and Kavita Krishnamurthy allied and rendered their voices for the songs listed below:

All lyrics written by Sameer; all music composed by Viju Shah.

Songs
No. TitlePlayback Length
1. "Assi Chutki Nabbe Taal"  Udit Narayan, Sudesh Bhonsle  
2. "Bade Miyan Chote Miyan"  Udit Narayan, Sudesh Bhosle  
3. "Dhin Tak Dhin"  Jaspinder Narula, Sudesh Bhosle  
4. "Deta Jai Jo Re" (I)Anuradha Paudwal, Kavita Krishnamurthy, Udit Narayan, Amit Kumar  
5. "Deta Jai Jo Re" (II)Alka Yagnik, Kavita Krishnamurthy, Udit Narayan, Sudesh Bhonsle  
6. "Kisi Disco Mein Jaaye"  Udit Narayan, Alka Yagnik  
7. "Makhna"  Alka Yagnik, Udit Narayan, Amit Kumar  

References

  1. 1 2 "Bade Miyan Chote Miyan - Movie - Box Office India". Boxofficeindia.com. Retrieved 2016-07-31.
  2. ↑ "Top Lifetime Grossers 1990-1999 (Figures in Ind Rs)". Boxofficeindia.com. Archived from the original on 3 January 2012. Retrieved 12 June 2012.
  3. ↑ "Box Office Results 1998". Box Office India. Archived from the original on 17 December 2007. Retrieved 30 July 2016.
  4. ↑ "Rediff On The Net, Movies: The Bade Miyan Chote Miyan review". Rediff.com. 16 October 1998. Retrieved 12 June 2012.
  5. ↑ Planet Bollywood. "Bade Miyan Chhote Miyan songs review". Planet Bollywood. Retrieved 2 November 2013.

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