Bade Miyan Chote Miyan (1998 film)

Bade Miyan Chote Miyan is a 1998 Indian Hindi-language action comedy film directed by David Dhawan. Produced by Vashu Bhagnani's Pooja Entertainment, the film stars an ensemble cast with Amitabh Bachchan and Govinda playing dual roles as a police officer and thief each while also featuring actors like Raveena Tandon, Ramya Krishnan, Anupam Kher, Paresh Rawal, Sharat Saxena and Satish Kaushik with Madhuri Dixit in a special appearance. It is inspired from William Shakespeare's The Comedy of Errors and the 1995 American film Bad Boys by Michael Bay.

Budgeted at ₹12 crore, Bade Miyan Chote Miyan was theatrically released worldwide on 16 October 1998 and Biggest commercial success with a total gross collection of ₹35.21 crore, despite clashing with Karan Johar's Kuch Kuch Hota Hai which also saw Kher in an important role. Also, it was one of the highest grossing Hindi films of 1998. It was the first Hindi film to be shot in the Ramoji Film City.

Plot
Police inspectors Arjun Singh and Pyare Mohan Bhargava share a friendly bond. Arjun is unmarried and some petty comments are made about his age. His sister Seema is dating Pyare. Zorawar Siddiqui, a business smuggler of diamonds and arms, works under the cover of being a sculptor in a hotel. On discovering he is being spied upon; he gets rid of Madhu, an eyewitness. Her friend, Neha sees her murder. She calls the police, and Arjun comes there. He takes her to Pyare's house.

Two petty thieves Bade Miyan and Chote Miyan who are look-alikes of Arjun and Pyare, arrive in town. Confusion ensues when every crime the crooks commit are blamed on Arjun and Pyare. Things go further downhill when Shyamlal, the police commissioner is also thrashed by the doubles. Even Seema and Neha mistake Bade and Chote for Arjun and Pyare. Arjun and Pyare land in trouble when Zorawar kidnaps Seema. They are arrested but get saved by the arrival of Bade and Chote.

Bade and Chote confess their acts of theft and conning and promise to get Seema back. They arrive at Zorawar's hideout and stall them while Arjun and Pyare come with the police force and everyone at the hideout is arrested. The crooks leave after apologising to Seema for the confusion. However some of Zorawar's men hijack the police van which is taking him and his associates to jail. They are stopped by Bade and Chote, asking for a lift. Chote realises the truth and gets Zorawar and his men arrested.

Arjun and Pyare are criticised for their mistake regarding the hijacking of the van and the two crooks are given a job in the police force by Shyamlal. Arjun and Pyare end up being demoted to the post of traffic police officers; Bade and Chote take their place as police inspectors.

Music
The music album of the film, composed by Viju Shah with lyrics by Sameer, released on 25 August 1998. Similar to Shah's prior compositions for films like Mohra and Gupt that became popular, the album showed his offbeat mode of music yielding the tuneful numbers like the title track "Bade Miyan Chote Miyan", the zippy bhangra number "Makhna" and the groovy "Kisi Disco Mein Jaaye".

Vocals are supplied by Udit Narayan for Govinda, and Amit Kumar and Sudesh Bhosle for Bachchan. Singers featured in the soundtrack include Alka Yagnik, Anuradha Paudwal, Kavita Krishnamurthy, and Jaspinder Narula.

Awards
Zee Cine Awards 1999

Winner

Videocon Screen Awards 1999
 * Zee Cine Award for Best Actor in a Comic Role – Govinda

Videocon Screen Awards Best Actor (Jury) – Govinda
 * 44th Filmfare Awards :

Nominated


 * Best Actor – Govinda
 * Best Music Director – Viju Shah