''Sandwich : Double Trouble'' is a 2006 Indian
Hindi
Modern Standard Hindi (, ), commonly referred to as Hindi, is the Standard language, standardised variety of the Hindustani language written in the Devanagari script. It is an official language of India, official language of the Government ...
-language
comedy film
The comedy film is a film genre that emphasizes humor. These films are designed to amuse audiences and make them laugh. Films in this genre typically have a happy ending, with dark comedy being an exception to this rule. Comedy is one of the o ...
starring
Govinda
Govinda (, ), also rendered Govind, Gobinda, and Gobind, is an epithet of Vishnu and his avatars, such as Krishna. The name appears as the 187th and the 539th name of Vishnu in the ''Vishnu Sahasranama''. The name is also popularly addressed to ...
in a dual role opposite
Raveena Tandon
Raveena Tandon (born 26 October 1972) is an Indian actress primarily known for her work in Hindi films. Considered as one of the leading actresses of the 1990s and early 2000s, Tandon is a recipient of several awards, including a National Film ...
and
Mahima Chaudhry
Mahima Chaudhry (born Ritu Chaudhry; 13 September 1973), is an Indian actress who primarily works in Hindi films. Chaudhry did a few modelling assignments and television commercials before venturing into films, with the 1997 romantic drama film ' ...
. The film is directed by
Anees Bazmee
Anees Bazmee is an Indian film director, screenwriter and producer who works in Hindi cinema. He is best known directing for ''No Entry'' (2005), ''Welcome (2007 film), Welcome'' (2007) and ''Singh is Kinng'' (2008), '' Bhool Bhulaiyaa 2'' (20 ...
. This film was completed in 2003 but was delayed for three years and finally released in 2006. Earlier the title of the movie was "Hum Do Hamara Ek." Due to a delay in releasing, the movie's title was changed to "Sandwich." It received mixed reviews, who appreciated the performance of Govinda, but it got criticised for writing, screenplay, cliched story and VFX, this film was a box office failure. The film was remade in Kannada as
Double Decker in 2011 starring
Jaggesh
Eshwar Gowda (born 17 March 1963), known professionally as Jaggesh, is an Indian politician, film actor, director and producer, who mainly works in Kannada cinema. Known for his roles in comedy films, he is popular by the moniker Navarasa Naya ...
.
Plot
Sher Singh, a.k.a. Shekhar (Govinda) a struggling movie scriptwriter, is in love with a Marathi girl Nisha (Raveena Tandon)
As he goes to Swami Trilokand, who tells him that soon he will marry two women. Sher Singh panics. However, Nisha's wealthy father arranges her marriage to his friend's son Vicky (Rajendranath Zutshi) who has loved Nisha for a very long time. Sher Singh rushes home in response to a
telegram
Telegraphy is the long-distance transmission of messages where the sender uses symbolic codes, known to the recipient, rather than a physical exchange of an object bearing the message. Thus flag semaphore is a method of telegraphy, whereas pi ...
to find that his marriage has been arranged with a local village Punjabi girl, Sweety (Mahima Chaudhary) who has loved him since childhood, in return for his sister's marriage to Sweety's brother. Since Sher's sister has a physical disability in her leg, this may be her only chance of finding a good husband. For his sister's sake, therefore, Sher marries Sweety and returns to
Mumbai
Mumbai ( ; ), also known as Bombay ( ; its official name until 1995), is the capital city of the Indian state of Maharashtra. Mumbai is the financial capital and the most populous city proper of India with an estimated population of 12 ...
.
Meanwhile, Nisha refuses to marry Vicky and is ready to kill herself. To pacify Nisha, her father forces Sher to marry her. Sher doesn't get a chance to explain about his first marriage. However, after the wedding, he confesses to Nisha's father that he is already married. Nisha's father advises Sher not to tell her anything. Meanwhile, Vicky goes crazy and attempts to kidnap Nisha, as he wants to marry Nisha. In the ensuing struggle, Nisha's father is killed, and then Vicky seemingly dies in an accident; so, Nisha never gets to learn the truth about Sher's
bigamy
In a culture where only monogamous relationships are legally recognized, bigamy is the act of entering into a marriage with one person while still legally married to another. A legal or de facto separation of the couple does not alter their mar ...
.
7 years later
Sher Singh leads a double life and has one son with each wife. The two sons, Tuktuk Shekhar and Tony Singh, are exact lookalikes. As the boys are admitted to the same school, they, along with their mothers, become friends. Since Sher Singh goes by the name of Shekhar while in Mumbai, he manages to convince his wives that there are two people—Sher Singh and Shekhar; during the daytime he spends with Sweetie and at nighttime with Nisha, bearing a remarkable resemblance. His sons, meanwhile, suspect that something is wrong because of their similarities and keep investigating. When it almost seems like the truth will be out, there is a surprise element in the entry of a second Shekhar with exactly the same face who claims to be Nisha's husband.
Now, Sher Singh can neither confess to being a
bigamist
In a culture where only monogamous relationships are legally recognized, bigamy is the act of entering into a marriage with one person while still legally married to another. A legal or de facto separation of the couple does not alter their mari ...
nor sit silently as a stranger stays with his wife Nisha. Meanwhile, he is implicated in a murder as well. Finally, it turns out that Vicky is not actually dead, and he has undergone face reconstruction
surgery
Surgery is a medical specialty that uses manual and instrumental techniques to diagnose or treat pathological conditions (e.g., trauma, disease, injury, malignancy), to alter bodily functions (e.g., malabsorption created by bariatric surgery s ...
to have the same face as Sher Singh. Vicky wants Nisha and tries to get close to her, but Sher refuses it to happen. Vicky was about to kill Sher and his family, except Nisha. Both his wives fight for him and save him. After much slapstick, all ends well, and they live happily.
Cast
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Govinda
Govinda (, ), also rendered Govind, Gobinda, and Gobind, is an epithet of Vishnu and his avatars, such as Krishna. The name appears as the 187th and the 539th name of Vishnu in the ''Vishnu Sahasranama''. The name is also popularly addressed to ...
as
**Sher Singh/Shekhar- Sweety's legal and Nisha's illegitimate husband respectively, Tony and Tuktuk's father
** Vicky Chopra (after
plastic surgery ) whose face changed due to plastic surgery to look exactly like Shekhar and pretends to be him.
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Mahima Chaudhry
Mahima Chaudhry (born Ritu Chaudhry; 13 September 1973), is an Indian actress who primarily works in Hindi films. Chaudhry did a few modelling assignments and television commercials before venturing into films, with the 1997 romantic drama film ' ...
as Sweety S. Singh- Sher Singh's first/legal wife, Tony's mother, Tuktuk's stepmother, Nisha's rival
*
Raveena Tandon
Raveena Tandon (born 26 October 1972) is an Indian actress primarily known for her work in Hindi films. Considered as one of the leading actresses of the 1990s and early 2000s, Tandon is a recipient of several awards, including a National Film ...
as Nisha S. Singh- Sher Singh's second/illegitimate wife, Tuktuk's mother, Tony's stepmother, Sweety's rival
*
Satish Shah
Satish Ravilal Shah is an Indian actor. He is best known for his comic roles in films like '' Jaane Bhi Do Yaaro'' (1983), '' Yeh Jo Hai Zindagi'' (1984), '' Sarabhai vs Sarabhai'' (2004), '' Main Hoon Na'' (2004), ''Kal Ho Naa Ho'' (2003), '' ...
as Chelaramani
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Shweta Menon
Shwetha Menon (born 23 April 1974) is an Indian actress, model, television anchor and beauty pageant titleholder. She has won '' Femina Miss India Asia Pacific 1994''. She has predominantly acted in Malayalam and Hindi language films, besides ap ...
as Maggie- Sher Singh's Servant/Dancer
*
Mushtaq Khan
Mushtaq Khan (born December 31, 1959) is an Indian film and television actor and comedian who has worked in several Bollywood, Hindi films in a career spanning three decades. He is best known for his roles in films like ''Hum Hain Rahi Pyar Ke ...
as Popatlal
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Reema Lagoo
Reema Lagoo (born Nayan Bhadbhade; 21 June 1958 – 18 May 2017) was an Indian theatre and screen actress known for her work in Hindi and Marathi cinema. She began her acting career in the Marathi theatre, after which she became a household na ...
as Mrs. Singh- Sher Singh's mother
*
Kiran Kumar
Kiran Kumar (born Deepak Dhar; 20 October 1953) is an Indian screen and theatre actor. He has worked in numerous Hindi, Bhojpuri and Gujarati television and film productions. His latest work in drama is ''Charlie 2''.
Personal life
Kumar come ...
as Balbir Singh
*
Mohnish Behl
Mohnish Bahl (born 14 August 1961) is an Indian actor working in the Indian film industry and on Indian television.
Career
Mohnish Bahl debuted with the film ''Bekarar'' in a supporting role opposite Padmini Kolhapure and Sanjay Dutt but the fi ...
as Inspector Pange
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Anant Mahadevan
Ananth Narayan Mahadevan (born 28 August 1950) is an Indian film director, screenwriter, and an actor.
Career
Anant along with Sanjay Pawar received the National Award (2010) for the Best Screenplay and Dialogues for the successful Marathi ...
as Mr. Rao
*
Anang Desai
Anang Desai (born 4 May 1953) is an Indian film and television actor. Desai has appeared in more than 100 television shows and 70 films, known for his portrayal of the character Babuji in the television series Khichdi and its eponymous film. H ...
as Plastic Surgeon
*
Shammi Kapoor
Shammi Kapoor (born Shamsher Raj Kapoor; (pronounced Help:IPA/Hindi and Urdu, �ʌmːi kʌpuːɾ 21 October 1931 – 14 August 2011) was an Indian actor known for his work in Hindi cinema. Kapoor is considered one of the greatest and most s ...
as Swami Trilokanan- A pandit who gives solutions to Sher Singh to tackle his problem, who also tells that soon he will marry two women at the same year.
*
Rajendranath Zutshi
Rajendranath Zutshi (born 4 February 1961) is an Indian film and television actor.
Personal life
Zutshi was born on 4 February 1961 in Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir, India into a Kashmiri Pandit family. Raj Zutshi is a grandson of Dina Nath Zu ...
as the original Vicky who wants to marry Nisha
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Sucheta Khanna
Sucheta Khanna is an Indian TV and film actress. She has worked in detective serial ''Karamchand'' (2007) and then in '' Hari Mirchi Lal Mirchi'' a comedy serial telecast by DD National. She played the role of Indumati in the Sony SAB comedy s ...
as film actress
Music
#Bahut Chalu Hai Saala -
Sonu Nigam
Sonu Nigam (born 30 July 1973) is an Indian playback singer, music director, dubbing artist and actor. He is one of the most versatile singers and widest vocal ranges in the history of Indian music. His songs vary from romantic to break-up, cla ...
,
Hema Sardesai
Hema Sardesai is an Indian playback singer and lyricist based in Goa, India. Born in Bombay, Maharashtra, she shot to fame in 1997 with songs from movies like '' Sapnay'', ''Biwi No.1'' and '' Jaanam Samjha Karo''.
Early life
Hema Sardesai w ...
, Govinda
#Bangal Ka Rasgulla -
Vinod Rathod
Vinod Rathod (born 12 September 1962) is an Indian playback singer and dubbing voice actor who primarily sings in Hindi language films. Rathod is the son of late classical musician, Pandit Chaturbhuj Rathod.
Music career
His career started w ...
,
Jaspinder Narula
Jaspinder Narula (born 14 November 1970) is an Indian singer of playback, classical and Sufi music. She is known for her work in Hindi and Punjabi cinema.
She shot to fame after the duet "Pyaar To Hona Hi Tha" with Remo Fernandes from the 19 ...
#Bedhadak -
Sudesh Bhosle
Sudesh Bhosale (born 1 July 1960) is an Indian playback singer who primarily sings for Marathi and Bollywood films. Bhosale is known for his ability to mimic actor Amitabh Bachchan, having sung for him in various films.
Career
Bhosale was bo ...
, Jaspinder Narula
#Ek Chumma De Do - Jaspinder Narula,
Udit Narayan
Udit Narayan Jha (born 1 December 1955) is an Nepali and Indian playback singer whose songs have been featured mainly in Hindi cinema, Hindi films. He has also sung in various other languages including Telugu language, Telugu, Kannada, Tamil ...
#Gabbroo -
Alka Yagnik
Alka Yagnik (born 20 March 1966) is an Indian playback singer who works predominantly in Hindi cinema. One of the most prominent singers of 1990s era Bollywood, she has received several accolades, including two National Film Awards, two Ben ...
, Hema Sardesai
#Hum Tum Hai Tanhai Hai -
Sonu Nigam
Sonu Nigam (born 30 July 1973) is an Indian playback singer, music director, dubbing artist and actor. He is one of the most versatile singers and widest vocal ranges in the history of Indian music. His songs vary from romantic to break-up, cla ...
,
Asha Bhosle
Asha Bhosle (; ; born 8 September 1933) is an Indian playback singer, entrepreneur, actress and television personality who predominantly works in Indian cinema. Known for her versatility, she has been described in the media as one of the ...
#Sayonee -
Sonu Kakkar
Sonu Kakkar is an Indian playback singer, songwriter and television personality. She is the elder sister of Bollywood singers, Neha Kakkar and Tony Kakkar. Sonu Kakkar was born in Rishikesh on October 20, 1979 in Uttarakhand. One of her most po ...
, Sukwinder Singh
#Zahreela Gussa - Sonu Nigam
References
External links
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{{Anees Bazmee
2000s Hindi-language films
2006 films
Films scored by Aadesh Shrivastava
Films scored by Sandeep Chowta
Films scored by Sukhwinder Singh
2006 comedy films
Indian comedy films
Films directed by Anees Bazmee
Hindi films remade in other languages
Hindi-language comedy films