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.
Govinda is an Indian actor, comedian, dancer, singer and politician, who has appeared in more than 165 Hindi-language films. Considered one of the greatest and most culturally significant Indian actors of all time, Govinda is known for his slapstick performances and dancing skills. He has received 12 Filmfare Award nominations and won two Filmfare Special Awards and one Filmfare Award for Best Comedian. In June 1999, he was voted the tenth-greatest star of stage or screen in last thousand years by BBC News Online poll.
Kader Khan was an Indian actor, screenwriter and film producer. As an actor, he appeared in over 300 Bollywood films after his debut in the 1973 film Daag, starring Rajesh Khanna, as a prosecuting attorney. He was a prolific actor and screenwriter in Hindi cinema in the period late 1970s to 90s and wrote dialogues for 200 films. Born in Afghanistan, Khan graduated from Ismail Yusuf College affiliated to Bombay University. Before entering the film industry in the early 1970s, he was a professor of civil engineering in M. H. Saboo Siddik College of Engineering, Mumbai.
David Dhawan is an Indian director of Hindi films. A member of the Dhawan family, he has directed over 42 films. The 1993 action thriller Aankhen and 1999 comedy Biwi No.1 earned him nominations for the Filmfare Award for Best Director. His notable works include Swarg (1990), Shola Aur Shabnam, Bol Radha Bol, Raja Babu (1994), Coolie No.1 (1995), Saajan Chale Sasural (1996), Judwaa, Hero No. 1, Deewana Mastana, Bade Miyan Chote Miyan (1998), Haseena Maan Jaayegi (1999), Dulhan Hum Le Jayenge (2000), Jodi No.1 (2001), Ek Aur Ek Gyarah (2003), Mujhse Shaadi Karogi (2004), Partner (2007), Chashme Baddoor (2013), Main Tera Hero (2014), Judwaa 2 (2017), and Coolie No. 1 (2020).
Jackky Bhagnani is an Indian actor, film producer and entrepreneur. He is the Founder of Indian music label Jjust Music.
Sonakshi Sinha is an Indian actress who works in Hindi films and series. The daughter of actors and politicians Poonam and Shatrughan Sinha, she has appeared in Forbes India's Celebrity 100 list from 2012 to 2017, and in 2019. She is the recipient of several accolades, including one Filmfare Award and two Zee Cine Awards.
Javed Khan Amrohi was an Indian film and television actor. He started his acting career in the theatre in the 1970s and then later in films. He worked in a number of theatrical productions and over 150 films in his career. He made his acting debut with the film Jalte Badan (1973) and then continued to play supporting roles throughout in the 1970s and 1980s, appearing in many films including hits like Satyam Shivam Sundaram, Woh 7 Din, Tridev and Aashiqui.
Vijay Kalyanji Shah is a composer who works in the Indian film industry. His career spans over almost four decades (1985–present). He is the son of Kalyanji Virji Shah, music director from the composer duo Kalyanji–Anandji.
Ganesh Acharya is an Indian choreographer, director and actor who works in Hindi cinema.
Kishore Bhanushali is an Indian actor and stand-up comedian notable for his works in Hindi films and television serials. He has a likeness to late Bollywood actor Dev Anand. He had the main lead in many films like Hum Hain Khalnayak, Jai Maa Karwa Chauth, and also a central role in Ramgarh Ke Sholay.
Ali Abbas Zafar is an Indian film director, producer and screenwriter. He is known for directing Mere Brother Ki Dulhan (2011), Gunday (2014), Sultan (2016), Tiger Zinda Hai (2017), Bharat (2019) and Bade Miyan Chote Miyan (2024).
Jai Hemant Shroff, known professionally as Tiger Shroff, is an Indian actor who works in Hindi films. Born to actors Jackie Shroff and Ayesha Dutt, he made his acting debut with the action romance Heropanti (2014), for which he won the IIFA Award for Star Debut of the Year – Male. Shroff went on to star in the commercially successful action films Baaghi (2016), Baaghi 2 (2018), and War (2019). This was followed by a series of unsuccessful big-budget actions films such as Heropanti 2 (2021), Ganapath (2023) and Bade Miyan Chote Miyan (2024).
Avtar Gill is an Indian actor who appears predominantly in Hindi and Punjabi language 13 films and television serials. He has done many plays with Indian People's Theatre Association Mumbai.
Pooja Entertainment was an Indian production and distribution company established by Vashu Bhagnani in 1986. It is located in Mumbai, Maharastra, India. The company is known for producing the smash comedies: Coolie No. 1 (1995), Hero No. 1 (1997), and Biwi No.1 (1999).
Govinda is an Indian former actor, dancer, comedian and former politician known for his work in Hindi films. Govinda's first film was 1986's Ilzaam, and he has appeared in over 130 films. In June 1999, he was voted the tenth-greatest star of stage or screen in a BBC News Online poll.
Coolie No. 1 is a 2020 Indian Hindi-language comedy masala film directed by David Dhawan and produced by Vashu Bhagnani. A reboot of the 1995 film of the same name, which itself is a remake of the Tamil film Chinna Mapillai (1993), the film stars Varun Dhawan, Sara Ali Khan, and Paresh Rawal. When a matchmaker is insulted by Jeffrey Rozario, a rich businessman, he vows to exact revenge. As a result, he makes a porter pretend to be a rich man and marries him off to Rozario's daughter.
Chandana Dixit is a Bollywood playback singer who started her career as a dubbing artist and later went on to sing popular songs such as "Husn Hain Suhana", "Shahar Ki Ladki" (Rakshak), "Chumma Chumma" (Daanveer), "Tujhe Khaas Fursat" (Auzaar) and "Khul Gaya Naseeb" (Bhai). She has worked with music composers Anand–Milind and Anu Malik. She also recorded the title track of the television series Shagun which aired on Star Plus in the afternoon slot.
Aalia Furniturewala, known by her stage name Alaya F, is an Indian actress who appears in Hindi films. Born into the Bedi family, she is the daughter of actress Pooja Bedi. She made her acting debut in 2020 with the comedy film Jawaani Jaaneman, for which she won the Filmfare Award for Best Female Debut. She has since starred in the thriller Freddy (2022) and the biopic Srikanth (2024).
Deepshikha Deshmukh is an Indian film producer who works in the Hindi cinema industry.
Bade Miyan Chote Miyan is a 2024 Indian Hindi-language science fiction action film directed by Ali Abbas Zafar, who co-produced the film with Jackky Bhagnani, Vashu Bhagnani, Deepshikha Deshmukh and Himanshu Kishan Mehra under Pooja Entertainment and AAZ Films. The film stars Akshay Kumar and Tiger Shroff in the titular roles, alongside Prithviraj Sukumaran, Manushi Chhillar, Alaya F, Sonakshi Sinha and Ronit Roy in pivotal roles. In the film, two former soldiers race against time to save India from an imminent attack orchestrated by a vengeful evil scientist.
