''Bade Dilwala'' () is a 1999 Indian

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-language

romance film Romance films or movies involve romantic love stories recorded in visual media for broadcast in theatres or on television that focus on passion, emotion, and the affectionate romantic involvement of the main characters. Typically their journey ...

produced and directed by Shakeel Noorani. The film is a remake of the 1994 Hollywood movie '' It Could Happen to You''. It stars

Sunil Shetty Suniel Shetty (born Sunil V. Shetty; 11 August 1961) is an Indian actor, film producer, television personality and entrepreneur who is predominantly active in Hindi films he has also worked in tamil, Telugu, Malayalam and kannada films. In a ca ...

and

Priya Gill Priya Gill is a former Indian actress. She appeared mainly in Hindi films, along with a film each in Punjabi, Malayalam, Tamil, Bhojpuri and movies in Telugu. She was the second runner-up in Miss India 1995. Film career Gill began her Bollywoo ...

in pivotal roles. It is unrelated to the 1983-released Bollywood film of the same name.

Plot

Police inspector Ram (

) is a man of his word. His wife Manthara (

Archana Puran Singh Archana Puran Singh (born 26 September 1962) is an Indian actress and television personality. She is known for her comedy roles in several Bollywood movies and as a judge in the comedy shows ''The Kapil Sharma Show'' and ''Comedy Circus''. She ...

) is obsessed with money and neglects her family in pursuit of getting rich quick. She forces Ram to buy a lottery ticket and he obliges. When he goes into a restaurant for a snack, he finds that he has no money to tip the waitress Piya (

). He promises her half the money if he ever wins the lottery. And to his surprise, he does! But Manthara is not about to give up half of this windfall so easily and as Ram and Piya come closer to each other, they discover a growing attraction.

Cast

as Police Inspector Ram Prasad *

as Piya Verma *

Paresh Rawal Paresh Rawal (born 30 May 1955) is an Indian actor, comedian, film producer and politician known for his works notably in Hindi films, and Telugu, and a few Gujarati and a few Tamil films. He has appeared in over 240 films and is the recipient ...

as Mannubhai Rajnikant Shroff *

as Manthara, Ram's wife *

Satish Kaushik Satish Chandra Kaushik (born 13 April 1956) is an Indian actor, director, producer, comedian and screenwriter. Early life Satish was born on 13 April 1956 in Mahendragarh, Haryana. He graduated from Kirori Mal College, Delhi in 1972. He is an ...

as Police Inspector Iqbal Shaikh * Ranjeet as Prosecuting Attorney * Raju Srivastava as Actor * Rashid Khan as Sanju Baba * Guddi Maruti as Zarine * Raju Kher as Motilal Bihari *

Sachin Khedekar Sachin Khedekar (born 14 May 1965) is an Indian actor and director known for his work in Hindi, Marathi, Telugu, Tamil, Malayalam and Gujarati language films. His well-known films include '' Kaksparsh'', '' Astitva'' and Shyam Benegal's '' Neta ...

as Narrator

Soundtrack

Reception

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'' wrote, "It’s an elegant film, which works magic by simply moving at a leisurely pace".

References

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*{{IMDb title, id=0286478 1990s Hindi-language films 1999 films Films scored by Aadesh Shrivastava Indian remakes of American films Hindi films remade in other languages