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{{Infobox television<br />
| name = Dam Dama Dam<br />
| image = <br />
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| genre = [[Comedy]] <br />
| creator = <br />
| writer = M. Salim<br />
| director = Arun Frank<br />
| producer = [[Himesh Reshammiya]]<br />
| starring = [[#Cast|see below]]<br />
| opentheme = <br />
| country = [[India]]<br />
| language = [[Hindi]]<br />
| num_seasons = 1<br />
| num_episodes = <br />
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| camera = [[Multi-camera]]<br />
| runtime = <br />
| channel = [[Zee TV]]<br />
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| first_aired = {{start date|1998}}<br />
| last_aired = <br />
| website = <br />
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'''''Dam Dama Dam''''' is an Indian television show aired in 1998 on [[Zee TV]]. The plot of the show was loosely based on [[William Shakespeare]]'s ''[[Comedy of Errors]]''.<ref>{{cite magazine | url=http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/where-do-serials-get-their-concepts-from/1/264794.html | title=Where do the serials get their concepts from? | magazine=[[India Today]] | date=24 August 1998 | accessdate=27 February 2014}}</ref> The actors [[Shekhar Suman]] and [[Laxmikant Berde]] played the double roles at the start. Later on, the show modified and added the lead actor's twin sons, there by making Suman and Berde play four roles each.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://expressindia.indianexpress.com/ie/daily/19981208/34251844.html |title=Double duplicate |newspaper=[[Indian Express]] |date=8 December 1998 |accessdate=27 February 2014 |author=Sharma, Murli |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140305064644/http://expressindia.indianexpress.com/ie/daily/19981208/34251844.html |archivedate=5 March 2014 }}</ref><br />
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The show was directed by Arun Frank, who later went on to direct the popular show ''Zindagi…Teri Meri Kahani''.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.indiantelevision.org.in/scans/y2k1/bsoct/29.htm | title=Zindagi... Teri Meri Kahani Of marital discord | publisher=IndianTelevision.com | date=28 October 2001 | accessdate=27 February 2014}}</ref> Suman went on to praise the roles he played on the show.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.tribuneindia.com/1999/99may23/sunday/filmtv.htm|title=Best of Shekhar Suman|date=23 May 1999|newspaper=[[The Tribune (Chandigarh)|The Tribune]]|accessdate=27 February 2014}} .The show was produced by Himmesh Reshammiya and the title song was good.</ref><br />
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==Plot==<br />
Two brothers Sarju ([[Shekhar Suman]]) and Birju ([[Laxmikant Berde]]) come to the city in the search for work. Their look-alikes Chichi and Chintoo also live in the city. Things get hilarious and full of confusion every time they cross each other's friends and relatives.<br />
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==Cast==<br />
* [[Shekhar Suman]] as Chichi/Sarju/Sonu/Karan<br />
* [[Laxmikant Berde]] as Chintoo/Birju/Monu/Arjun<br />
* Neelam Sagar<br />
* Jyoti<br />
* Shilpa A. Singh<br />
* [[Bhavana Balsavar]]<br />
* [[Anant Mahadevan]]<br />
* [[Dinesh Hingoo]]<br />
* [[Shobha Khote]]<br />
* [[Dinyar Contractor]]<br />
* [[Raju Shrestha]] as Dance master<br />
* [[Ashiesh Roy]] as Various characters<br />
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==References==<br />
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{{The Comedy of Errors}}<br />
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[[Category:Zee TV original programming]]<br />
[[Category:1998 Indian television series debuts]]<br />
[[Category:Indian comedy television series]]<br />
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