I first watched this film back in the early 90's. i was around 14 or 15 and it tickled me crazy. And since then I have loved it as it continues to entertain on each viewing. The story is really unbelievable and ridiculous, but that exactly is its selling point. To take an inane storyline, over-the-top characters and really unique dialog and make it into a crazy film, that too back in the early 80's.
Few people manage to do it today, that is make an out and out comedy film. A good example more recently would be Andaz Apna Apna that is equally crazy and funny, although I have noticed that there are certain dialogs in AAA that are inspired by BOB. Off the top of my head, I can remember the part in BOB when Gafoor says some poem/couplet (Sher) about angoor and langoor, and Veer Singh asks him how dare he call "memsaab" a langoor. A similar line was used in AAA when Amar dresses up as an old man and takes away Raveena on a horse cart, while Prem runs behind them.
Anyways, I don't much fancy any other of the director's work... except maybe Arjun, which was one of his better works.
Few people manage to do it today, that is make an out and out comedy film. A good example more recently would be Andaz Apna Apna that is equally crazy and funny, although I have noticed that there are certain dialogs in AAA that are inspired by BOB. Off the top of my head, I can remember the part in BOB when Gafoor says some poem/couplet (Sher) about angoor and langoor, and Veer Singh asks him how dare he call "memsaab" a langoor. A similar line was used in AAA when Amar dresses up as an old man and takes away Raveena on a horse cart, while Prem runs behind them.
Anyways, I don't much fancy any other of the director's work... except maybe Arjun, which was one of his better works.