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Jaane Bhi Do Yaaro (1983)

143 min  -  Comedy | Drama  -   12 August 1983 (India)
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Two friends, attempting to start-up their own photo studio, come across shady dealings, corruption and murder, and must fight to bring the guilty to light.

Director:

Kundan Shah

Writers:

Ranjit Kapoor (dialogue), Satish Kaushik (dialogue), and 4 more credits »
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Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Naseeruddin Shah ...
Ravi Baswani Ravi Baswani ...
Sudhir Mishra
Satish Shah Satish Shah ...
Municipal Commissioner D'Mello
Om Puri ...
Ahuja
Pankaj Kapur Pankaj Kapur ...
Tarneja
Satish Kaushik ...
Ashok
Neena Gupta Neena Gupta ...
Priya
Deepak Qazir Deepak Qazir ...
Asst. Mun. Comm. Srivastav
Rajesh Puri Rajesh Puri ...
Kamdar
Zafar Sanjari Zafar Sanjari
Uday Chandra Uday Chandra
Harshad Gandhi Harshad Gandhi
Jaspal Sandhu Jaspal Sandhu
Anil Chaudhary Anil Chaudhary
Ajay Wadhavkar Ajay Wadhavkar
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Storyline

Vinod (Naseeruddin Shah) and Sudhir (Ravi Vaswani) are two professional photographers trying to start a photo studio. The first real assignment that they get, from the activist magazine Khabardar (literally meaning beware), draws them into the shady world of Bombay real estate. They discover that one of the biggest builders in Bombay, Tarneja, is trying to bribe Municipal Commissioner D'Mello (Satish Shah) into giving him a bridge contract. Meanwhile D'Mello is negotiating with Tarneja's arch rival Ahuja (Om Puri). The contract is finally awarded to a third person. By chance Vinod and Sudhir find out that Tarneja has murdered D'Mello... Written by <bagchi@jhu.edu>  

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Corpse | Builder | Photo Studio | Photograph | Rival  | See more »

Genres:

Comedy | Drama

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Country:

India

Language:

Hindi

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Mono

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Trivia

There is a reference by Vinod (Naseeruddin Shah) early in the movie, to borrowing money from Kundan Shah. Kundan Shah is the name of the director. This is a reference to the money borrowed (or lent to them) by NFDC (National Film Development Corporation). The movie was the winning entry of a Script writing contest, organized by NFDC. It ultimately ended up costing more than the sanctioned amount of Rs.700,000. See more »

Quotes

Ashok: You didn't listen to our conversation, did you?
Vinod Chopra: What?
Ashok: You didn't listen to our conversation, right?
Vinod Chopra: What?
Ashok: Aaaahh... Are You deaf?
Vinod Chopra: Yes, indeed!
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Connections

References Blow-Up (1966) See more »