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Jaane Bhi Do Yaaro

  • 1983
  • Not Rated
  • 2h 12m
IMDb RATING
8.3/10
14K
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Ravi Baswani, Bhakti Barve, Neena Gupta, Pankaj Kapur, Satish Kaushik, Om Puri, Naseeruddin Shah, and Satish Shah in Jaane Bhi Do Yaaro (1983)
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.
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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.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.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
    • Satish Kaushik
    • Sudhir Mishra
  • Stars
    • Naseeruddin Shah
    • Ravi Baswani
    • Bhakti Barve
  • See production, box office & company info
  • IMDb RATING
    8.3/10
    14K
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Kundan Shah
    • Writers
      • Ranjit Kapoor
      • Satish Kaushik
      • Sudhir Mishra
    • Stars
      • Naseeruddin Shah
      • Ravi Baswani
      • Bhakti Barve
    • 60User reviews
    • 9Critic reviews
  • See more at IMDbPro
    • Awards
      • 2 wins & 3 nominations

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    Om Puri and Naseeruddin Shah in Jaane Bhi Do Yaaro (1983)
    Ravi Baswani and Naseeruddin Shah in Jaane Bhi Do Yaaro (1983)
    Naseeruddin Shah in Jaane Bhi Do Yaaro (1983)
    Jaane Bhi Do Yaaro (1983)
    Ravi Baswani and Bhakti Barve in Jaane Bhi Do Yaaro (1983)
    Satish Kaushik and Naseeruddin Shah in Jaane Bhi Do Yaaro (1983)
    Jaane Bhi Do Yaaro (1983)
    Ravi Baswani and Naseeruddin Shah in Jaane Bhi Do Yaaro (1983)
    Jaane Bhi Do Yaaro (1983)
    Ravi Baswani, Neena Gupta, Om Puri, Naseeruddin Shah, and Satish Shah in Jaane Bhi Do Yaaro (1983)
    Jaane Bhi Do Yaaro (1983)
    Jaane Bhi Do Yaaro (1983)

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    Naseeruddin Shah
    Naseeruddin Shah
    • Vinod Chopra
    Ravi Baswani
    Ravi Baswani
    • Sudhir Mishra
    Bhakti Barve
    Bhakti Barve
    • Shobha Sen
    Satish Shah
    Satish Shah
    • Municipal Commissioner D'Mello
    Om Puri
    Om Puri
    • Ahuja
    Pankaj Kapur
    Pankaj Kapur
    • Tarneja
    • (as Pankaj Kapoor)
    Satish Kaushik
    Satish Kaushik
    • Ashok
    Neena Gupta
    Neena Gupta
    • Priya
    Deepak Qazir
    Deepak Qazir
    • Asst. Mun. Comm. Srivastav
    Rajesh Puri
    Rajesh Puri
    • Kamdar
    Zafar Sanjari
    Ashok Banthia
    Ashok Banthia
    • Reporter
    Uday Chandra
    Uday Chandra
    Harshad Gandhi
    Jaspal Sandhu
    Jaspal Sandhu
    Anil Chaudhary
      Ajay Wadhavkar
      Ajay Wadhavkar
      • Police constable under D'Mello bridge
      • (as Ajay Vadhaokar)
      Arun Khanna
      • Director
        • Kundan Shah
      • Writers
        • Ranjit Kapoor
        • Satish Kaushik
        • Sudhir Mishra
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      • Trivia
        The film was made on such a shoestring budget that Naseeruddin Shah, the most well known actor was paid only Rs 15,000 ($300) for the movie. Naseer also had to bring his own Nikon camera to the shootings to use as a prop for his character, who was a photographer. Towards the end of the shooting, this camera was stolen, which amongst other painful memories of the making of the film, Naseer still reminisces about.
      • Goofs
        When D'Mello's dead body was found under the bridge the eyes were closed. However, when they recover the body again from Ahuja's guest house, the eyes were open. This can't be possible.
      • Quotes

        Municipal Commissioner D'Mello: [while eating a cake] Eat a little, throw a little.

      • Connections
        Referenced in Ek Ruka Hua Faisla (1986)

      User reviews60

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      10/10
      masterpiece
      Quite apart from its social satire, unimaginably ahead of its time for the dour early '80's Delhi, JBDY managed to bring together a slew of talent, Shah(s), Baswani, Kapoor, and of course the inimitable Puri 'Ahuja'. Folks over at NFDC still take the movie apart frame by frame, deconstructing its topical references and attempt to interpolate a social conscience to it. More than its concluding 'Draupadi vastraharan' scene, symbolic of the wretched disrobing of the Indian polity however, the film managed to make me cry out loud with laughter even as an impressionable twelve year old, merely for its slapstick content. This is a movie which gets better with every viewing, and reveals slick, symbolic and subversive undertones worthy of Kundan Shah's maverick vision.
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      • bachman737
      • Apr 29, 2005

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      Details

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      • Release date
        • August 12, 1983 (India)
      • Country of origin
        • India
      • Language
        • Hindi
      • Also known as
        • Оставьте, как есть
      • Production company
        • National Film Development Corporation of India (NFDC)
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      • Runtime
        2 hours 12 minutes
      • Color
        • Color
      • Sound mix
        • Mono
      • Aspect ratio
        • 1.37 : 1

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