I don't know if this movie is best Indian movie but I also don't know if there is any Indian movie better than this.
(1)This movie has the best casting in Indian movie history including Naseeruddin, Om puri, pankaj kapoor, Ravi Baswani(a surprise and great performance from him), Satish shah, Satish Kaushik, Deepak Qazir(another surprising performer), Bhakti Barve, Rajesh Puri - All at their best. (2)Very few people must have noted the background music. So simple but yet so effective for the movie. Great music!!! . A great usage of song "Hum honge kamyab" also. (3)Arguably the best comedy movie I have ever seen(may be Andaz apna apna is a close contender in Hindi cinema). But this movie is full of memorable scenes that you can even remember the whole movie. Not just comedy it has murder, mystery and some horror also.
Apart from all this the subject of the movie is very very important. It just tells that our legal(law) system itself has the biggest corruption(back then in 1980s & even now) so it is very hard for common men to get justice or to fight against corruption. In fact it may be the case in any country.
This is by far the best black comedy movie I have ever seen.
Truly an Indian Masterpiece!
(1)This movie has the best casting in Indian movie history including Naseeruddin, Om puri, pankaj kapoor, Ravi Baswani(a surprise and great performance from him), Satish shah, Satish Kaushik, Deepak Qazir(another surprising performer), Bhakti Barve, Rajesh Puri - All at their best. (2)Very few people must have noted the background music. So simple but yet so effective for the movie. Great music!!! . A great usage of song "Hum honge kamyab" also. (3)Arguably the best comedy movie I have ever seen(may be Andaz apna apna is a close contender in Hindi cinema). But this movie is full of memorable scenes that you can even remember the whole movie. Not just comedy it has murder, mystery and some horror also.
Apart from all this the subject of the movie is very very important. It just tells that our legal(law) system itself has the biggest corruption(back then in 1980s & even now) so it is very hard for common men to get justice or to fight against corruption. In fact it may be the case in any country.
This is by far the best black comedy movie I have ever seen.
Truly an Indian Masterpiece!