I had hard a lot about 'Jaane Bhi Do Yaaro' and Kundan Shah happens to be one of my favourite Indian directors. Moreover the cast included first rate actors. Thus, I was quite excited. Now the film does look quite dated at times and some of the jokes feel a little old but things get funnier as the story moves along. Many seem to have been impressed by the in-your-face slapstick humour which is abundant in 'Jaane Bhi Do Yaaro' but what made this a better comedy for me was the underlying satire regarding the cynicism of corruption in India. Corruption has become just as frequent as the summer sun shining over the equator. It's a regular occurrence in the workplace and this movie captures that effectively with a dose of humour. Naseeruddin Shah, Om Puri, Ravi Baswani, Pankaj Kapur, Bhakti Barve and Satish Shah deliver hilarious performances. Kundan Shah's direction is fluid and, along with Sudhir Mishra, he's done a very good job in writing. Loosely based on Antonioni's 'Blow Up', ''Jaane Bhi Do Yaaro' has achieved the cult classic status over the years. Even though, in my opinion, it has dated a little, it's still hell of a lot funnier than most Indian comedies of the last ten years.
Review of Jaane Bhi Do Yaaro
