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Jaane Bhi Do Yaaro is a indian film of genre Comedy directed by Kundan Shah released in USA on 1 january 1983 with Naseeruddin Shah
Jaane Bhi Do Yaaro (1983)
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Add to a movie listReleased in USA 1 january 1983
Length 2h12
Directed by Kundan Shah
OriginInde
Themes Films about writers, Films about journalists, Films about music and musicians, Politique, Musical films, Political films, Bollywood
Rating82%
Jaane Bhi Do Yaaro (Devnagari: जाने भी दो यारों, English: Just Let It Go, Friends) is a 1983 Hindi comedy film directed by Kundan Shah and produced by NFDC. It is a dark satire on the rampant corruption in Indian politics, bureaucracy, news media and business, and stars an ensemble cast that includes the likes of Naseeruddin Shah, Ravi Baswani, Om Puri, Pankaj Kapur, Satish Shah, Satish Kaushik, Bhakti Barve and Neena Gupta.
Kundan Shah won the 1984 Indira Gandhi Award for Best First Film of a Director for his work. 'Indiatimes Movies' ranks the film amongst the 'Top 25 Must See Bollywood Films'. The film was part of the NFDC Retrospective at India International Film Festival in 2006
Synopsis
Professional photographers Vinod Chopra(Naseeruddin Shah) and Sudhir Mishra (Ravi Baswani) open a photo studio in the prestigious Haji Ali area in Mumbai, and hope to make enough money to keep it running. After a disastrous start, they are given some work by the editor of "Khabardar", a publication that exposes the scandalous lives of the rich and the famous. They accept it and start working with the editor, Shobha Sen (Bhakti Barve), on a story exposing the dealings between an unscrupulous builder, Tarneja (Pankaj Kapoor), and corrupt Municipal Commissioner D'Mello (Satish Shah). During their investigation, they find out that another builder Ahuja (Om Puri) too is involved in this dealing.Actors
Naseeruddin Shah
(Vinod Chopra)
Ravi Baswani
(Sudhir Mishra)
Om Puri
(Ahuja)
Pankaj Kapur
(Tarneja)
Satish Shah
(D'Mello)
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