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| director = [[Kundan Shah]]
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| writer = Ranjit Kapoor<br />[[Satish Kaushik]]<br />
| screenplay = [[Sudhir Mishra]]<br />[[Kundan Shah]]
| story = [[Sudhir Mishra]]<br />[[Kundan Shah]]
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'''''Jaane Bhi Do Yaaro''''' ({{translation|Just Let It Go, FriendsMates}}) is a 1983 Indian [[Hindi]]-language [[satire (film and television)|satirical]] [[black comedy]] film directed by [[Kundan Shah]] and produced by [[National Film Development Corporation of India|NFDC]]. It is a dark satire on the rampant corruption in [[India]]nIndian politics, bureaucracy, news media and business, and stars an ensemble cast including [[Naseeruddin Shah]], [[Ravi Baswani]], [[Om Puri]], [[Pankaj Kapur]], [[Satish Shah]], [[Satish Kaushik]], [[Bhakti Barve]] and [[Neena Gupta]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.screenindia.com/old/fullstory.php?content_id=8959|title=ANALYSIS: On-screen journos|date=3 September 2004|publisher=Screen}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.tribuneindia.com/2005/20050220/spectrum/main5.htm|title=Cinemascoop|date=20 February 2005|work=The Tribune}}</ref>
 
Kundan Shah won the 1984 [[Indira Gandhi Award for Best Debut Film of a Director]] for his work. The film was part of the [[National Film Development Corporation of India|NFDC]] Retrospective at [[India International Film Festival]] in 2006.<ref>[http://www.iffigoa.org/iffi2006/retro-films-det_aid_179_cid_10.php Jaane Bhi Do Yaaron (Who Pays the Piper)] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090223193847/http://www.iffigoa.org/iffi2006/retro-films-det_aid_179_cid_10.php |date=23 February 2009 }} [[India International Film Festival]] Official website.</ref>
 
==Plot==
Professional photographers Vinod Chopra ([[Naseeruddin Shah]]) and Sudhir Mishra ([[Ravi Baswani]]) open a photo studio in the prestigious [[Haji Ali]] area in Bombay, 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]]) who is Tarneja's business rival is also involved in this dealing to get a contract for building 4 flyovers from D'Mello.
 
While working on their story, Sudhir and Vinod decide to enter a photography contest that carries prize money of Rs. 5000/-, and take a number of photographs all over the city. On developing their pictures, in one of the photographs, they see a man shooting someone and when they enlarged that part of the photo, they realize that the killer is none other than Tarneja. They immediately return to the scene of the crime and find the body lying behind the bushes. Before the duo can get to the body, it disappears, but they manage to retrieve one of a pair of gold cuff links. Sometime later, they attend the inauguration of a bridge dedicated to the memory of late Municipal Commissioner D'Mello who is supposed to have died of a terminal disease. There they discover the other cuff link. They return at night and dig up the area and unearth a coffin containing the dead body of D'Mello.▼
 
[[Image:Jaane Bhi Do Yaaro - 1983 - Draupadi Cheer Haran Scene.png|thumb|200px|left|The Mahabharata scene is considered to be one of the major highlights of the film, and has been praised for its humour.<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=wdVHFs8WjwEC&q=Jaane+Bhi+Do+Yaaro:+Seriously+Funny+Since+1983,|title=Jaane Bhee Do Yaaro: Seriously Funny since 1983|last=Singh|first=Jai Arjun|publisher=HarperCollins Publishers|year=2012|isbn=9789350292785}}</ref>]]
Professional photographers Vinod Chopra and Sudhir Mishra open a photo studio in the prestigious [[Haji Ali]] area in Bombay. After a disastrous start, they are given some work by Shobha Sen, the editor of ''Khabardar'' ({{translation|''Beware''}}, a pun on ''khabar'' meaning news), a publication that exposes the scandalous lives of the rich and the famous. Impressed with their work, Shobha hires them for a story about the connection between the Municipal Commissioner D'Mello and Tarneja, a builder. They find Tarneja and his business rival Ahuja working together to bribe D'Mello in order to win the contracts for construction of four fly-overs. Shobha asks the two photographers to create a rift between Tarneja and Ahuja. Vinod, impersonating [[Albert Pinto Ko Gussa Kyoon Aata Hai|Albert Pinto]], leads Tarneja to believe that Ahuja, with Shobha's assistance, is trying to cheat him. Tarneja and Ahuja fight until Tarneja's secretary Priya arrives with Assistant Municipal Commissioner Srivastav and tells them that D'Mello has given the contracts to neither Tarneja nor Ahuja but to someone else.
 
▲While working on their storyMeanwhile, Sudhir and Vinod decide to enter a photography contest that carries prize money ofpromising Rs. 5000/-, and take a number of photographsphotos all over the city. On developing their pictures, inIn one of the photographsphotos, they see a man shooting someone and whenafter theyenlarging enlarged that part of the photoit, they realize that the killer is none other than Tarneja. They immediately return to the scenepark ofwhere they shot that photo and eventually find out the crime andscene. They find the body lying behind the bushes. Beforebut before the duo can get to the body, it disappears, but they manage to retrieve one of a pair of gold cuff links. Sometime later, they attend the inauguration of a bridge dedicated to the memory of late Municipal Commissioner D'Mello who is supposed to have died of a terminal disease. There they discover the other cuff link. They return at night and dig up the area and unearth a coffin containing the dead body of D'Mello.
They take several photographs of the corpse, and wheel it with them with the hopes of exposing Tarneja. However, the body disappears and they lie to Shobha saying that the body is hidden safely with them. Shobha, in turn, starts blackmailing Tarneja. He invites her, Vinod and Sudhir for dinner and plants a time bomb to kill them. Unfortunately, the bomb explodes prematurely and the trio escapes.
 
Sometime later, Srivastav has become the new commissioner. Tarneja has built a fly-over, dedicating it to the memory of late D'Mello, who he says died of a terminal disease. Vinod and Sudhir attend the inauguration of the fly-over and discover the other cuff link there. They return at night and dig up the area and unearth a coffin containing the dead body of D'Mello. They take several photos but lose the corpse again. Shobha starts blackmailing Tarneja with the photos. He invites her, Vinod and Sudhir for dinner and plants a time bomb to kill them. The bomb explodes after the three escape. They later find out from the news that the fly-over built in the memory of D'Mello collapsed and the police suspect sabotage from Vinod and Sudhir. The duo learn about Shobha's blackmail and disassociate from her.
Vinod and Sudhir find out that the body is with Tarneja's rival, Ahuja who had, in an inebriated condition, carried the coffin to his farmhouse. They steal the corpse but not before Tarneja, Ahuja, the new Municipal Commissioner Srivastav, Shobha and others also get involved resulting in a series of comic mix-ups.▼
 
▲Vinod and Sudhir find out that the body is with Tarneja's rival, Ahuja who had, in an inebriated condition, carried the coffin to his farmhouse. They steal the corpse but not before Tarneja, Ahuja, the new Municipal Commissioner Srivastav, Shobha and others also get involved resulting in a series of comic mix-ups.
The climax is set upon a stage dramatization of the [[Mahabharata]], particularly the enactment of the [[Draupadi#Draupadi's Cheer-Haran|''Draupadi Cheer-Haran'']] episode, which is turned on its head with the duo and the group following them inserting themselves into the scene. The iconic sequence also includes a scene from the ill-fated romance of [[Jahangir|Salim]] and [[Anarkali]] with the corpse playing Anarkali.
 
In the end, the police arrive and Vinod and Sudhir present their evidence to the police officer. Srivastava,Tarneja being the Assistant Municipal Commissioner, tells the officerthreatens to wait a few minutes before arresting Tarneja. Tarneja tellstake Ahuja and, Shobha thatand ifSrivastav hedown goeswith tohim. jail,Srivastav hebrokers woulda makedeal surebetween thatthe theirfour malpracticesof are also exposedthem. InHe aframes twist ending, they all come to an agreementVinod and SrivastavaSudhir manages to pin the murder of Commissioner D'Mello andfor the collapse of the bridge, onjailing Vinodthe and Sudhirtwo. In the final scene, Vinod and Sudhir are shown several months/years later released from prison,. stillStill in their prison clothes., They turn to the camera andthey make a symbolic cut-throat gesture, signifying the death of justice and truth.
 
== Cast ==
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* [[Ravi Baswani]] as Sudhir Mishra
* [[Om Puri]] as Ahuja, a corrupt contractor
* [[Pankaj Kapur]] as Tarneja, a corrupt contractor who murders the Municipal CommissionerD'Mello
* [[Satish Shah]] as D'Mello, Municipal Commissioner
* [[Bhakti Barve]] as Shobha Sen, editor of the "Khabardar" magazine (Dubbingvoice dubbed by [[Anita Kanwar]])
* [[Rajesh Puri]] as Kamdar, assistant editor of the magazine "Khabardar" magazine
* [[Satish Kaushik]] as Ashok Namboodirippad, Tarneja's assistant
* [[Neena Gupta]] as Priya, Tarneja's Secretarysecretary
* [[Deepak Qazir]] as Srivastav, Assistant Municipal Commissioner
* [[Zafar Sanjari]]
* [[Ashok Banthia]] as ReporterNews correspondent
* [[Vidhu Vinod Chopra]] as theater actor playing [[Dushasana]]
* [[Anupam Kher]]. as voiceover for Architect Tulyaani at construction site
* [[Ajay Wadhavkar]], as [[Police Constable]] under the bridge
 
== Reception ==
The film was not immediately successful at the box office when released, but was eventually regarded as a [[cult classic]], which is reflected in a recent comment by [[Indian Express]] that the film's high recall value even after 37 years, is due to "it(s) superb satirical depiction of the essential, timeless, human condition: supreme self-interest versus some moral/ethical anchor. What made the depiction particularly powerful was its setting: India of the early '80s".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.indianexpress.com/story-print/653804/ |title=The tragic comedy of the '80s |work=The Indian Express|date=30 July 2010 |access-date=2 October 2012}}</ref>
 
==Re-release==
A digitally restored print of the film was released on 2 November 2012 at selected theaters.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/jaane-bhi-do-yaaro-rereleases/1/227229.html |title=Cult classic Jaane Bhi Do Yaaro to tickle your funny bone again, re-releases today : Bollywood, News - India Today |publisher=Indiatoday.intoday.in |date=2 November 2012 |access-date=23 October 2013}}</ref> The film opened to an enthusiastic welcome from the media.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dnaindia.com/entertainment/review_review-jaane-bhi-do-yaaro-is-the-best-film-of-the-year_1759825 |title=Review: Jaane Bhi Do Yaaro is the best film of the year - Entertainment - DNA |publisher=Dnaindia.com |date=3 November 2012 |access-date=23 October 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://ibnlive.in.com/news/jaane-bhi-do-yaaro-review-why-the-angry-brand-of-heroism-is-still-relevant/303501-8-66.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121105051126/http://ibnlive.in.com/news/jaane-bhi-do-yaaro-review-why-the-angry-brand-of-heroism-is-still-relevant/303501-8-66.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=5 November 2012 |title='Jaane Bhi Do Yaaro' Review: Why the angry brand of heroism is still relevant |publisher=Ibnlive.in.com |date=2 November 2012 |access-date=23 October 2013}}</ref> and discerning filmgoers.
 
== Awards ==
* '''[[31st National Film Awards|1984]] :'''
* [[Indira Gandhi Award for Best Debut Film of a Director]]: [[Kundan Shah]]<ref>[http://www.nfdcindia.com/view_film.php?film_id=27&categories_id=3 'Jaane Bhi Do Yaaro' on NFDC website]</ref>
 
*; '''[[32nd Filmfare Awards]]'''<nowiki>:</nowiki>
** '''Won''' [[Filmfare Best Comedian Award]]: [[Ravi Baswani]]
 
** '''Nominations'''
'''Won'''
*** Best Movie
 
*** Best Director - [[Kundan Shah]]▼
*** [[Filmfare Award for Best Performance in a Comic ActorRole|Best Comedian]] -– [[SatishRavi ShahBaswani]]
 
'''Nominated'''
 
* [[Filmfare Award for Best Film|Best Film]] – [[National Film Development Corporation of India]]
* [[Filmfare Award for Best Director|Best Director]] – [[Kundan Shah]]
▲*** Best DirectorComedian -– [[KundanSatish Shah]]
 
== Trivia ==
* [[Blowup|''Blow-Up'']], a 1966 English-language film directed by [[Michelangelo Antonioni]] in which a photographer believes he may have witnessed a murder and unwittingly takes photographs of the killing, was an inspiration for ''Jaane Bhi Do Yaaro''.<ref>{{cite web|date=14 May 2013|title=Director's Perspective... Part I|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1tWPgvHVT5s |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211222/1tWPgvHVT5s |archive-date=2021-12-22 |url-status=live|access-date=9 October 2017|publisher=NFDC(cinemasofindia)}}{{cbignore}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|date=15 November 2012|title=Celebrating 30 Years Of Jaane Bhi Do Yaaro With Filmmaker Kundan Shah At MFCC 2012|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h4Cn5Z93zK4 |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211222/h4Cn5Z93zK4 |archive-date=2021-12-22 |url-status=live|publisher=Comic Con India}}{{cbignore}}</ref> The filmmakers paid homage to ''Blow-Up'' by naming the park in which the murder occurs "Antonioni Park".
* The names of the lead characters – Vinod Chopra and Sudhir Mishra – came from film directors [[Vidhu Vinod Chopra]] and [[Sudhir Mishra]], who were assisting Kundan Shah in the movie.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rediff.com/movies/review/review-jaane-bhi-do-yaaro/20121102.htm |title=Review: Jaane Bhi Do Yaaro: The Five-Star Classic - Rediff.com Movies |work=Rediff.com |date=2 November 2012 |access-date=23 October 2013}}</ref> Sudhir Mishra co-wrote the script and assisted in directing the movie, while Vidhu Vinod Chopra was the production controller of the film.
* Vidhu Vinod Chopra played [[Dushasana]] in the Mahabharata play in the climax of the movie. He also played a photographer in the first half of the film, where a group of journalists interviews Tarneja, played by Pankaj Kapoor.
 
==Further reading==
* ''[http://www.flipkart.com/jaane-bhi-do-yaaro-jai-book-9350290224 Jaane Bhi Do Yaaro: Seriously Funny Since 1983]'', by [[Jai Arjun Singh]]. 2010. Harpercollins India. {{ISBN|978-93-5029-022-4}}.
 
==See also==
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[[Category:1983 films]]
[[Category:1980s Hindi-language films]]
[[Category:1980s Indian films]]
[[Category:Indian black comedy films]]
[[Category:Films about photojournalists]]
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