Weekend reading – this time from Tehelka – Naseeruddin Shah on the gritty elation of Jaane Bhi Do Yaaro (Tehelka does have a way of putting these things- gritty elation, ok whatever) –
In those days, the titles of films were not identified by abbreviations, we just called it this f-ing film we’re shooting now
And
The script of Jaane Bhi Do Yaaro seemed to have been revealed to Kundan Shah in an inspired moment of transcendental, if not downright hallucinogenic, lunacy. I had never read or seen anything like it at the time, and while I was not absolutely sure that it was even coherent, I itched to have a crack at it.
Totally. Have you not wondered what Kundan Shah was on as he thought up the Mahabharat sequence and the drunk Om Puri talking to the corpse and wheels, and the thhoda khao, thhoda phenko scenes?
And if that is too tame, (coming from Tehelka, i.e.), read Kundan Shah as the joker villian…
I have always loved that movie, and must have seen it about a 100 times already if not less !!!
And Naseeruddin Shah is one of the finest actors that I know of..
Thank you for this post… it was really nice to read about Jaane Bhi Do Yaaron from his perspective…
I love that movie!