A caper so loved and quoted, Kundan Shah's first-time effort is also regarded as his most-heralded contribution to cinema. Even after all these years, the scrumptious satire hasn't lost an ounce of its wit or relevance to time.

Against Vanraj Bhatia's curious theme, a bumbling duo of wannabe photographers, Vinod and Sudhir, christened after Shah's assistants -- Vidhu Vinod Chopra and Sudhir Mishra, investigate a conspiracy theory only to realise they are being taken for a ride, leading them into a hilarious chase that wraps up into a on-stage grand finale of side-splitting proportions after which Mahabharata can never be the same again.

Budget be damned, Jaane Bhi Do Yaroon held its own, largely because of its fine cast. Be it the palpable fellowship between an amorous Naseeruddin Shah and goofy Ravi Baswani, Om Puri's delectable drunken tantrums or Pankaj Kapur's tittering take on amorality.

Further amusement follows in the form of Satish Kaushik and Neena Gupta's prickly banter, Deepak Qazir's ode to Mumbai's gutters and a hawk-eyed opportunist Bhakti Barve caught amidst it all. There's no way we cannot mention Satish Shah now, is there? The man makes playing dead so good.

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