The funniest movie clip ever made.. and a reflection on times gone by

One of the funniest movies ever, and by the way I am not much of a movie person. But Jaane bhi do Yaaron is a classic. This is one of the most slapstick, yet the funniest moments I think ever caught on reel.. Watch the mahabharat scene below. To my English speaking visitors, apologies, but the only way this is funny is in Hindi! Did you know that Naseeruddin Shah was paid only Rs. 15,000 ($300 by today’s prices) for this movie? Also, this movie was not what one would call a hit when it was released in theaters. It was only later that it went out to become perhaps India’s best known comedy cult classics.

This movie is one that takes me back a few years to the time I was growing up in Delhi. It’s a somewhat romantic notion of the place that India was, and I don’t mean to suggest that I have a romantic view of the corruption in India. I am talking more about the simplicity depicted in the movie that of the urban Indian middle class. Though I believe we are making great strides in the country today, I feel like we are leaving behind some of the life that we once had in India – one that was not touched by a multitude of brands of cars, fancy malls or even the omnipresent cell phone even in Delhi. But then maybe I am just be nostalgic. Anyway, enjoyed the clip its hilarious!