Bollywood comedies are normally associated with slapstick and nonsense especially in recent times, but there were times when such comedies were made which make us laugh even today. Gulzar who teamed with Sanjeev Kumar earlier in AANDHI(1975), MAUSAM(1975) and several films teamed with him back in one of the best comedies. The film is based on Shakespeare's Comedy of Errors and is a laugh riot, even Shakespeare is given a big homage. The film is one of the most confusing film about mistaken identities. Something done to death recently by Priyadarshan and DD but none can achieve what Gulzar achieved. The film makes you fall down laughing but never looking OTT.
The film starts off with the twins getting separated in a tragic incident and then the comedy starts off, the characters are all well written, though some things are not explained like what job the other 2 Sanjeev and Deven do, it's not too clear, also whatever happened to the 1 lakh in the end? But lets forget such stuff as the film promises comedy but doesn't insult your intelligence.
Direction by Gulzar is topnotch Music by RD Burman is okay in minimal doses, only 1 song makes it to the film Roz Roz Daali Daali by his wife Asha Bhosle and it's superb Editing is superb, with a few glitches when the double roles meet which is pardonable for its a 1982 film, The length of 2 hours is superb
Sanjeev Kumar proves yet again why he is one of the best actors Bollywood had, His every gesture, his every voice intonation, every scene will leave you laughing hard, the best part is he never tries too hard, he gives both roles a distinct identity Deven Verma makes a perfect combo with him and he is simply fabulous, this is one of his finest works, for which he got the best comedian award Moushami Chattergee is fantastic in her role, Deepti Naval is good too while Aruna Irani is fab Amongst rest Utpal Dutt and Shammi are good in their brief roles C.S.Dubey is fab, the others are fab too
The film starts off with the twins getting separated in a tragic incident and then the comedy starts off, the characters are all well written, though some things are not explained like what job the other 2 Sanjeev and Deven do, it's not too clear, also whatever happened to the 1 lakh in the end? But lets forget such stuff as the film promises comedy but doesn't insult your intelligence.
Direction by Gulzar is topnotch Music by RD Burman is okay in minimal doses, only 1 song makes it to the film Roz Roz Daali Daali by his wife Asha Bhosle and it's superb Editing is superb, with a few glitches when the double roles meet which is pardonable for its a 1982 film, The length of 2 hours is superb
Sanjeev Kumar proves yet again why he is one of the best actors Bollywood had, His every gesture, his every voice intonation, every scene will leave you laughing hard, the best part is he never tries too hard, he gives both roles a distinct identity Deven Verma makes a perfect combo with him and he is simply fabulous, this is one of his finest works, for which he got the best comedian award Moushami Chattergee is fantastic in her role, Deepti Naval is good too while Aruna Irani is fab Amongst rest Utpal Dutt and Shammi are good in their brief roles C.S.Dubey is fab, the others are fab too