Hindi Cinema’s Most Lovable Comical Productions Of All Time

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@FS – i wud list my favourite 10 comedies. at the outset i must say that a golmaal (amol palekar) and chupke chupke do bring a smile to my face but not make me roll in the aisles. even jaane bhi do yaaron wud not have been in my list but the ‘mahabharat’ enactment scene in the climax ‘fulfilled’ that ‘criterion of mine so did the cake scene (in fact many scenes did) but i am more into ‘screamingly funny movies’ not ‘subtle and satirical’ types.

10. pyaar kiye ja – loved mehmood, mumtaz and om prakahs, shashi kapoor and kalpana didnt do much. the ‘film story narration’ scene is a classic and has been copied in many films.

9. welcome – the only akshay kumar film where i laughed but some how i give the entire credit to anees baazmi as all actors were ordinary (including anil kapoor who i found hilarious in no entry)

8. haseena maan jaayegi – govinda is god of comedy. its the only film whose original (pyaar kiye ja) is also in the list. able support from kadar khan, anupam kher, satish kaushik and aroona iraani. but heroines were indifferent.

7. golmaal returns (part 2) – this is a film that i cud die watching one day. and the sceen where i have the heart attack wud be the ‘monologue of a mute man’ where tushaar kapoor comes to inform kareena of arshad’s arrival and she thinks ajay is dead.

6. chalti ka naam gaadi – totally performance based fun. kishore and anoop were both good ashok kumar just about ok.

5. namak halaal – amitabh bachchan carries this film entirely on his shoulder as the director fails to hire any other comic talent (his assitant director the hugely unfunny ram sethi and om prakash in a brief role not counted) . but bachchan refuses to be bogged down and keeps the entire 3 hours long proceeding as screaming as it gets.

4. jaane bhi do yaaron – it is the only socially relevant comedy film i love. usually i like ‘social relevance’ in serious films and want my comedies to be pure fun. to be frank i think only pankaj, om puri and satish shah acted well and rest were average (including leads naseer and ravi vasvani) but the direction was superb and the film has the maximum number of ‘original’ comic scenes.

3. andaz apna apna – this is one film i did not like much on 1st viewing but rpeat viewings made me start liking some scenes and slowly the whole movie. needless to add i find salman hilarious in all scenes but the ‘fight without touching’ with shakti kapoor really takes the cake. and so does his attempt to copy aamir and climb a rope that wasnt tied anywhere at the top.

2. no entry – this one cant be decipeherd. on paper i wud not have found this script least bit funny (there are no funny dialogues and watever are there look like improvisation) but wat u get on screen is hilarious. anil kapoors scene with astrologer in the park, again his scene at the doctor;s clinic, the marriage scene before the doctor scene, the honeymoon confusion right after the doctor scene (those 20 minutes are just too much) climax scene, are all hilarious. come to think of it even fardeen khan has a cpl of funny experssions. salman offcourse dominates the climax scenes with mostly ‘improvisations. i find the ‘snake’ scene too much. and off course his dialogue to fardeen – “abbey to sunny ha sunny deol nahin” – if not on paper, can be easly called the greatst piece of improvisation ever.

1. aankhein – u cant list funny sceens of aankhein as almost every single scene is funny. allmost all performances are funny (yes even ritu shivpuri) all dialogues are funny, all improvisations are funny, all dances are funny. sadashiv’s best performance, kadar khan’s best, bindu was funny, ritu and raageshwari were funny, i have always found chunky pandey a good comedian and as for govinda – just RESPECT! he leaves everyone behind. he improvises every single second, amkes you roll on the floor, and before you can recover – he has improvised again.

sadly i cant include any dilip kumar comedies in this list as azaad and kohinoor were not funny at that level and raam aur shyaam was not pure copmedy but more of lost and found drama. but had this list been about best comic performances, raam aur shyaam wud definitely have been very close to the top.

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@FS – for me its not about whether i enjoyed or not – offcourse everyone enjoys golmal and chupke chupke. but they did not make me fall off the chair laughing. thats my creiterion to decide my favourite comedies.

aankhien, no entry, golmal 2 do that to me.