Jaane Bhi Do Yaaro

Jaane Bhi Do Yaaro
Film poster
Directed byKundan Shah
Written byRanjit Kapoor
Satish Kaushik
Screenplay bySudhir Mishra
Kundan Shah
Story bySudhir Mishra
Kundan Shah
Produced byNFDC
Starring
CinematographyBinod Pradhan
Edited byRenu Saluja
Music byVanraj Bhatia
Production
company
Distributed byUltra Media & Entertainment
Release dates
  • 12 August 1983 (1983-08-12)
[1]
2 November 2012[2]
Running time
132 min
CountryIndia
LanguageHindi
Budget 8-9 lakh[3]

Jaane Bhi Do Yaaro (transl. Let It Go, Mates) is a 1983 Indian Hindi-language satirical black comedy film directed by Kundan Shah and produced by NFDC. It is a dark satire on the rampant corruption in Indian politics, bureaucracy, news media and business, and stars an ensemble cast including Naseeruddin Shah, Ravi Baswani, Om Puri, Pankaj Kapur, Satish Shah, Satish Kaushik, Bhakti Barve and Neena Gupta.[4][5]

Kundan Shah won the 1984 Indira Gandhi Award for Best Debut Film of a Director for his work. The film was part of the NFDC Retrospective at India International Film Festival in 2006.[6]

  1. ^ "Jaane Bhi Do Yaaro Movie". Times of India. Retrieved 1 August 2018.
  2. ^ "Re-release of Jaane Bhi Do Yaaro historic moment: Kundan Shah". Firstpost. Retrieved 1 August 2018.
  3. ^ "RARE PIX: The Making of Jaane Bhi Do Yaaro - Rediff.com Movies". Rediff.com. 1 November 2012. Retrieved 23 October 2013.
  4. ^ "ANALYSIS: On-screen journos". Screen. 3 September 2004.
  5. ^ "Cinemascoop". The Tribune. 20 February 2005.
  6. ^ Jaane Bhi Do Yaaron (Who Pays the Piper) Archived 23 February 2009 at the Wayback Machine India International Film Festival Official website.