Bollywood running out of jokes???

by **san** » Mon Oct 25, 2004 3:23 pm

Dil Ne Jise Apna Kahaa (bap re bap kya story hain!) and Bride & Prejudice have the sam joke about the sardarji & 3 swimming pools......

by **CtrlAltDel** » Mon Oct 25, 2004 5:00 pm

that reminds me:

Why is the quality of the so-called comedies in indian films so pathetic? in most indian films (any language) comedy usually means: 1) screaming 2) making faces 3) hamming 4) slapping and kicking 5) making fun of diabilities 6) childish slapstick like throwing cakes on each other.

the classy indian comedies are few n far in between. the best ones i have seen are:

Hindi:Hera Pheri (new), Andaz Apna Apna, Golmaal, Naram Garam, Jaane Bhi Do Yaaron, Chupke Chupke, Choti Si Baat, Dulhe Raja

Tamil:

Michael Madan Kamarajan, Tenali, Singaravelan, Avvai Shanmugi, Panchatantram (no coincidence that all above are Kamalhassan films...he's a class act in comedy). When dubbed in Telugu these films lost abt 50% of their comedy coz of bad translation of jokes and lack of equivalent idioms.

Telugu:

a few Rajendraprasad movies from late 80s to early 90s. dont remember any of the titles except for "Aha! Na Pellanta" and "April 1 Vidudala"

Kannada:

Anant Nag films in the "Ganesha" series and "Golmaal" series (few of them are remakes of Rajendraprasad's Telugu films)

if i've forgotten any comedy classics, plz add them here...

by **Sharjeel** » Mon Oct 25, 2004 5:20 pm

Bollywood is not running out of jokes. It is the commercialisation of commercial cinema

. The comedy is gettingrepetitive because the directors or story writers just want to make the film and reel in the money bcuz they know people will flock the theatres to watch a comedy. But, some directors take their comedy 'seriously', and their work shows.

CtrlAltDel wrote:that reminds me:
Hindi:Hera Pheri (new), Andaz Apna Apna, Golmaal, Naram Garam, Jaane Bhi Do Yaaron, Chupke Chupke, Choti Si Baat, Dulhe Raja

GOD!!! That was a superb list. i can only add a few. These are fun all the same:

Pushpak (The silent movie feat. Kamal Hasan), Love Ke Liye Kuchh bhi Karega (it was nice actually), Daud (Had one of the funniest comic sequences in recent times), Chameli Ki Shaadi, Sajan Chale Sasuraal,...

by **CtrlAltDel** » Mon Oct 25, 2004 5:27 pm

Sharjeel wrote:Pushpak (The silent movie feat. Kamal Hasan), Love Ke Liye Kuchh bhi Karega (it was nice actually), Daud (Had one of the funniest comic sequences in recent times), Chameli Ki Shaadi, Sajan Chale Sasuraal,...

shit man! how did i forget to include Pushpak and Chameli Ki Shaadi....???????

personally i found Daud very irritating, silly n boring.... :roll:

"Love KLKB Karega" was good but its original was much better: a film i forgot to include in the Telugu list: "Money" (its sequel "Money Money" was not as funny)

by **Sharjeel** » Mon Oct 25, 2004 5:33 pm

CtrlAltDel wrote:"Love KLKB Karega" was good but its original was much better: a film i forgot to include in the Telugu list: "Money" (its sequel "Money Money" was not as funny)

Will then just have to watch Money, bcuz LKLKBK was quite fun.

Daud was a light movie, quite funny. Problem with Daud was that it was advertised as an action film, and it really fails at action.

by **CtrlAltDel** » Mon Oct 25, 2004 5:40 pm

Sharjeel wrote:Will then just have to watch Money

if u understand telugu, u'll really enjoy Money, esp the role of Paresh Rawal....

by **san** » Mon Oct 25, 2004 6:50 pm

Coolio! Now I know which movies to look for. I would add Hungama to the list. Been a while but remember enjoying it. Liked Munnabhai MBBS too.

by **CtrlAltDel** » Mon Oct 25, 2004 7:01 pm

san wrote:I would add Hungama to the list.

Hungama's not bad at all, but i dont think its belongs to any 'All time Great' list

san wrote:Munnabhai MBBS

a very good light hearted entertainer, but it definitely is not a comedy in sense that the viewer is not left laffing till tears flow or sides ache...u get wat i mean?

by **azazel** » Tue Oct 26, 2004 2:39 am

this should be in Special Interest nai??

neway, here's some more:

Padosan, Bombay To Goa, Katha, Chashme Buddoor.. damn, im forgettin some really good ones..

David Dhawan: Coolie # 1, Haseena Maan Jayegi, Jodi # 1

by **Habitual Perfectionist** » Tue Oct 26, 2004 2:56 am

My additions...

Chupke Chupke, Chalti ka naam gaadi, Half ticket, Namak-Halaal & Amar Akbar Anthony (though these two had more than just comedy, the comedy track still rocked), Chitchor, Satte-Pe-Satta & dunno how everyone missed this - Angoor.

by **The Jackal** » Tue Oct 26, 2004 3:06 am

I thought Dil Chata(?) Hai was good but it doesnt really come under comedy.

by **SimarikSmokin** » Tue Oct 26, 2004 5:17 am

i liked Madoshi with bipasha basu and MY hunny John that was a good movie for copying beautiful mind and face off

by **Alexis** » Tue Oct 26, 2004 5:46 am

Yeah Madhoshi was a pretty good movie.......but this thread is about comedies. Why'd you drag this one in the middle?

by **dethslut** » Tue Oct 26, 2004 6:01 am

rangeela

by **Mayavi Morpheus** » Tue Oct 26, 2004 8:23 am

CtrlAltDel wrote:that reminds me:
Why is the quality of the so-called comedies in indian films so pathetic? in most indian films (any language) comedy usually means: 1) screaming 2) making faces 3) hamming 4) slapping and kicking 5) making fun of diabilities 6) childish slapstick like throwing cakes on each other.

Telugu:
a few Rajendraprasad movies from late 80s to early 90s. dont remember any of the titles except for "Aha! Na Pellanta" and "April 1 Vidudala"

if i've forgotten any comedy classics, plz add them here...

Bollywood doesnt know what comedy is.

Old Hindi (Johny walker et al) and telugu movies (Ramana reddy, Relangi) had good comedy.

In my opinion nothing can beat telugu comedy movies. One has to watch

Manasantha nuvve, Manmadhudu, Nuvvu Naaku Nacchav, Kabaddi kabaddi (rib-tickling adiult comedy) to know what comedy is.

Anyone seen Kabaddi kabaddi?

by **dethslut** » Tue Oct 26, 2004 8:25 am

Mayavi Morpheus wrote:
CtrlAltDel wrote:that reminds me:
Why is the quality of the so-called comedies in indian films so pathetic? in most indian films (any language) comedy usually means: 1) screaming 2) making faces 3) hamming 4) slapping and kicking 5) making fun of diabilities 6) childish slapstick like throwing cakes on each other.

Telugu:
a few Rajendraprasad movies from late 80s to early 90s. dont remember any of the titles except for "Aha! Na Pellanta" and "April 1 Vidudala"

if i've forgotten any comedy classics, plz add them here...

Bollywood doesnt know what comedy is.
Old Hindi (Johny walker et al) and telugu movies (Ramana reddy, Relangi) had good comedy.
In my opinion nothing can beat telugu comedy movies. One has to watch
Manasantha nuvve, Manmadhudu, Nuvvu Naaku Nacchav, Kabaddi kabaddi (rib-tickling adiult comedy) to know what comedy is.
Anyone seen Kabaddi kabaddi?

alright, i ll go get Kabaddi kabaddi

by **CtrlAltDel** » Tue Oct 26, 2004 12:38 pm

Habitual Perfectionist wrote:Satte-Pe-Satta & dunno how everyone missed this - Angoor.

oh my! how did i miss these two.... :shock:

...plus Padosan!

most other Kishore Kumar comedies are very entertaining, but IMO, very childish too, thats why i left them out in my list.

Mayavi Morpheus wrote:Old Hindi (Johny walker et al) and telugu movies (Ramana reddy, Relangi) had good comedy

those days there were good dialog oriented 'intelligent' comedies. sadly these days most comedies rely upon the 6 points i mentioned before. u can also add the veteran Nagesh to the list...his was a special brand of spontaneous humour! in tamil these days Vivek is excellent in the Nagesh school of spontaneous comedy. they dont follow the script and instead improvise their own dialogs n jokes to great effect!

Mayavi Morpheus wrote:Kabaddi kabaddi (rib-tickling adiult comedy)

havent heard of that, but i've seen Bachelors... :twisted:

...sick adult jokes but very entertaining.

by **Mayavi Morpheus** » Tue Oct 26, 2004 12:40 pm

Bachelors

its not even in the category of comedy. Its just an attempt at soft porn.

by **CtrlAltDel** » Tue Oct 26, 2004 1:50 pm

Mayavi Morpheus wrote:Bachelors its not even in the category of comedy. Its just an attempt at soft porn.

it was a sick movie....y'know when i watching it, a group of girls left the hall after the "shoe polishing" sequence in the beginning of the movie... :lol:

by **azazel** » Wed Oct 27, 2004 12:44 am

CtrlAltDel wrote:"shoe polishing" sequence in the beginning of the movie...

plz elaborate..

also, the award for the funniest scene ive seen in a Hindi movie in the last few weeks goes to the rubber-band chase in Shaque :lol:

by **Habitual Perfectionist** » Wed Oct 27, 2004 1:02 am

azazel wrote:
CtrlAltDel wrote:"shoe polishing" sequence in the beginning of the movie...

plz elaborate..

also, the award for the funniest scene ive seen in a Hindi movie in the last few weeks goes to the rubber-band chase in Shaque

Seriously, the funniest scene IMO, in hindi movies would be the climax of Andaz Apna Apna. hilarious dialogues...especially from Paresh Rawal.

by **SimarikSmokin** » Wed Oct 27, 2004 6:02 am

of course mr. pearl of wisdom is here to give 4 page essays on how it was funny

by **Mayavi Morpheus** » Wed Oct 27, 2004 6:34 am

CtrlAltDel wrote:"Love KLKB Karega" was good but its original was much better: a film i forgot to include in the Telugu list: "Money" (its sequel "Money Money" was not as funny)

Money is a remake of a hollywood movie, forgot its name. Danny devito (?) plays paresh rawals role.

Among Hindi comedies, Do aur Do paanch has some good comedy.

And telugu movies, Chiranjeevis 'Chantiabbai' (All jokes copied from Pink Panther) and Venu's(?) second move... forgot its name... has good comedy, copied from Life is beautiful. 'Allari' Naresh's :roll:

Totti gang is reasonably good but the original Saving Silverman is hilarious.

by **Mayavi Morpheus** » Wed Oct 27, 2004 6:46 am

Tauba tauba... no one mentioned 'Jaane bhi do yaaro', Chasme Baddoor and Gol Maal...

by **CtrlAltDel** » Wed Oct 27, 2004 2:12 pm

azazel wrote:
CtrlAltDel wrote:"shoe polishing" sequence in the beginning of the movie...
plz elaborate..

cant do that here. u have to watch the film to appreciate it... :lol:

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