Overview
A hilarious dive into the chaos of crime and corruption in Bombay's real estate world.
Ember's analysis
- Pacing
- Brisk
- Intensity
- Strong
- Complexity
- Layered
- Violence
- Moderate
- irreverent
- sardonic
- frantic
- movie night
- group viewing
What critics said
Critics broadly regard the film as a sharply funny and enduringly relevant satire of corruption, intolerance, and political hypocrisy.
What sets it apart
May contain story progression spoilers
The photographers become entangled in bribery, real-estate manipulation, and the concealment of a builder's murder.
The celebrated Mahabharata stage sequence transforms a mythic courtroom-like conflict into political and theatrical satire.
Vinod and Sudhir struggle to establish a photo studio while navigating Bombay's builder-politician nexus.
The protagonists' amateur investigation repeatedly turns deadly circumstances into chaotic, darkly humorous set pieces.
Films like Jaane Bhi Do Yaaro, and why
Khosla Ka Ghosla
shared black comedy, corruption satire, and escalating criminal farce
Peepli Live
shared sharp social satire, comic ineptitude, and critique of institutional corruption
The Death of Stalin
shared ensemble farce, political absurdity, and darkly comic social observation
Movie Details
- Director
- Kundan Shah
- Release Date
- 1983-08-12
- Runtime
- 132 min
- Rating
- 7.1 / 10 (70)
Cast
- Naseeruddin Shah
- Ravi Baswani
- Bhakti Barve
- Satish Shah
- Om Puri
- Satish Kaushik
- Pankaj Kapur
- Deepak Qazir
- Rajesh Puri
- Neena Gupta
Common questions
- What is Jaane Bhi Do Yaaro about?
- Two struggling Bombay photographers stumble into a murder tied to real-estate corruption and survive by turning institutional chaos into outrageous black comedy.
- What is Jaane Bhi Do Yaaro like to watch?
- Ember's analysis rates the pacing of Jaane Bhi Do Yaaro as brisk, its intensity as strong and its storytelling as layered.
- Is Jaane Bhi Do Yaaro violent?
- Somewhat. Ember rates the violence in Jaane Bhi Do Yaaro as moderate.
- What did critics think of Jaane Bhi Do Yaaro?
- Critics broadly regard the film as a sharply funny and enduringly relevant satire of corruption, intolerance, and political hypocrisy.
- Which films are like Jaane Bhi Do Yaaro?
- Films with a similar feel include Khosla Ka Ghosla, Peepli Live, and The Death of Stalin.
- How long is Jaane Bhi Do Yaaro?
- Jaane Bhi Do Yaaro runs 132 minutes.
