Actor Tom Alter on Thursday compared the recently-released comic entertainer BHK Bhalla@Halla.Kom to the iconic 1983 dark comedy Jaane Bhi Do Yaaro.
“I have seen one of the most amazing films after a long time. BHK is a totally different craft and carries the funniest storytelling. And it reminds me of the strength and humour of Jaane Bhi Do Yaaro,” he said.
BHK was recommended to be screened at the Film and Television Institute of India (FTII) for the acting students on Thursday to understand the craft of characterisation and importance of story-weaving through screenplay and dialogues and how to create intelligent, independent cinema.
Jaane Bhi Do Yaaro was made by writer Sudhir Mishra, writer-director Kundan Shah, cinematographer Binod Pradhan, editor Renu Saluja, Vidhu Vinod Chopra and Satish Kaushik — all of whome are an alumni of the institute,.
The comedy had numerous twists, turns and a fast-paced plot, which BHK replicates in its story revolving around a contentious property dealing, marriage, lies, fake identities.
Actor couple Manoj and Seema Pahwa were present along with the director-writer-producer of the film, Rakesh Chaturvedi at the institute.
Chaturvedi said the questions posed by the students were “astounding” and he was “overwhelmed” by interacting with them. “It gives me lot of strength and now I am thinking to put my film up for the National Award nominations 2016 for a couple of categories, specially for the brilliant performance by Manoj Pahwa,” he said.
“I will always try my level best to make thought-provoking family entertainers like Hrishikesh Mukherjee made and Rajkumar Hirani is making, and audience will see these efforts in my next films, tentatively titled Bas Aapka Aashirwaad Chahiye and Sorry Chachoo.”
BHK which released on February 5 in India, also stars Ujjwal Rana, Inshika Bedi, Yashpal Sharma and Benjamin Gilani.
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