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The astounding success of G.P SippyвЂ™s вЂњSholayвЂќ reduced them to only Jai and Veeru in the minds of the common man. A single stroke and even the most talented of artistes are reduced to a mere prisoner of image. Sweeping generalisations never did anybody any favours.

Chupke Chupke (1975)/ Director вЂ“ Hrishikesh Mukherjee Their exclusive pastime includes hiring a small-time theater to watch an Amitabh Bachchan actioner and generally, gallivanting around on a flashy bike (matched to GovindaвЂ™s colourful costumes), Nandu faithfully holding the umbrella for his boss from the backseat. Trust Shakti Kapoor to come up with strange accents and stranger get-ups. The best scenes involve Raja (Govinda) and sidekick NanduвЂ™s (Shakti Kapoor) crackling chemistry. Call it mindless or mediocre, the film walks the tight rope between comedy and melodrama, blending DhawanвЂ™s penchant for sappy plots with silly humour.

In Raja Babu, Dilip Kumar bears heavily on GovindaвЂ™s acting style. By contrast, Govinda picked up the Bhojpuri nuances from the Tragedy King. Viewers, in fact, can spot the influence of Dilip Kumar on the Khans who appropriated the romantic aspects of Dilip Kumar. Govinda is a good mix of Dilip Kumar and Shammi Kapoor, but less sophisticated than them. The two had already worked together and by the time of Raja Babu, you can see that they had arrived at a comfort level enjoyed by frequent collaborators. The plots (however preposterous) were often refashioned from Southern hits and there was always the reliably gabby charms of Govinda to turn it into comic gold.

Aankhen was his first major hit, but with Raja Babu, he got into full-fledged populist comedies. Raja Babu (1994)/ Director вЂ“ David DhawanДavid Dhawan hit it big with dramas like Swarg and Shola Aur Shabnam in the 1990s but found his niche in slapstick. Then comes in Shakti Kapoor whose daughter falls in love with a guy pretending to be Paresh RawalвЂ™s son and soon everything gets out of controlД 9. Paresh RawalвЂ™s wife thinks that he is having an affair with Rimi Sen & while Paresh Rawal thinks his wife is having an affair with Akshaye Khanna due to Rimi Sen and her having the same name. Things get complicated when Rimi Sen goes to Paresh RawalвЂ™s house in search of a job & meets Akshaye Khanna who falls in love with her thinking she is Paresh RawalвЂ™s daughter. Akshaye Khanna plays a young man starting a new business in electronic ware. Paresh Rawal plays a rich, yet ground to earth businessman whose business is named after his wife Anjali. Aftab and Rimi play two strangers who have to pretend that are a married couple in order to get a place to live.

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The story of a bunch of misfits whose misconception about each others backgrounds end up in a series of chaotic, yet comic outcomes. Watch any of these and we guarantee ticklish ribs and hysterical laughter for sure. WeвЂ™ve made a list of the 20 funniest films from Bollywood history. Nevertheless, there are good comedy films made even today. While the comedy films today are mostly вЂescapistвЂ™ in nature, some old gems from back in the day boasted of impeccable story lines. So much so, romantic and comedy films pegged evenly in the popularity charts. No points for guessing that they do exceptionally well at the box-office. Comedy films are considered вЂfamily filmsвЂ™ in India.

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