Satish Shah played a dead body in ‘Jaane Bhi Do Yaaro’. And stole the show

F ew films in Indian cinema have achieved the rare combination of timeless laughter and relevance. And 1983 film Jaane Bhi Do Yaaro , directed by Kundan Shah, is one such example . It begins as a modest black comedy and ends up as a mirror to India’s moral collapse.

Four decades later, the film remains one of the sharpest satires ever made on corruption, bureaucracy, and the absurd theatre of public life.

Jaane Bhi Do Yaaro stars Naseeruddin Shah, Om Puri, Satish Kaushik, Pankaj Kapur, and Neena Gupta. And among these fine actors, it’s Satish Shah’s character D’Mello MacArthur that stands out for originality and unforgettable comic timing—the dead body which, ironically, is the life of the film. Show Full Article

Satish Shah died on 25 October after suffering a sudd