Who Pays The Piper

– Two zanies open a photography studio. They score a partnership with a gossip magazine that suddenly ..

Type:
Movie
Rating:
8.50 / 10
Duration:
2 Hours and 12 Minutes
Release Year:
1983
Original Name:
जाने भी दो यारों
Who Pays the Piper (1983) - Also known as जाने भी दो यारों

Two zanies open a photography studio. They score a partnership with a gossip magazine that suddenly thrusts them into a world of corruption, murder, and hijinks.

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Release Date:

12 Aug 1983

Language:

Hindi

MPAA Content-Rating:
Not Rated

Director:

Kundan Shah

Writer:

Ranjit Kapoor (dialogue), Satish Kaushik (dialogue), Sudhir Mishra (screenplay), Sudhir Mishra (story), Kundan Shah (screenplay), Kundan Shah (story)

Main Actors:

Naseeruddin Shah, Ravi Baswani, Bhakti Barve, Satish Shah

Plot:

Vinod (Naseeruddin Shah) and Sudhir (Ravi Baswani) are two professional photographers trying to start a photo studio. The first real assignment that they get, from the activist magazine Khabardar (literally meaning beware), draws them into the shady world of Bombay real estate. They discover that one of the biggest builders in Bombay, Tarneja, is trying to bribe Municipal Commissioner D'Mello (Satish Shah) into giving him a bridge contract. Meanwhile D'Mello is negotiating with Tarneja's arch rival Ahuja (Om Puri). The contract is finally awarded to a third person. By chance Vinod and Sudhir find out that Tarneja has murdered D'Mello...

Awards:

1 win.

Ratings:
Internet Movie Database:
8.5/10