When the extras shined a bit extra
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When the extras shined a bit extra
Remember Rangeela! One of the great musical entertainers of the 90s! It will always be remembered as the swan song of Urmila and for probably the greatest ever tapori performance by Amir Khan. Right after the movie was released, RGV, the director of the movie created a big controversy. In an interview while discussing the movie, he praised the acting of an unknown extra that played the role of a waiter in a scene where Amir Khan, takes Urmila for a treat. RGV said something along the lines of “How this guy made Amir look great in that scene..”. RGV’s point was that this extra didn’t have an author backed role, didn’t have the backing of any quirks in his character but he delivered a great performance. Of course, RGV’s comments created a big controversy and Amir Khan vowed never to work with RGV again.
Every time after that I have watched Rangeela, I have noticed this unknown actor in that miniscule role and admired his performance. His befuddled expression on hearing Amir’s order for Usal Pav and the instructions to make the place cooler by turning the air conditioner around. And yes every time I now applaud, what a nice performance by an unknown extra. I recently noticed the actor in one of the TV serials and he was playing a simpleton Gujju guy with equal panache. I hope he gets his due some day.
Now you know what the rest of this article is about. It’s written purely to celebrate the performances of the extras. It’s an attempt to relive the moments when an extra performed better than the lead actors and outshined them. I have a short list and I am sure you have yours. Nobody knew the names of these actors and in some cases would probably never know. I am sorry I have no choice but to call them by their character names or just their character sketches. Let’s get started, shall we?
The Villager in Sholay: Let’s start with the biggest of them all. The biggest movie that Bollywood ever made was full of great characters that became household names. For many actors, these became their best lifetime performances. Remember Sambha who only spoke a word or two in the movie but went on to become the best performance of Macmohan ever. Remember, Kalia, Hakim sahib, the role that immortalized A K Hangal, Sachin, not to forget Soorma Bhopali and the jailor, the all time best performances of Jagdeep and Asrani.
But in the midst of these memorable characters, was a village and village had its villagers. They were all in the background, were most of them probably not even professional characters. But they made the village look real and we all know how important a role that played in the success of the movie. But among all villagers, one villager was more equal than the rest. I think, the name was Haldia. He first appears in the scene where Kalia comes to loot the village. He comes out with a sack of some grains and tells Sambha – “Jitna hain, sab laya hun huzur”. He then shows up again, in the great water tank scene, asking inane questions like “Yes sussat kya hota hai (Or what is suicide?) and “Yeh angrej log marte kyo hain? (Why do these English people die?). The actor, if he was not a real villager, was very well chosen. He had the face of a quintessential Indian villager, almost straight out of Prem Chand novels. I don’t know who the actor was and probably will never know, but I salute his performance. Without him, Ramgarh wouldn’t be Ramgarh and Sholay will be a bit less Sholay.
The Leggie Beauty in DDLJ: Another biggie, another movie where each and every character was so well etched. Not just Raj and Simran, all of the characters around them, the tough dad, the adorable mom and Johra Zabeen granny, the characters of Satish Shah, Himani Shivpuri, Mandira Bedi, oh the list goes on.
Well, just remember that all of the above had well defined character sketches. Their characters had names, were related to the lead protagonists and had their moments in the movie. But this article is not about them. I would like you to scratch your memory and recall that leggie beauty who accompanies Kajol on her Euro trip. She only gets couple of scenes but she makes a mark. She is so vivacious, so sexy; you want Raj to fall for her instead of the plain Jane Simran. Call it screen presence folks, but this lady had it. Accompanying Raj on the same trip are a bunch of extras, whom nobody notices until after 5 years when some one named Karan Johar became famous and reminded people that he played that extra in those scenes.
The Sardar Kid who became a star in KKHH: Many of us may forget that he was a mere extra in a set of kids brought together on the set of a summer camp. We may also forget that there was another kid in the movie who was the center of attraction and was the 4th angle in the Rahul-Anjali-Tina triangle. However the cute Sardar kid stole all the limelight. He was a perfect extra- no relation to either of the lead characters, no big name as performer, appears only in 2-3 scenes and doesn’t speak a dialoge until the last scene, and still not only registers his performance but makes it a big hit. The kid’s antics made Johnny Lever and even Kajol look good in their roles and when he finally spoke, I am sure the whole theatre applauded for him.
The kid became so popular that most people actually believed that he was a Sardar. I learned much later that he is a Parsi and his name is Farzan Dastoor. I hope I got that one right.
The Murthy guy in Love Ke Liye Kuchh Bhi Karega: LKLKBK is one of my favorite feel good movies. There was nothing new in the story, script or direction but I loved it for the simple characterization and strictly middle class urban characters. The film has Johnny Lever in IMHO, the best performance of his life. Unlike other Johnny roles, this was strictly non-comical. He was playing a serious character that is as far from comedy as we can imagine, but ends up creating some of the best comic scenes. Not just Johnny, everybody did a great job in the acting department and this was the real comeback movie for Saif Ali Khan, not DCH. This is where he appeared without his tacky longish, so 90’s hair and played the character which was closest to him in real life and ended up repeating himself in DCH, KHNH and others.
But to me the best moment in the movie came when Fardeen Khan’s character starts smiling after Aftab Shivdasani’s character tells him “He’ll soon see Murthy crying”. The mere thought of Murthy crying brings a chuckle to Fardeen’s face and he admits it was so. That exemplified the whole mood of the film to me.
Now Murthy was not your typical extra, he plays the father to one of the lead characters, that of Twinkle Khanna. But I still couldn’t help but add him to the list because I have never seen or heard of this actor before or after. He was so good, so natural in the role of a Tamilian, settled in Bombay, I was amazed. The mannerism, the speaking style, I could relate to him so much, mainly because I once had a Tamilian guy settled in Bombay as my land lord. The actor disappeared after this movie and I wonder why. But he delivered a great performance in a short role, which any other actor would have relegated to a mere extra. So, yes, not your classical extra, but an unknown actor who delivered a great performance and disappeared right after.
The Chor (burglar) in Chupke-Chupke: This guy delivered such an outstanding performance as a burglar in just one scene of this movie laden with heavy star cast that he was asked to reprise this role much later in Mahesh Bhatt’s ‘Hum Hain Rahi Pyar Ke”. Chupke-Chupke, to me remains the all-time best comedy made in Hindi Cinema. I have seen many other comedy movies such as Golmal, Pdosan etc. and can generally sit through a repeat viewing of them all, any time. However, the magic of these great movies has waned off over time and there have been occasions when I start looking for faults in these movies or find them too slow. But never with Chupke-Chupke, this movies was so well thought out, so well written, was so elegantly directed, have people in them with all vintage Hrishikesh Mukherjee style middle class grace. None of the dialogues come across as crass or vulgar and performances are so good even the great Amitabh Bachchan appears as mere one of the cast members instead of a screen hogging super star.
But this article is not about superstars, not even about mere stars or character actors par excellence such as Om Prakash. The objective of this article is to celebrate the extras who created that extra moment. There was one such classic extra and one such classic moment in this film.
Remember the scene, where Dharmendra who is pretending to be Sharmila’s brother in law’s driver, enters into her bedroom in the night. We see a burglar in the room and Sharmila confuses him for Dharmendra because she is half asleep. Moments later Dharmendra enters and wakes up Sharmila. The burglar hides behind the curtain. When Dharmendra encounters him, the dialogue that ensues makes me laugh even if I am at my most depressing moment in my life. The dialogue goes something like the following..
- Kaun ho tum (who are you?)
- Chor ( a burgler)
- Kya karne aye ho (what are you here for?)
- Chori ( to steal things)
It’s just amazing. I wonder how the scene was thought through. Did the actors improvise or was the scene written this way. It was simply magic. I mean which burglar says “ I am a burglar”, but this one did and with a straight face.
Dharmendra threatens him and asks him to get lost and before he runs away, pities him and gives him some object, which I think was a paperweight of some sort. Before finally leaving the room, this unknown extra delivers the line of his life, something like this – “Main bhi chor aur tub hi chor, tere liye sunder ladki…. Aur mere liye sirf yeh..” ( I am a burglar and so are you but see the difference in fate, you have a beautiful girl waiting for you and for me just this object.)
What a burglar! I think he was the same guy who played the thief again in Mahesh Bhatt’s Hum Hain Rahi Pyar Ke. (Please forgive me if I am wrong). Here again, he plays this nice hearted thief who is a burgler for just the heck of it.
I am sure the list can go on and you may have your favorites. These were some of mine, the unknowns who were as big to me as the lead actors, with far less credit. To me, they represent life. Just like a good film, no life story can be complete without these extras in the background who provide that extra support!
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@Amit,
Subject covers a good area.
Since years well known actors or character actors have been doing wonder in small roles and sometimes they have appeared only in one scene in a film but still leaves a long lasting impact.
In Hey Ram the guy who had played the pimp and who takes Kamal Hasan to Soda Factory was very impressive.
In recent times, Black Friday was having so many actors, then unknown or lesser known, did very good job in small roles and left very good impact.
In last 2-3 years two films, where directors, perhaps, used common people and who were not actors by profession, come in to mind.
Swades- the poor farmer. Shahrukh goes to meet him in a village. Very impressive screen presence.
Omkara- old lady, who praises colour and beauty of Kareena Kapoor.
I suspect that both were not actors by profession but still affected the scenes in their favour.
developing the character actors and giving them am edge, making the lead actors take a backseat etc are all directors job. more than the waiter, it was to RGV’s credit for writing out that scene so well. whether its sholay or chupke-chupke, the director was in complete command of the situation and he knew exactly wat he wanted. and credit must also be given to bigB, aamir etc who let the directors drive the show; they did not in anyway try to influence the director or run away with the scene. only when the actor becomes bigger than the medium, do we end up seeing caricatures instead of characters
Very nice post. Very nostalgic.
FYI
1. the waiter in Rangeela was later also the one who hires sanjay dutt in Daud, he gets shot by Pinky. He’s superb in that too
2. Murthy in Love key liye - plays Nanaji in RGV’s Shiva (original one). I think he played a telugu ..not tamil ..check the song playing in the TV (sung by udit narayan) when he is being introduced ..the song is AWESOME
Am pretty sure he must be a regular in all RGV movies (and telugu film industry)
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0080238/
3. The chor is the same guy in Golmal who comes for the interview before Amol Palekar. Remember “Any message for daddy?” and “Black Pearl…sports mein toh meri jaan hai..Sunil ko coaching di thi..Sunil Gavaskar”
that guy was a regular extra in Hrishikesh mukherjee films. Remember seeing him more but cant recall
4. The ‘chor’ in hum hain rahi pyaar key is Ram singh in Lagaan and innumerable hindi films. He is Javed Khan and a very good actor (was also in Nukkad .
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0451242/
For some reason the first film coming to my mind (probably becos i was googling on mani sir) is Dil Se. Some memorable ‘extras’ from that film
1. the Taxi driver to SRK “yeh terrorist log toh apna kaam kar ke nikal jaatey hain ..aur aap aur hum jaise log phans jaatey hain ji … aap terrorist toh nahi hai na ji ?”
SRK “Arey gaadi chalao yaar !!!”
Taxidriver “Joke tha ji …. Oh ji kamaal ho gaya ji aaj”
He is the same guy who played the minister’s saala in Charas
“Kya jijaji mobile bhi na sambhal paa rahe ..Telecom ministry chahiye aapko !!!” (Hilarious line)
he is also there in Bunty aur bubly as AB Sr’s sidekick.
I believe he has an electrical equipment hardware buisness in delhi and is a shaukiya actor (was casted probably thanks to Tishu in Dil Se)
2. The bob cut Bengali (???) Lady Teacher in Dil Se whom SRK bumps into in the subway. When she is later giving the description of SRK/the terrorist to the police, notice how PATRONISINGLY SHE SAYS
“My father used to tell me ..the public must always help the police”
3. The police officer in Dil Se who arrests SRK after the ‘molestation’ ..in a SOLID Jat Haryanvi Accent
“Na na ..paisey waisey nah chahiye manney … Isne Constable pey haath uthaya hai ..”
then to SRK
“Aur dubara policewale pey haath uthaya na toh maar maar key Mor (peacock ??) bana doonga tera …Koi Tameez wameez sikhao isey !!”
He plays the guy with whom Vivek oberoi (Keshu) has a drunken fight in Omkara …i think he is also in Blue Umbrella with the AWESMOE line “Zara Khathri ki daadhi sey Tinkey bhi nikaal diyo” wrt Pankaj Kapoor getting a shave done at the barbers (after he has been ostracised) ..
He had PROBABLY THE BEST line in the film … SUPERB
4. Sanjay Mishra in Dil Se .. He is the same guy who plays the supari guy who gets caught in the scooter-falling-on-his-leg accident in Satya and delivers the SCREAM when Khandilkar (Aditya Srivastav ..also in Dil Se by the way) touches his swollen leg …
His response in court “Kaun Bhiku ??? ” is AWESOME too
By the way, the public prosecutor in that scene in satya is none other than the gujju waiter guy in Rangeela
Shit ..just realised have written a lot ….
@RK sahib - the old lady in omkara has the BEST response of almost gurgling for breath when the “Humarey Omkara Bhayya ..kaisa tu kunwara re…” mehandi song of ajay devgun gets cut …. Its hilarious
Very different topic. Can’t think of any such characters right now but yes, the robber in Chupke Chupke was hilarious.
Its good you brought this up, Amit. Moves the spotlight to other deserving actors / extras too.
AMIT,
Good one.
But of couple of Corrections
1)Murthy in LKLKBK Speaks Telugu not Tamil.
2)The actor is a big name in telugu cinema and fav of RGV.His name is Bharani telugupedia.com/wiki/index.php?title=Tanikella_Bharani
Tanikella Bharani it was Amit, as many pointed out. Truly a director’s dream.
Anecdote:
Apparently when asked about the impact about Shiva (1989), Bharani said two things got busy after the movie.
a) Tanikella Bharani (a phenomenal actor, writer)
b) Steadicam
and the hey ram guy is Gollapudi Maruthi Rao, a prolific writer in telugu, father of Gollapudi Srinivas, a promising young director who died shooting his first film, carried off by a high tidal wave while trying to get himself photographed against the high tidal wave on the edge of a rock, no less.
Two more facts on the Gollapudi family:
1. Kamalhasan refers to Tsunami in Anbe Sivam and describes an incident similar to above as a Tsunami that carried his (screen) father away. He admitted that he had this incident in mind while writing that
2. There is an award in the name of G Srinivas instituted by maruthi Rao every year for debutant directors. Aamir Khan won it last year.
Tannikella Bharani and Kota Srinivas Rao, are two who can pull off phenomenal acting from crappy characterizations..watch him in Allari, the first movie of Allari Naresh, who as recently discussed worked in Gamyam..Kota and Bharani were RGV’s fav’s
Koel Puri..she always does these small time roles like one she did in Rock On
Nice topic Amit..very refrshing!!
@yeah - just curious. do u think paresh rawal saying “Maruti Rao” in hera pheri has anything to do with the award ? as in any hint by neeraj vora/ priyadarshan ?
(during the intro scene with sunil shetty)
kartik krishnan,
I REALLY doubt if Priyadarsan and Neeraj Vohra aiming at the audiences’ “laughs” had Gollapudi in mind. It is precisely the same reason why they might have chosen to have Maruti Rao, as phonetically it could evoke chuckles in the halls. Think about it
Paresh Rawal saying “M-A-R-U-T-I R-A-O” in his style
For all the amazing talents he possesses, Gollapudi Maruti Rao is highly unlikely to be known beyond the AP/TN circles, and not definitely in the Hindi belt for Priyan and co. to hint at him in a caper.
Karthik, if I’m not wrong the taxi driver in Dil Se is also there an inspector in Haasil, which is also directed Tigmanshu Dhulia. That guy is bloody hilarious. A friend of mine from Dilli was especially thrilled by his cameos. In Haasil, he has this “jyaada phantom naa baniyo” line which is also hilarious. Fascinating to hear he’s a hardware business owner, pity though that we don’t see much of him. I have to tell my Dilli friend to go visit his shop, he will be thrilled!!
Damn, I have to watch Charas and Haasil again, just for his cameos.
Pratik,
One of the writers on Dil Se: Tigmanshu Dhulia
See the connect
How about the inspector in Rang de Basanti !!!??? He has just 2-3 lines but they are mindblowingly hilarious!!!
The introductory scene of DJ and Sukhi:
Aye! Baandar ke si dekhi se? Maar maar ke waise hi laal kar dunga! Bahut jawaani chhaa rahi se. Harity side mein party karra se!
I don’t know most of what he’s saying, but it sure sounds funny! If somebody knows the scene I’m talking about, please translate that last line.
Just wanted to point out a similar post :
http://passionforcinema.com/one-scene-character/
This writer’s favorite is Ombir in Khosla Ka Ghosla. I cannot disagree.
You know it’s very fascinating that a lot of these characters identified in the comments section are North Indians, more especially Hariyaanvi! There’s something about these Jats! Now how would you say that in Hariyaanvi ?
Amit,
Talking of Dil Se, one more character is Piyush Mishra as the CBI officer (Kashyap??) I felt his dialogue in the movie was a little unclear though he made up for it with his nice screen presence.
As Kaka, a more noteworthy presence came five years later in Maqbool. The killer scene was when Kaka proposes the idea of a movie with Nimmi (Tabu)with any director she wished for. Subhash Ghai, Karan Johar any one! Tabu is unimpressed.
Then he mutters “Ma..ma..maaa. Mani Ratnam”
Pankaj Kapur’s expressions KILLER!
How about the lady in Black Friday who says ” Bahar gaon gaye hain”
Kaun Sa Gaon?
Dubai..
that was hillarious..she was also in Aamir, plays the prostitute
Also our very own Gajju Bhaiyya..in No smoking? Or Shashank Gosh in Aamir..
The leggie beauty in DDLJ is Anahita Shroff Adajania, now a top costume designer in Bollywood with Dhoom:2 and Race in her resume…
nice post by the way…
kartik, I wouldnt know. I havent seen Hera Pheri.(Blasphemy,e h?) Caught snatches of it on TV. But not enough to remember Suniel ‘Hulk’ Shetty’s intro scene!
Khosla ka Ghosla has a good number of extra’s, noticiably when Khurana is fooled by showing a false site.. the people for a theater are hired as Sethi saab’s workers. All these people gave remarkable performances and made the scenes look as original as they can be.
@ reet..even the chaukidar of the plot..he was awesome
OM..Insaan Singh!!
KKG had a few more people, the chokri who smokes, the broker (the fantastc Tum broker ho ya party), the PA…
Good Post!
Also in Dil Se,
The music shop owner, when CBI is inquiring about the music notes, he goes ,
owner: pom pom pa-pom pom pom, tuba se,
CBI: tuba se, kisne kharida tuba yahan se (or something likethat)
the owner: pom pom pa pom pom pom, kaun jaana chahta hain…
@santosh - hmmmmmmm .
tishu was also the casting director of dil se ..must have been in touch with such actors thanks to his NSD background
Yes the CBI guy is piyush mishra
heheheheheh remember pankaj kapoor’s expressions
@pratik - “zyaada phantom na banniyo ” wow ..must watch haasil again..he’s too good
he meant that a monkey’s ass is red and he would beat the guys so much that their asses would become red too
also its not just the northies (thats just coincidence)
remember love key liye …
Snehal dabi in hera pheri with asrani (”dalal !!!…. photo pheto dikhayo na …ey matya !! Saala chai sey zyaada ketli garam hai”)
@reet … khosla is superb !!!
@vishesh - pom pom pom pom pom marching tune
tumse haal hi mein tuba khareeda gaya ?
kaun jaana chahta hai
CBI
the guy shits bricks !!!
SUPER
Thanks kartik for getting that verbatim.
Regarding @3, The haryanvi jat cop says “mohar” i think. It means he will register a case (???)
In Baazigar,
Dinesh Hingorani and his son come for marriage proposal with Shilpa Shetty and Johny Lever goofs up in making the tea.
The way Dinesh Hingorani laughs, I think it was contagious.
There are similar sort of scenes in two movies which are so different in genre.
1. In Dil To Pagal Hain, the first time when SRK goes to the changing room of the store and he tries to enter the first room, the voice shouts “Kaun Hain Be”. When he is without his pants and Madhuri sees him, he again tries to enter the first changing room, the voice shouts again this time
“Kaun Hain Be”
2. In Aamir, when Rajeev Khandelwal, has to go one restroom and fetch the phone number, he knocks on one of the doors, the voice shouts: “Aa Andar aa jaa”
Hilarious. The best part is its just voice and that is so effective to convey humour.
Om, Anand - even insan singh’s mata ji was often.. saying namaste all the time..
man i luvvvv this movie till its minutest detail
ooopps.. please read often as awesome
in Sarfarosh, when Amir goes to talk to Deepti Bhatnagar at the bus stop, check out the sardar guy watching them
Also, the character Phatka in this movie……
avn ,
“Amir goes to talk to Deepti Bhatnagar”
u mean sonali bendre ?
Very nice… and very nostalgic indeed.
Remember that girl from DCH..Deepa…her annoying way of calling Amir..’AAKKAAAAAASSHHHH’..that was hilarious
Snehal Dabi in Satya…Chandu Mota…awsome debut
P.K. Dubeyji from monsoon wedding…Randeep hooda too from the same movie…..
trimoneo that girl from DCH is also in saathiya …
@32 trimoneo
I won’t say PK Dubey is an extra in MW. He had a story arc to himself. Yup AAKAAAAAASH girl was damn funny.
The Chor (Burgler) in Chupke Chupke is Harish Magan (you can find him singing Salaam Kijiye in Aandhi)
Rangeela Guy is Rajeev Mehta (played Prafull in Khichadi with Supriya Pathak.. also can be seen in Waqt and Satya)
Bijender in Khosla Ka Ghosla is Rajendra Sethi…
Cant recall the face of that old man of sholay.. but If I remember correctly it was Bhagwan Sinha (a villain of 50s and early 60s)
Thank you all, for all the comments!
PFC is amazing! I get so much more back than I could contribute. I could almost write part II, III…IV etc. based on the list you all have provided.
RK: Yes, the farmer was great, the sitting style, the haggard face with gray unkempt beard, the style of talking, powerful!
Karthik sir, you are an encyclopedia. It seems I only touched the tip, while you own the iceberg. Did somebody point out that the chor in Hum Hain rahi pyar ke is somone else but not Javed Khan, they resemble so much.Yes, Piyush Mishra in Dil Se was great in a 2-3 scene role, but later got full fledged role in Maqbool.
Ravi,
Thanks for correction on Talugu not Tamil part. I should have said South Indian, because, I admit, I can’t make out the difference due to my ignorance of the languages. But he was terrific, Bharani is really superb!
Pratik: agreed, the thulla ( cop in Delhi language) in RDB was so realy, Many of my friends studying in Delhi have encountered Thullas there and said this guy was so real. Another one in RDB, the sardar canteen wala, was he a real canteen wala? And ombir in KKG..too good. But my favorite in KKG was Bijender, you see him sitting on top of a ladder in the special song and Anupam Kher sings, ‘aur uspe baitha bandar..’ what a movie
Reet, Anand at all: yes how did I miss KKG, all the cameos in the end by the theatre actors, particularly insan singh and his Mom..
Vishesh: the laughing scene in Baazigar was in my list, but had to omit due to length of the artcile, loved it, Hingorani has been repeating that character ever since
Just to add some more:
That sardar guy in Chachi 420, who is watching Paresh Rawal beat Om Puri and then throws the log and goes away when hears police is coming, or the guy reading newspaper who calmy replies, yeh Kutta mera nahi hai.
the piyakkad guy in ‘Ishq’(if anybody has seen)..who counts 25–25, was very hallarious.
another was in ‘Ishq’ who is deaf and cutting the plastic pipe!!
in ‘mann’ the same guy plays a dumb who laughs awkwardly!!
Apperantly..Indra Kumar uses extras regurarly for fun factor!
in “Sarfarosh” also a piyakkad singing ‘Aasman main ..tana na’..he is still fresh in mind!
A.singh..also the guy in Rangeela..whom Aamir, keeps asking for time at the bus-stop waiting for Milli…
Very good article A.Singh… After long time somebody tried to write about forgetables who played a key role. The chor in chupke-chupke was simply great. One more interesting role was the guy that played role of bhagwan in no entry to whom anil kapoor meet in mall when he said hey bhagwan….
One of Anil/Chunkey’s friends in Tezaab, the one who shows the trick with his hair.
Akash: thanks or being so kind. yes, I watched No Entry again, 3 days back on Comcast on demand and that moment was hilarious. No Entry, in my opinion, is one of the funniest movies of recent times without any break in pace.
OM: yes, I remember the Rangeel moment, “ae, kya bar bar time puchhta hai”
Kallukalamkaliya: no recollection of Ishq, only watched it once, found it too loud.I always find that problem with Indra Kumar movies.
Some movies such as Satya and KKG entirely rely on band of extras and that makes them such classics. Credit goes to the script writer and director of these movies. In case of KKG, it was partly the budget also I guess, as the movie was made on low budget and didn’t have much publicity except word of mouth.
Pratik: There’s something with the jats. I have had many jat friends. Some people may find their speaking style, very direct and rough, but they do come up with great one liners.
Absolutely agreed, A. Singh. Jats are really funny blokes.
Speaking of Rangeela’s “kya ghadi ghadi time puchhta hai” extra, there’s another one, actually two: there’s this uncle who’s looking for two tickets (”ek us konay ke, us doosre ka”) for the movie, he speaks in this nasal tone. And then there’s another guy who’s in it for just 1 second and Munna calls him “kaala unda” and true enough, he looks like one too!
The second guy doesn’t even qualify as an extra, but I’ve watched this movie way too many times to forget its little details.
This is great guys.. Any1 remembers Bunty aur Bubli… there’s a good no. of extras there as well.. same with Bluffmaster.
a great article and wonderful comments… a nice read :).