Riteish Deshmukh's this comedy flick was 'humble' tribute to legend Kishore Kumar

Directed by Sajid Khan, Humshakals is a 2014 comedy flick starring an ensemble cast including Saif Ali Khan, Riteish Deshmukh, Ram Kapoor, Bipasha Basu and Tamannaah Bhatia. In movie, Saif, Riteish and Ram have each essayed roles of triplets, that sums up to a total of nine characters each. But do you kw that this movie was a tribute to legendary comic genius Kishore Kumar?

Humshakals as a tribute to Kishore Kumar

In a previous interaction with Fenil and Bollywood, director Sajid Khan said that stalwarts like Kishore Kumar have entertained audiences over years. According to him, Humshakals was a tribute to him in his ‘humble way’. He ded that it is funniest script he was ever worked on till date. Speaking of Humshakals, many comic scenes from film has been inspired by some of Kumar’s zany comedy flicks like Jhumroo, Half Ticket and Chalti Ka Naam Gai. 

In one of scenes, Saif Ali Khan and Riteish Deshmukh can be seen applying butter on Ram Kapoor’s face which was inspired by 1962’s classic comedy Half Ticket. makers h even me Saif and Riteish repeat Kumar’s memorable dialogue from film, ‘hum pagal nahi hai, hamara dimag kharaab hai’, keeping his comedy quotient in mind.

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Saif Ali Khan also told portal that Humshakals is ir attempt to bring back era of slapstick comedies, which was one in ‘vogue’. However, era was soon lost with vancement of romantic and action movies. movie also stars Satish Shah and Chunky Pandey essaying pivotal roles. While Satish is seen playing role of a mental asylum warden, Chunky essayed a Sindhi who owns an Indian Paratha restaurant in London.

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About Humshakals

Starring an ensemble cast movie was jointly bankrolled under banner of Vashu Bhagnani’s Pooja Entertainment and Fox Star Studious. movie is a comedy centred around three people, who each have a lookalike of a lookalike. ding to confusion, all of m also share same name which takes audiences on a roller coaster ride of laughter.

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