Andaz Apna Apna is probably the funniest film of the past twenty years, some of my friends have memorized it like I have nearly memorized Pulp Fiction and Angoor. What I noticed for the first time during my first big screen viewing of the film is how replete in Bollywood references the film is, also making clear playful references to off-screen facts as known to the spectators. I was perhaps most thrilled with how well Raveen Tandon pays a tribute to Madhubala, some of her gestures played to near-perfection in the song "ello ji sanam hum aa gaye".
It's a pity the 'mass film' of the 90's is dead and only Salman Khan offers that kind of fare now. Andaz Apna Apna may not have the elegance and subtlety of Angoor or Chupke Chupke, but it provided a template for what could be called 'Bhasad comedy', of which some better examples could be Hungama, Chachi 420, Judwaa, Deewana Mastana, Wanted, Ready, and perhaps a few more.
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