

Raja Babu (1994)/ Director – David Dhawanĭavid Dhawan hit it big with dramas like Swarg and Shola Aur Shabnam in the 1990s but found his niche in slapstick. Then comes in Shakti Kapoor whose daughter falls in love with a guy pretending to be Paresh Rawal’s son and soon everything gets out of controlĠ9. Paresh Rawal’s wife thinks that he is having an affair with Rimi Sen & while Paresh Rawal thinks his wife is having an affair with Akshaye Khanna due to Rimi Sen and her having the same name. Things get complicated when Rimi Sen goes to Paresh Rawal’s house in search of a job & meets Akshaye Khanna who falls in love with her thinking she is Paresh Rawal’s daughter. Akshaye Khanna plays a young man starting a new business in electronic ware. Paresh Rawal plays a rich, yet ground to earth businessman whose business is named after his wife Anjali. Aftab and Rimi play two strangers who have to pretend that are a married couple in order to get a place to live. The story of a bunch of misfits whose misconception about each others backgrounds end up in a series of chaotic, yet comic outcomes. Watch any of these and we guarantee ticklish ribs and hysterical laughter for sure. We’ve made a list of the 20 funniest films from Bollywood history. Nevertheless, there are good comedy films made even today. While the comedy films today are mostly ‘escapist’ in nature, some old gems from back in the day boasted of impeccable story lines. So much so, romantic and comedy films pegged evenly in the popularity charts. No points for guessing that they do exceptionally well at the box-office. Comedy films are considered ‘family films’ in India.
