Plus, a lot of pseudo-intelligence has come in. We literally created Johnny Lever's character to help Akshay Kumar and Paresh Rawal's character to support Aftab Shivdasani in 'APD'. So naturally, a lot is lost in translation. Do we have anybody like Neeraj Vora now? No.
Director Priyadarshan would just say 'Start, Sound, Camera, Action and Cut'. Neeraj Vora used to enact scenes to the star cast and was constantly present on the set.
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Contrary to Lever's viewpoint, he attributes the waning of comedians to the absence of good writers like Neeraj Vora, who wrote not just the 'Hera Pheri' series but also 'Welcome' and 'Awara Pagal Deewana’ (APD). On the other hand, producer Firoz Nadiadwala, whose 'Hera Pheri' (2000) brought in a new dimension to comedy, is sitting on the other side of the fence. So, won't one film's share of humour received by them be just a fraction of what was required to register a funny character?”
Writers of present times are working on several films together unlike in older times, when they were devoted to one film at a time. Pehle, comedians would add their inputs to enhance their characters - but the basic raw material which is the script – would position them very well.Īaj woh raw material hi nahi raha. Agreed, that I can't play the college friend to a young hero, but does that mean that the person who can make you laugh is not included in the scheme of things? Film writers don't create roles for us anymore, or let's say, hardly write roles for us nowadays. This means that I still have so much to offer. "People pay as much as Rs 2,000 to come and see me and my comedy. Today, Lever does several shows with his daughter across the world (the first show was staged in 1985) and this move was perhaps accentuated when down the line he didn't find himself in several films, unlike before. Read Also #BigStory: Bollywood in dilemma post-Corona! Actors not slashing fees, Financiers not investing heavily, Big films put on hold!Īs the conversation progresses, one realizes that Johnny Lever is a very angry man.