India, Oct. 27 -- Filmmaker Sudhir Mishra, co-writer of the story and screenplay of Jaane Bhi Do Yaaro (1983), fondly recalls working with actor Satish Shah on the film, who died on Saturday at the age of 74. Sudhir shares, "Kundan (Shah, director) had brought in a lot of new people like Nasser (actor Naseeruddin Shah), Om (Puri) and Satish... out of all, Satish and actor Ravi Baswani were the most comfortable with the idea that it wasn't a realistic art film. The film was funny and they were completely in tune with the kind of nonsense that Kundan used to talk about." Talking about the famous coffin scene, the 66-year-old says, "Renu (Saluja, editor) suggested an intercut. After all, what sense did it make to linger on a dead body? But that's when Satish began changing his expressions, and it became a pattern. It was the same during the Mahabharata scene." Sudhir adds, "The idea of comedy as a farce, yet milking the scene to its fullest, came naturally to Satish. The rhythm and timing were effortless, perfectly in sync with Kundan's style. Shooting with him was great fun. We once shot for 72 hours at a stretch, but the energy was unmatched." Sharing some of his favourite memories from the film and their later collaborations, he says, "I still remember some of those famous lines like 'Thoda khao thoda phenko.' I went on to work with him in Mohan Joshi Hazir Ho! (1984) and he was just amazing each time."...