Akshay Kumar said he learned the basics of comedy from filmmakers Priyadarshan, Rajkumar Santoshi and late writer director Neeraj Vora, adding that if he understands even the “C of comedy,” the credit goes to them

Gone are the days when we saw Amol Palekar, Vidya Sinha, Rekha, Vinod Mehra, and many more, in Basu Chatterjee, Sai Paranjpye movies that made us, the average Indian, feel represented on screen. Now, government agents and dysfunctional Romeos have left us craving for the simple, middle-class movie.