Chhoti Si Baat
Chhoti Si Baat Hindi is a 1975 Hindi romantic comedy film directed by Basu Chatterjee. The films title means Such a Small Thing in Hindi. Considered one of the best Hindi comedy films of the 1970s, it is a nostalgic favourite for its quirky take on prehypercongestion Bombay. The film became a box office hit and also earned Filmfare nominations and a Filmfare Award for Best Screenplay for Basu Chatterjee. It also established Amol Palekar as having an uncommon comic talent for playing mousy characters, a role he would go on to repeat several times in his career. This movie is based on School for Scoundrels, a 1960 British Comedy which itself was based on the Gamesmanship series of books by Stephen Potter.
Chhoti Si Baat is a romantic comedy about a painfully shy young man Arun Pradeep Amol Palekar, who lacks selfconfidence and fails to stand up for his convictions, in the process letting all and sundry walk all over him. One fine day he comes across Prabha Narayan Vidya Sinha at the bus stop en route to work and its love at first sight... for Arun that is. Lacking enough courage and unsure if his feelings are reciprocated, he pines for her from afar and follows her around, at a safe distance or so he thinks. Prabha, fully aware of his affections, secretly relishes his discomfort, while waiting for him to make the first move.While Arun is hopelessly stuck, in comes the suave, brash Nagesh Shastri Asrani, a colleague of Prabhas, and emerges a serious rival for her attention. It doesnt help that he appears to be miles ahead of Arun in the race and is all that Arun is not Hes gregarious while Arun is shy, hes confident and boastful, while Arun is besieged with selfdoubt, hes smooth, while Arun is awkward, hes street smart, while Aruns nave, hes assertive while Arun is timid. Plus he owns a scooter and ensures that he has opportunities to offer Prabha a ride, while Arun can only look on. A gullible Arun, trying to match Nagesh with a motorbike of his own, is conned into buying a dud, further embarrassing him in front of Prabha. He seeks salvation in astrology, tarot cards, dubious godmen only to land with egg on his face. ........
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