Watched this movie again after a long time from the credits to finish. Loved it again :)
Was looking for a bunch of words to describe this cute lil movie, done with such tact and finesse and subtlety. Surprisingly found them on the back page of the CD cover, which we bought for 45 bucks by the way. To think that I sometimes shell out 5 times the price to watch unbearable and sickening crap nowadays gave me a shudder.
But back to more pleasant and happy tunes. Here's what the back of the CD cover read:
Choti si baat is an endearing, lovable comedy about a young man who walks the rocky path of love because his heart is true but timid. Arun (Amol Palekar) falls in love with Prabha (Vidya Sinha) whome he sees everyday on the bus-stop on his way to work. Not having the courage or know how to express his love, all he can do is follow her to her office and her home and pine from a far. Just as he is wondering what to do next, along comes Nagesh (Asrani), Prabha's brash young colleague who seems leagues ahead of Arun in his pursuit of Prabha. A now deseperate Arun seeks the help of Colonel Julius Nagendranath Wilfred Singh (the legendary Ashok Kumar) who tackles the battle of love with the same meticulous planning and ruthless efficiency needed to win a military campaign. He instills in Arun a new self confidence and teaches him the strategies of waging love. Arun returns to Bombay a new man ready to face anything. Another heart winning classic from Basu Chatterji, Choti si baat has never faded in its sweet, funny magic.
Amen. What this paragraph doesn't deliberately capture is how brilliant Amol's performance is, how quippy the script is, how brilliantly yet simply some scenes have been shot. A must watch if you're a fan of those good old hindi movies made with some sense and with something more/different than a spunky heroine, an invincible hero, their romance and a quixotic villain ready to die!
1 comment:
nice:-)and very sweet
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