Chhoti Si Baat (1975)

Original title

छोटी सी बात

Directed by

Basu Chatterjee

Genre

romantic comedy

Country

India

Runtime

2h 03m

Rated

U

Rating

7.6 of 10 from 27 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A shy man in Mumbai seeks help from a confident colonel to win over the woman he loves. His romantic rival uses coaching in assertiveness to gain an advantage.

lightheartedcharminghumorousgentlefeel-goodwhimsicalurbannostalgic

What happens

Chhoti Si Baat (translation: A Small Matter) is a 1976 Indian Hindi-language romantic comedy film directed by Basu Chatterjee. The film stars Amol Palekar, Vidya Sinha, Ashok Kumar and Asrani, and was a financial success. and also earned six Filmfare nominations and a Filmfare Award for Best Screenplay for Basu Chatterjee. The film is a remake of the 1960 British film School for Scoundrels. As with other Basu Chatterjee films, popular Bollywood actors briefly appear as themselves. Dharmendra and Hema Malini (whose mother Jaya Chakravarthy helped produce the film) appear for the song Janneman Janneman, while Amitabh Bachchan plays himself in another scene. He is dressed in costume from Zameer, the film poster for which is visible at some of the bus stop scenes. B.R. Chopra is the producer for both Zameer and Chhoti Si Baat. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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