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      Chhoti Si Baat

      1975 2h 3m Romance Comedy List
      Reviews 93% 250+ Ratings Audience Score A mild-mannered accountant, Arun Pradeep (Amol Palekar) is infatuated with pretty young Prabha Narayan (Vidya Sinha), but his withdrawn nature prevents him from asserting himself. When the slick Nagesh Shastri (Asrani) sets his sights on Prabha, Arun realizes that he has to make a move soon or risk losing her. In order to get a crash course in romance, he enlists the help of love expert Col. Julius Nagendranath Wilfred Singh (Ashok Kumar) and attempts to win the girl of his dreams. Read More Read Less

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      Anushka Halve Film Companion This romantic comedy, also directed by Basu Chatterjee, highlighted Palekar's ability to blend humour with meaningful narratives. Dec 11, 2023 Full Review Read all reviews

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      Audience Member Basu Chatterjee's Chhoti Si Baat is a cult classic love story that has one of the finest screenplays I have ever seen in romance genre. Basu brilliantly mixes reality with surrealism & that too all in light hearted manner. I am glad that he won Filmfare for Best Screenplay. He deserved it. Script itself is so brilliant that there is no need to sell this film on music (unlike recent romantic films are) but Salil Chaudhary composes some great songs. Title track to be specific. Amol Palekar's transformation from shy "bhola bhala" guy to confident one is superb. Palekar effortlessly plays both characters while Vidya Sinha as girl next door looks drop dead gorgeous even in floral printed sarees. But it is veteran actor Ashok Kumar & Asrani that generates the maximum laughs, former with his persona & latter with his buffoonery. Basu even incorporates some stellar cameos by Amitabh Bachchan, Dharmendra & Hema Malini unlike today where Stars are roped in film to do a special song just to increase film's publicity & sell the film. Wish Love Stories made now-a-days were so subtle & so old world charm-ish. Fell in love with this. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 01/28/23 Full Review Audience Member A beautiful and simple story with great acting and direction. So refreshing to see this movie after so many years. Everyone should watch it. Amol Palekar is the hero..Amitabh only cones for 5 seconds Rated 4 out of 5 stars 02/27/23 Full Review Audience Member LOVELY movie! you can see woody allen-ish shades in the movies. But definitely one of the very best of all hindi movies i have ever seen!! MUST watch. :) Rated 5 out of 5 stars 01/19/23 Full Review Audience Member Basu Chatterjee, Amol Palekar, Ashok Kumar, urban India in the 70s ... they don't make these kind of movies anymore. Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 02/01/23 Full Review Audience Member There is something about this film that really makes me want to see it again and again! This is one of my favorite romantic films! Rated 4 out of 5 stars 01/28/23 Full Review Audience Member i think i am the person in the lead role..please some one help me too..;-) Rated 5 out of 5 stars 01/17/23 Full Review Read all reviews Post a rating

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      Synopsis A mild-mannered accountant, Arun Pradeep (Amol Palekar) is infatuated with pretty young Prabha Narayan (Vidya Sinha), but his withdrawn nature prevents him from asserting himself. When the slick Nagesh Shastri (Asrani) sets his sights on Prabha, Arun realizes that he has to make a move soon or risk losing her. In order to get a crash course in romance, he enlists the help of love expert Col. Julius Nagendranath Wilfred Singh (Ashok Kumar) and attempts to win the girl of his dreams.
      Director
      Basu Chatterjee
      Genre
      Romance, Comedy
      Original Language
      Hindi
      Release Date (Streaming)
      Nov 30, 2016
      Runtime
      2h 3m