Review of Chhoti Si Baat (1976) by Jay D — 30 Mar 2014
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.
This review of Chhoti Si Baat (1976) was written by Jay D on 30 Mar 2014.
Chhoti Si Baat has generally received very positive reviews.
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