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CHASME BUDDOOR
May 14, 2013 10:02 PM1302 Views

Show us a boy who has not ran after beautiful girls in his college days. But, there are always some exceptional cases also. Some studious students are always busy in their studies. Those types of studious boys don’t have time to stare at beautiful girls. Tobacco surely causes cancer, but, still the sale of cigarettes never went down. Such is the force of tobacco addiction, you see. Ehe! The next door girl is requesting to repair the bathroom basin. Oh! No! The girl’s elder brother is a wrestler.


In India, there is still a trend to sell washing powder pouches at a discounted price through salesgirl whose job is to go door to door and sell those pouches. The studious boy fell in love at first sight with that salesgirl. Then, slowly and steadily, they started meeting each other at a café on the terrace of a building. The waiter understood that these two are love-birds. That’s why; the waiter used to serve the orders after a certain gap so that the love birds keep on gossiping and start knowing each other.


Omi and Jai started to impress the little child, but, alas, the nanny had some hot relationship with the driver. Lallan Miyan was a fan of Mirza Ghalib and that was his weak point too, because Omi always used to impress Lallan Miyan by uttering some great verses of Mirza Ghalib. Siddharth was looking for a job instead of concentrating hard on his PhD studies. Siddharth got a new job. Omi and Jai again took some cigarettes on credit. Siddharth stopped smoking due to Neha effect.


Neha wanted to tell her dad about Siddharth. Jai was telling Omi that in a Bollywood film, Amitabh became the lover of Rekha with the help of a handkerchief. Oh! Really! Ok! Jai, try that ploy once. ‘Yeh rumaal sayed aapka hain!’ Oh! No! Unlike Rekha, this modern woman took the handkerchief from Jai and walked away. Omi was laughing heartily. Oh! You poor Jai, everyone is not so lucky like Amitabh Bacchan. The boss of the company invited his newly recruited employee at his house.


Lallan Miyan became a recovery agent temporarily as Omi and Jai are defaulters as they have taken too many cigarettes as a loan from Lallan Miyan. Lallan Miyan was about to take that gramophone disc of Mirza Ghalib that Omi again uttered a verse of Mirza Ghalib. Ha ha ha, kyon Lallan Miyan, phir se makkhan maar diya na Omi ne. Yeh Mirza Ghalib ke shayari bhi kitna najook hain, dil ko ghayal kar deti hain janaab. Lallan Miyan had a good heart. Omi and Jai always appreciated that.


Inside the park, Omi and Jai spotted Neha and Siddharth. ‘Dost dost na raha, pyar pyar na raha’. Somehow, Omi and Jai were angry on Neha. So, they played a trick. Whose photo is it on the wall of our room? Oh! No! This is the photo of a characterless girl. There is a green colored ash-tray in front of her mother’s photo. There is a green colored curtain inside her bathroom. The studious boy visited her house and found all the information correct. Siddharth started doubting on Neha’s character.


I will not accept your resignation letter now. I will give you 1 month time to re-think about this decision. For 1 month, you will remain in Loss of Pay. Jai was shocked to see the poison bottle.  Fearing that their friend may commit suicide, both of them told the truth to him. Siddharth joined his office again, but, Neha was still very angry on Siddharth. Neha’s grandmother came to meet Siddharth, but, Siddharth was not there. Grandma scolded Jai after seeing those hot photos on walls.


As per the plan, grandma came to the temple near the hillocks with Neha. Grandma stopped a cab and told Neha to go home. After a few moments, Jai and Omi came to the spot with another cab. By that time, Siddharth started chasing the kidnapper’s cab while riding on a motorbike. Jai and Omi also followed the cab. The fight started. The villain got a nice treatment. The cab driver drove back his cab and informed Lallan Miyan. Lallan Miyan came to the spot with policemen at the right time.  Siddharth and Neha got married, but, Jai and Omi kept on chasing the girls. Lallan Miyan now started giving more cigarettes to Jai and Omi. Samjha karo mere huzoor, they are all “CHASME BUDDOOR”.


Chashme Buddoor (1981) Review by Shivom Oza – Don’
Apr 04, 2013 11:29 AM1487 Views

“The word classic means something that is a perfect example of a particular style, something of lasting worth or with a timeless quality”, says the dictionary. We often mistake most old films to be ‘classics’. However, the ‘something of lasting worth or with a timeless quality’ prerequisite seldom gets fulfilled.


Sai Paranjpye’s ‘Chashme Buddoor’ (1981) is one such film, which satisfies all the aforementioned parameters.


The film, which kind of embodied all genres – romance, comedy, drama, tragedy, satire and a bit of action, is what you would call in today’s lingo a ‘full-blown masala entertainer’. Although the songs do slow it down a trifle, the dialogues, performances and the writing make ‘Chashme Buddoor’ a must, must watch!


Siddharth (Farooq Shaikh), Omi (Rakesh Bedi) and Jai (Ravi Baswani) are three Delhi University students, staying together in a rented flat. While Siddharth is the studious one and spends most of his time reading books, Omi and Jai are absolutely ‘good-for-nothing’. They spend all their time chasing girls and fooling around! However, the three friends share one common interest – smoking cigarettes! They buy borrow their cigarette stock from a local shopkeeper, Lallan Miyan (Saeed Jaffrey) and never pay up, much to the old man’s chagrin!


This ‘uncomfortable’ camaraderie goes on until the three friends end up falling for the same girl – Neha Rajan (Deepti Naval) aka ‘Miss Chamko’!


The film encapsulates everything that was ‘cool’ about India during the 80s. Right from the language to the lifestyle to the behaviour, there was a good mix of the innocent and the liberal (and sometimes, the rebellious). The three main characters, played by Shaikh, Bedi and Baswani, are witty and wicked in equal measure. All the three actors manage to hold their own. While Baswani plays the foolish, crooked Jai to the hilt, Bedi shows that he is a genius when it comes to comic timing. Farooq, despite not getting to play one of the ‘funny’ guys, ends up creating his own niche of humour with his wide range of expressions and reactions. Deepti Naval had to play ‘hard-to-get’, ‘madly-in-love’, ‘damsel-in-distress’, ‘plain-Jane’, ‘glam-doll’ and what not, in the same film, and she brings out her best for this (still-memorable) character of ‘Miss Chamko’.


Some of the sequences in the film are beyond brilliant, right from the opening credits to Omi and Jai’s futile wooing to Miss Chamko’s detergent powder demonstration to the light-hearted banter between the leads and Lallan Miyaan. Leena Mishra’s cameo as the grandmother is absolutely delightful.


The best part about the film is that it’s not the nostalgia which will make you smile. The humour is such that it would have worked even in 2013. So, you wouldn’t necessarily laugh because you got reminded of a certain era. You would laugh because you found the scene really funny!


The music of the film by Raj Kamal is the only aspect which may not work for today’s audience. Most songs do slow down the film. The songs are good, but in isolation and not within the screenplay. One song that really goes with the theme of the film is ‘Pyar Lagawat’.


Other notable aspects of the film include the terrific parody featuring Baswani and Naval, Amitabh Bachchan-Rekha cameo and the amazing restoration work done on the film.


Sai Paranjpye’s genius is written all over ‘Chashme Buddoor’. It’s a must watch (on the BIG screen)!


Shivom Oza


For more reviews, visit https://shivomoza.blogspot.in


Bethesda United States of America
A wonderful film
Nov 02, 2007 11:20 PM2263 Views

I ran into Sai Paranjpaye outside the Taj Krishna where she was a guest/direstor for the Children's Film Festival (Hyderabad)- I gave her a "high five" with this fun, great film on my mind.


A seriies of humourous vignettes - yes, I can "follow" hindi! Deepti Naval is charming as the less known character actors pursue love and smokes( a cute tirade with a paan/cigarette-wallah is in the film too).  The "gang" of friends  portrayed in the film were typical of my own Indian friends in Mumbai and Hyderabad - cool, poverty stricken and simply fun to be with.


Whatever happened to Sai Paranjpaye?  I had seen SPARSH - released when I was a teen back in the 70s and loved the "before-its-times" plot and direction.   Nasirudhin did his "standard" art film act - but it was the uniqueness of her direction that impressed me in this and in the later(1981?) CHASME BUDOOR.


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!!~~ Pyar Lagavat Pranay Mohabbat ~~!!
Apr 24, 2007 10:15 AM4492 Views

Until I reached my teens, I had stayed in many small towns of India. Cantonments were our world and at almost all stations an open theatre was our only place for entertainment. When we were posted at Jhansi, we looked forward to Thursday and Fridays when a Shaktiman(it’s a truck also known as “3 ton” in the hierarchy of defense vehicles) would come in with a projector installed. At dusk, everybody would take their seats in the cemented semi-circular stairs in front of a white big wall and wait passionately for the movie to start. Thursdays were the days for Hindi movies and Friday for English. Very rarely we were allowed on Friday’s, only when our parents were sure of the movie contents.


Sometime in 1984-85 on one such Thursday we went to saw Chashme Buddoor for which my parents were excited and elder sisters were keen. Me, my brother and our friends were a little skeptic owing to the star cast of the movie, Farooq, Deepti Naval… who are they. . Of course, at the age of 8 or 9 we were fond of dhishum dhishum from likes of Amitabh and Dharmendra. Since new releases were never part of this offering we used to feast on yester year hits like Samrat(any takers?), Amar Akbar Anthony, Ram Balram and bore like Aandhi(opinion than). Needless to say, except few light scenes this movie  did not impress us much. What with some idiots going after girls and a not so cool looking hero doing insane things. Songs. what the crap. how can somebody even write a song like “kali ghodi dwar khadi”. Our parents wasted our evening and as compensation we literally were able to blackmail them to allow us a show of “Return of the dragon” playing in one of the 5 theatres in “city” which was notoriously famous for plying all A rated films.


Years after, during assembly elections when our dear DD used to show us movies in between results or results in between movies. or what ever. I chanced upon chashme Buddoor. I couldn’t believe I did not like this move earlier. The movie went on for about 6 hours, between 10 PM and 4 AM and I fought with both sleep as well as election result bulletins to watch it. That is no mean achievement considering I was in 10th standard and was told by my parents that no way I am going to miss my school next day. Since than I have watched it for good over 10 times, latest being this Saturday when it was aired on Star Gold.


So what is it that makes this movie such a wonderful watch? Amongst various reasons, the one that emerged when I watched it on this Saturday was that it made me nostalgic and gave an instant connect to my childhood. But that can be a very personal reason in favor of movie in a public forum like this, so let me put forward few more thoughts on this one.


The first and foremost is the fact that this movie belongs to a rare genre of “simple story telling”, it is an art which any ways was rare and is fast dying. You have certain “Main meri biwi or woh”(2004 I believe) or Khosla ka Ghosla(2006) but these are too less and too distant to count on. You feel connected with the cast from the word go, no fancy setup no designer dresses and no dreamy jobs/business. They seem someone amongst us and going thru what we experience.


I am sure you must have watched this movie, still, let me touch the plot for records. The story is about 3 bachelors Omi(Rakesh Bedi of yeh jo hai zindagi frame), Jomo(Ravi Vaswani, another great of him is jane bhi do yarron) and Siddarth(Farooq Shiekh, no introduction needed) who are sharing a room in Delhi, studying, let me correct that Siddarth is studying and rest two actually are womanizing slackers. Neha(Deepti Naval) come to their room to promote a washing powder called Chamko(hence Siddarth calling her Ms Chamko till he gets to know her name). Eventually they have an affair which saw a twist when rest two try to separate Siddarth from Neha to hide their humiliation done by Neha when they tried to woo her. As in other movies, finally they get together after light dhishum dhishum and some tear shedding but treated absolutely differently.


How deceptive a perception can be. If somebody were to go through the description of the movie as boring as done by me in the para above the person will so underrate the movie. This movie has amazing combination of wit and simplicity. Unbelievably smooth flow of events and unremarkable identification of characters. Even a Paan wala(Saeed Jaffery) has an integral and indispensable part to play, having nothing to do with the main story line but still never looked uncalled for. Rather, in the end you feel if we could have some more of him and Jomo/Omi poetically/lovingly fighting over the dues.


The movie takes you along with it’s subtle pace where you feel the innocence of Farooq sheikh when he bought an expensive gift for Deepti and takes it back immediately, almost scared on the thought of loosing her after she refused to accept it. Generosity of adorable Saeed Jaffrey when Farooq offered the same gift to settle his dues for cigarettes he has been buying. To which Saeed responds “to aub main begum se kahoonga ki biryani to tab pakegi jub paisa aayega philhal to tum ye gehne se kaam chalo”. Or the stupidity of Omi and Jomo when they are unsuccessfully trying to woo girls(they call it shikaar) any which way possible. So what if it is a domestic help keeping custody of a kid and will elope with her boyfriend while these two are trying to impress her by befriending the child.


I do want to quote another scene from this movie which has a lasting impression on me. Farooqh on his first visit to Neha’s house discuss a book with her dad(who happens to be his boss too) and he says “Oh to tum padhe bhi ho, mujhe to lagtha tha is generation ko pedne main koi interest hi nahin”. . Now the fact that this movie got released in 1981 makes it sure that all who were dudes in 1981 must be dad of 17, 18 years olds by now, or even a grand pa. But look at it, we have them complaining about this generation gap. So for me Generation gap is both infinite and unreal. If you put it into perspective, it is non existent. If you take it on face vale, it has always been there.


The movie does not have many songs, but whatever are there are composed beautifully and screened even more innovatively. The movie even has a lovey dovey romance number shot in a park but you got to see it to believe it how real Sai Paranjpe(who is the director of this mivie) has made it look. Sai Paranjpe, who is also a Padma Bhushan, has directed some very good movies. Other than Chashme Buddoor you may want to watch Saaz and Sparsh to realize how deep her understanding of human emotions is.


If you ask me one reason to watch this movie, I will say the answer is in the theme song of this movie. Which goes something like


Pyar Lagavat, pranay, mohabbat, prem preet ya love lamu


Naam naye per katha wahi hai, her kisse ki baat nayee hai…


Love, affection, intimacy, mohabbat(love in Urdu), prem(love in devnagari), preet(another synonym for love) or love lamu(? This got me stumped)


Names are different but essence is same, each story has a different theme


(okay a very bad attempt, comments section is for all the maro maro)


How miss chamko met her man, and got a life
May 23, 2006 07:35 PM6648 Views

A backyard or mohalla romance. gentle as afternoon tea. almost a college sketch in its upbeat mood.


three student roomies - Rakesh Bedi, Farooq Sheikh, Ravi Vaswani. some gr8 camaraderie over cigarettes, used bike, girlie magazines, music, bare bachelor pad, and very little money. Money orders arrive, and as their money supply goes up, the brand of smokes improves. Syed Jaffrey - the local corner shopwallah, spewing shayari-flavored gaalis. The trios addiction to udhar ki cigarette.


farooq sheikh - the sharif-ladka types, serious student. The other two have many schemes for shikar (read girls), such as lacy handkerchiefs 'found and returned', all of them end when the girl's big brother, or other kabab mein haddi turns up.


ever seen Delhi so empty ? kaunsi mohalla hai yeh? and yet I recognize shades of Vasant vihar. some beautiful green parks and empty sun-soaked lanes free of traffic and ppl- where is this magical Delhi?


minimal sets, small budgets, sideline actors, except Syed Jaffrey.


A raw finish, yet surprisingly keen eye on humor in situations. Rakesh in the park, envying other couples. The nude poster covered over hastily with a towel, when the unexpected female turns up at the bachelor paradise.


Miss Chamko scene where Farooq meets Deepti selling detergent-the awkwardness reaches its height when Hum Tum Ek Kamre Mein Band Ho starts playing. Vaswani and rakesh trying to patao various 'kya cheez thi's' and failing. Deepti absorbed in song reverie at the bus-stop, heedless of snickering bus-mates. The opening scene with the single cigarette being passed around hand to toe.


Was this Sai Paranjpye's maiden directorial effort? I hav no idea. her daughter appears in a brief cameo.


P'pye excels in creating those little middle-class gharelu pastorals - the father reading the paper, the dadi making quilts, while Deepti proposes to bring in her young man to meet the family. And she's got the bachelor heaven all mapped out - walls covered in girlie posters, playboy mags, bare bones furniture, and overflowing ashtrays, while the underclothed trio in shorts lounge around daydreaming.


gr8 classical score wraps up this reverie- Jesudas sinigng some deep resonant songs - Kaali ghodi dwar khadi..makes u smile.. Kahan se aaye badra, ghulta jaaye kajra... made me shed a small tear for life's first big disappointment.


As usual, a rift will be created, betw the hero and heroine. Farooq really excels as the hot and bothered doubtful lover.


The climax - Mme director doesnt want to reduce it to a realistic film. but doesnt know where the story can go - be dramatic yet upbeat - the ending turns slapstick.


The eighties were bad time for clothes everywhere, but Deepti's outfits really take the cake. Never noticed it the first viewing, some 20 yrs back. Now it makes me wince.


glad to tell u ppl that even after 20 yrs, it still is a treat to watch


Miss Chamko shines
Jan 21, 2004 02:50 AM4166 Views

Watching a regular Bollywood movie has become quite demanding lately. It demands time, money and patience. They sometimes question your ability to reason and most of the times they defy logic. It is quite some ask. I'm sure many of us feel the same. Anyways, I'm not here to sit and whine about bollywood's masala potboilers. What is liberating is, in the vast expanse of these customary run-of-the-mill sagas you can expect to find some prized rational movies. One of those kind happens to be Sai Paranjpye's Chashme Buddoor.


Chashme Buddoor is a light-hearted, cheerful romantic flick without being ridiculous and demonstrative, and I hope to keep my review the same.


The movie is based in Delhi in the early 80's. It kicks off with the introduction of with three students, Siddharth Parasher (Farooque Shaikh), Jomo (Ravi Baswani) and Omi (Rakesh Bedi). Siddharth is an economics geek who is awaiting to pursue his Phd and shares an apartment with the other two. On a contrast, Jomo and Omi are easy-to-go, music loving, do-nothing idlers. Enters the new girl Neha (Deepti Naval) in their neighbourhood. After their personal misadventures with Neha, Jomo and Omi cook up a well-made fictious tale of romantic encounters with her.


Neha is a door to door marketing woman promoting a washing powder called


''Chamko'' who comes knocking on the bachelors' apartment one day. Figuring out it is the same girl, Jomo and Omi semi draped, breeze out of the house leaving Siddharth to face Neha. Uneasy Siddharth is left all alone to encounter Neha. At the end of the ''Chamko'' demonstration, spooked and scared stiff Siddharth develops an infatuation and is equally reciprocated by Neha. Eventually, both of them start dating and love blossoms.


In love Siddharth undergoes a radical change of personality. Now fashionably clad, music loving Siddharth gets a job and quits smoking. Incidently his boss also happens to be Neha's dad. Rubbernecking the metamorphosis in Siddharth's life, Jomo and Omi steam up enviously and fabricate a phony story that Neha was the same girl who they had romantic encounters with. A distressed and heartbroken Siddharth withdraws himself from Neha. Towards the end of the movie, Neha's granny, Jomo and Omi hatch a plan to get Siddharth and Neha together.


I thought the climax was a mockery of a regular Bollywood potboiler. Through out, Chashme Baddoor is a feel-good light-hearted movie. A big hand to Farooque and Deepti who carry out their roles with such ease. The cameos played by Ravi Baswani, Rakesh Bedi, Saeed Jaffery and Leela Mishra deserve accolades. Even the cameos hold some kind of significance in the movie. Music by Rajkamal is kinda soothing. I specially like the Yesudas number, ''Kahan se Aaye Badra''.


If you want to get away from a Johars', Chopras' or Barjatyas' run-of-the-mill melodramatic overdoses of romance, try this movie out.


Clean fun - and romance
Mar 11, 2003 06:39 PM2882 Views

This movie has endeared Dipti Naval and Farooq Shaikh forever in my heart. They reflect innocent love. And the way love and separation is treated is simply excellent - no melodrama.


The age-group is a nice post-graduation kind of segment. The families - middle class and they live in houses that reflect that class. And natural relationships between family members and among friends.


The story is based on realistic characters. It is not arty in examining any serious theories. It is not commercial in trying to cater to the front-benchers. A very sensible and down-to-earth romance which runs into rough weather due to misguided jealous friends. Sai Paranjpey uses these friends to provide terrific funny scenes.


Farooq Shaikh, Ravi Baswani, Raja Bedi, Dipti Naval and Sayed Jaffrey are at their best donning roles that come easily to them.


I particularly liked one scene where Naval comes selling detergent and tries to demonstrate its effectiveness on a pre-laundered towel that Sheikh provides.


Songs are nice, including two excellent pieces from Jesudas ''Kali Ghodi Dwar Khadi'' and ''Kahan se Aye Badra''.


A hilarious comedy that is a must watch for all.


Bombay Meri Jaan! India
Teri pyaari pyaari surat ko..............
Dec 15, 2002 03:27 PM5038 Views

A delightful light hearted film, Chasme Buddoor is the story of 3 students -


Siddharth (Farooq Shaikh),


Jomo (Ravi Vaswani) &


Omi (Rakesh Bedi)


These friends share a flat & are forever borrowing from the local paanwala Lalan Mian (Saeed Jaafrey).


Siddharth [Sid] is the seedha saada, more academic , serious attitude in life type where as Jomo & Omi are always chasing girls but never getting anywhere with them.


One day while Sid is alone, a salesgirl comes to their flat, selling a detergent called Chamko, this is where we are introduced to the charming & lovely smiling Deepti Naval. Naturally Sid is charmed by her [There is a very cute scene where he calls her Miss Chamko, coz she hasn't told her name yet] So, we learn that this Miss Chamko is Neha, who lives in the neighbourhood with her father & grandmother.


Soon Sid & Neha become close & fall in love. But when Omi & Jomo learn of this they are jealous & try to woo Neha, failing miserably. Then both of them fabricate stories of their romance with Neha. They tell Sid about certain things in her house & ask him to check the same, which would prove that their story is true.


Listening to his friends stories, Sid becomes doubtful about Neha & as both his friends had visited Neha's house, Sid finds all the signs they had described to him. He is very upset & He refuses to talk to Neha. This creates a wedge between the lovers. But seeing their friend so miserable, Omi & Jomo feels very guilty & repentant. They seek help from Lalan Miya & Deepti’s granny Leela Mishra. However, their plan of kidnapping Neha & of sending Sid to save her, backfires & what follows is a very hilarious climax, where we find both the lovers united once more..........


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My Word


Directed by Sai Paranjpee, this movie is absolutely hilarious, even though I've seen it often. It is an out n out comedy, without any pretensions. The main characters are so real that we can easily identify with them. The cast of the film is its plus point. Saeed Jaafrey as a paanwala, with a heavy Agratype accent is so realistic. Deepti Naval and Farooq Sheikh are charming as the young couple. Everyone is full of energy & has given good performance, esp. Rakesh Bedi & Ravi Baswani who have provided non stop laughter. I clearly remember there is scene where Omi is telling Sid about how he was romancing with Neha in the garden singing songs, this is a parody song where Vaswani & Deepti Naval enact famous songs of yesteryears [Songs like Pyaar Kiya to Darna Kya & Laila O Laila]. This song was a major highlight of the film.


Chasme Buddoor is a must see for everyone who likes to watch clean & fun hindi movies.


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Thanx for reading :)


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