Chhoti Si Baat doesn't have a great story or an in-depth screenplay still works due to its gentle humour,music and interesting characterisations.How the hero succeeds in his love with a Colonel's help by overcoming his flaws ?
The movie starts with a voice-over introducing us to the characters,their families of the Jackson Tularam company - where our Hero, Amol Palekar works.A voice-over narration in a film that came 35 years back is something unconventional in film making.I don't remember any other mainstream film (during that period) has such a voice-over narration in the beginning of a movie.
Amol's Characterisation: He is one of us - shy,struggles to pick up a conversation with his girl;poor in sports;doesn't know to impress his lover while taking her for lunch - but fantasises often as an angry-young man.
Vidya, just like a girl-next-door is charming;so are her beautiful sarees.Scenes between Amol and Vidya in the buses and streets of Bombay are delight: Sparsely populated Bombay streets;jumbo red colored buses;employees following the test match commentary holding a pocket radio close to their ears;getting excited for a cup of chai;planning for a movie with much anticipation as though they are going to launch a satellite. How life was much simple then!
However the show-stealer of the movie is Ashok Kumar.He comes as Colonel Julius Nagendranath Wilfred Singh and gives one of the best performance in his career.Ashok Kumar has a terrific screen presence thanks to his body language,brilliant dialog-delivery and his lovely smile.He carries the movie completely in the second half. The way Ashok Kumar is introduced in the movie speaks a lot to his character strength.When Amol comes to his house, he mistakenly opens one of the doors in verandah only to find hens scattering outside.But they retreat immediately on hearing Colonel's order.
Chhoti Si Baat has some memorable compositions from Salil Choudary. Esp - Two gems : Na jaane kyun hota hain zindagi ke saath and yeh din kya aaye lage phool hasne..
Na jaane kyun hooked me completely as I've been listening continuously since last month.It comes at the scenario where Vidya misses Amol terribly without knowing he has went to Khandala.Song starts off with a trumpet,closely followed by beautiful strumming of Guitar then emerges as soft-rock number with Lata rendering soulfully.This is one of the song much ahead-of-its-time in instrument arrangement and genre and a perfect number to sing in any event by strumming a Guitar.
Yeh din kya aaye lage phool hasne - An absolute wonder from Mukesh,even better than his previous Salilda number, Kai Bhar yuhi Dekha(Rajnigandha)
The movie starts with a voice-over introducing us to the characters,their families of the Jackson Tularam company - where our Hero, Amol Palekar works.A voice-over narration in a film that came 35 years back is something unconventional in film making.I don't remember any other mainstream film (during that period) has such a voice-over narration in the beginning of a movie.
Amol's Characterisation: He is one of us - shy,struggles to pick up a conversation with his girl;poor in sports;doesn't know to impress his lover while taking her for lunch - but fantasises often as an angry-young man.
Vidya, just like a girl-next-door is charming;so are her beautiful sarees.Scenes between Amol and Vidya in the buses and streets of Bombay are delight: Sparsely populated Bombay streets;jumbo red colored buses;employees following the test match commentary holding a pocket radio close to their ears;getting excited for a cup of chai;planning for a movie with much anticipation as though they are going to launch a satellite. How life was much simple then!
However the show-stealer of the movie is Ashok Kumar.He comes as Colonel Julius Nagendranath Wilfred Singh and gives one of the best performance in his career.Ashok Kumar has a terrific screen presence thanks to his body language,brilliant dialog-delivery and his lovely smile.He carries the movie completely in the second half. The way Ashok Kumar is introduced in the movie speaks a lot to his character strength.When Amol comes to his house, he mistakenly opens one of the doors in verandah only to find hens scattering outside.But they retreat immediately on hearing Colonel's order.
Chhoti Si Baat has some memorable compositions from Salil Choudary. Esp - Two gems : Na jaane kyun hota hain zindagi ke saath and yeh din kya aaye lage phool hasne..
Na jaane kyun hooked me completely as I've been listening continuously since last month.It comes at the scenario where Vidya misses Amol terribly without knowing he has went to Khandala.Song starts off with a trumpet,closely followed by beautiful strumming of Guitar then emerges as soft-rock number with Lata rendering soulfully.This is one of the song much ahead-of-its-time in instrument arrangement and genre and a perfect number to sing in any event by strumming a Guitar.
Yeh din kya aaye lage phool hasne - An absolute wonder from Mukesh,even better than his previous Salilda number, Kai Bhar yuhi Dekha(Rajnigandha)
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