Chashme Buddoor
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Chashm-e-Buddoor is a 1981
romantic comedy film
starring Farooq Shaikh
, Deepti Naval
, Rakesh Bedi
, Ravi Baswani
and Saeed Jaffrey
. The film is directed
by Sai Paranjpye
and produced by Gul Anand. The film is about three students; Siddharth (Farooq Shaikh
), Omi (Rakesh Bedi
) and Jai (Ravi Baswani
) at Delhi University, who don't go home during summer vacation and how a girl Neha (Deepti Naval
) comes in their life. The film had good music. The lyrics written by Indu Jain were nicely composed by Raj Kamal and sung by Yesudas, Hemanti Shukla (picturised on Deepti Naval and Vinod Nagpal) had become quite popular and ear-pleasing. Other songs were also enjoyable.
Siddharth (Farooq Shaikh
), Omi (Rakesh Bedi
) and Jomo (Ravi Baswani
) are close friends and room mates who are studying at Delhi University. Siddharth has completed M.A in Economics
and is preparing for PhD. Siddharth is very studious and spends most of his time with books where as Omi and Jai are busy in chasing girls, watching movies or dramas; only common thing among them is smoking. One day Omi and Jai see a girl (Neha) who is new to their neighborhood and tries to impress her by their tricks; they give up for her when both of them experience shameful events. After some days, Neha (Deepti Naval
) shows up as Chamko washing powder salesgirl to their flat, upon seeing whom Jai and Omi hide quickly. Siddharth sees Neha for the first time and a love story begins. But when his two friends find out, they decide to put an end to their relationship as a revenge to the embarrassment inflicted upon them by the girl. Initially they succeed in separating Siddharth and Neha but later on repent when they find that Siddharth lost his interest in work and study and also likely to end his life. Finally they decide to reunite both and accordingly the grand mother of neha is also accommodated in the plan by staging a fake kidnapping so that Siddharth could prove him by saving Neha from the kidnappers.
The parallel plot runs between Omi, Jomo, Siddharth and Lallan Miyan. Lallan Miyan is the local shopkeeper who sells Cigarettes to Omi and Jomo on credit. But as students staying far away from their family spend money on other things and don't clear his debts. Lallan Miyan tires to follow-up with them to get their dues.
A spate of kidnapping (especially of young girls) has started in Delhi. One fine day Omi and his friends along with Neha's grandmother plan to stage a fake kidnapping and get married. But unfortunately she is kidnapped by the real gang and the duo leave in lurch.
The latter part of the story revolves how they clear the confusion that she has been in fact kidnapped by real thugs and how she is rescued.
and Haimanti Sukla.
, Taapsee Pannu
, Sonu Nigam
, Siddharth Narayan
and Rishi Kapoor
roped in for the remake
of Chashme Buddoor
in lead roles previously played by Farooq Shaikh
, Deepti Naval
, Rakesh Bedi, Ravi Baswani
and Saeed Jaffrey
. David Dhawan
will direct the film.
, in which a serious young man played by Jason Biggs
falls in love with a psychologist (played by Amanda Peet
), but the man's two goofy friends (played by Jack Black
and Steve Zahn
) do a fake kidnapping of the psychologist to try to get their friend married to someone else.
The movie was remade in Malayalam language in the year 1984 and was titled Odaruthammava Njangalkkalariyam
. Directed by Priyadarshan
, the movie is about three college students and their efforts to woo a girl. Shankar
, Nedumudi Venu
, Sreenivasan, Sreenath
, Mukesh, Jagadish
, Lizy
, Menaka
, Sukumari
and Kuthiravattom Pappu appeared in main roles. The script was written by Sreenivasan. This film was a big hit at box office.
Bollywood films of 1981
-Highest grossing:The top forty grossing films at the Indian Box Office in 1981:The last four were box office flops-1981:-External links:* at the Internet Movie Database* - A look back at the year 1981 with a special focus on the Hindi film song*...
romantic comedy film
Romantic comedy film
Romantic comedy films are films with light-hearted, humorous plotlines, centered on romantic ideals such as that true love is able to surmount most obstacles. One dictionary definition is "a funny movie, play, or television program about a love story that ends happily"...
starring Farooq Shaikh
Farooq Shaikh
Farooq Sheikh or Farooque Sheikh is an Indian actor, philanthropist and a popular television presenter. He is best known for his films during the 1970s and 1980s. His major contribution was in Parallel Cinema or the New Indian Cinema...
, Deepti Naval
Deepti Naval
Deepti Naval is an acclaimed Indian actress. She has acted in over 75 Hindi films, and most often worked in arthouse and independent films, known as parallel cinema in India.-Early life:Born in Amritsar, Punjab, India...
, Rakesh Bedi
Rakesh Bedi
Rakesh Bedi is an Indian film actor and television personality. He started his career as a supporting actor in the 1979 film Hamare Tumhare starring Sanjeev Kumar, and then went on to act in over 150 films and a couple of TV serials. Some of his most memorable roles were in the 1981 film Chashme...
, Ravi Baswani
Ravi Baswani
Ravi Baswani was a well known Indian film actor, most famous for his role in Sai Paranjpe's Chashme Buddoor and Kundan Shah's cult comedy Jaane Bhi Do Yaaro , for which he won Filmfare Best Comedian Award in 1984. He was noted for his comic timing and underplaying of a character in the true sense...
and Saeed Jaffrey
Saeed Jaffrey
Saeed Jaffrey OBE is an Indian-born British actor, who has done numerous British movies. He was born in Malerkotla, Punjab...
. The film is directed
Film director
A film director is a person who directs the actors and film crew in filmmaking. They control a film's artistic and dramatic nathan roach, while guiding the technical crew and actors.-Responsibilities:...
by Sai Paranjpye
Sai Paranjpye
Sai Parānjpye is a movie director and a screenwriter in India. She is the director of award-winning movies, Sparsh, Katha, Chasme Buddoor, and Disha....
and produced by Gul Anand. The film is about three students; Siddharth (Farooq Shaikh
Farooq Shaikh
Farooq Sheikh or Farooque Sheikh is an Indian actor, philanthropist and a popular television presenter. He is best known for his films during the 1970s and 1980s. His major contribution was in Parallel Cinema or the New Indian Cinema...
), Omi (Rakesh Bedi
Rakesh Bedi
Rakesh Bedi is an Indian film actor and television personality. He started his career as a supporting actor in the 1979 film Hamare Tumhare starring Sanjeev Kumar, and then went on to act in over 150 films and a couple of TV serials. Some of his most memorable roles were in the 1981 film Chashme...
) and Jai (Ravi Baswani
Ravi Baswani
Ravi Baswani was a well known Indian film actor, most famous for his role in Sai Paranjpe's Chashme Buddoor and Kundan Shah's cult comedy Jaane Bhi Do Yaaro , for which he won Filmfare Best Comedian Award in 1984. He was noted for his comic timing and underplaying of a character in the true sense...
) at Delhi University, who don't go home during summer vacation and how a girl Neha (Deepti Naval
Deepti Naval
Deepti Naval is an acclaimed Indian actress. She has acted in over 75 Hindi films, and most often worked in arthouse and independent films, known as parallel cinema in India.-Early life:Born in Amritsar, Punjab, India...
) comes in their life. The film had good music. The lyrics written by Indu Jain were nicely composed by Raj Kamal and sung by Yesudas, Hemanti Shukla (picturised on Deepti Naval and Vinod Nagpal) had become quite popular and ear-pleasing. Other songs were also enjoyable.
Plot
Chashm-e-Buddoor features Deepti Naval, Farooq Shaikh and Saeed Jaffrey and has guest roles by Indian National TV and Film Industry artists like Vinod Nagpal, Amitabh Bachhan and Rekha.Siddharth (Farooq Shaikh
Farooq Shaikh
Farooq Sheikh or Farooque Sheikh is an Indian actor, philanthropist and a popular television presenter. He is best known for his films during the 1970s and 1980s. His major contribution was in Parallel Cinema or the New Indian Cinema...
), Omi (Rakesh Bedi
Rakesh Bedi
Rakesh Bedi is an Indian film actor and television personality. He started his career as a supporting actor in the 1979 film Hamare Tumhare starring Sanjeev Kumar, and then went on to act in over 150 films and a couple of TV serials. Some of his most memorable roles were in the 1981 film Chashme...
) and Jomo (Ravi Baswani
Ravi Baswani
Ravi Baswani was a well known Indian film actor, most famous for his role in Sai Paranjpe's Chashme Buddoor and Kundan Shah's cult comedy Jaane Bhi Do Yaaro , for which he won Filmfare Best Comedian Award in 1984. He was noted for his comic timing and underplaying of a character in the true sense...
) are close friends and room mates who are studying at Delhi University. Siddharth has completed M.A in Economics
Economics
Economics is the social science that analyzes the production, distribution, and consumption of goods and services. The term economics comes from the Ancient Greek from + , hence "rules of the house"...
and is preparing for PhD. Siddharth is very studious and spends most of his time with books where as Omi and Jai are busy in chasing girls, watching movies or dramas; only common thing among them is smoking. One day Omi and Jai see a girl (Neha) who is new to their neighborhood and tries to impress her by their tricks; they give up for her when both of them experience shameful events. After some days, Neha (Deepti Naval
Deepti Naval
Deepti Naval is an acclaimed Indian actress. She has acted in over 75 Hindi films, and most often worked in arthouse and independent films, known as parallel cinema in India.-Early life:Born in Amritsar, Punjab, India...
) shows up as Chamko washing powder salesgirl to their flat, upon seeing whom Jai and Omi hide quickly. Siddharth sees Neha for the first time and a love story begins. But when his two friends find out, they decide to put an end to their relationship as a revenge to the embarrassment inflicted upon them by the girl. Initially they succeed in separating Siddharth and Neha but later on repent when they find that Siddharth lost his interest in work and study and also likely to end his life. Finally they decide to reunite both and accordingly the grand mother of neha is also accommodated in the plan by staging a fake kidnapping so that Siddharth could prove him by saving Neha from the kidnappers.
The parallel plot runs between Omi, Jomo, Siddharth and Lallan Miyan. Lallan Miyan is the local shopkeeper who sells Cigarettes to Omi and Jomo on credit. But as students staying far away from their family spend money on other things and don't clear his debts. Lallan Miyan tires to follow-up with them to get their dues.
A spate of kidnapping (especially of young girls) has started in Delhi. One fine day Omi and his friends along with Neha's grandmother plan to stage a fake kidnapping and get married. But unfortunately she is kidnapped by the real gang and the duo leave in lurch.
The latter part of the story revolves how they clear the confusion that she has been in fact kidnapped by real thugs and how she is rescued.
Production
Chashm-e-Buddoor is produced by Gul Anand. The music is by Raj Kamal and lyrics by Indu Jain. Singers are K. J. YesudasK. J. Yesudas
Kattassery Joseph Yesudas is an Indian classical musician and playback singer.Yesudas sings Indian classical, devotional, and popular music. He has recorded more than 50,000 songs in many languages including Malayalam, Tamil, Hindi, Kannada, Telugu, Bengali, Gujarati, Oriya, Marathi, Punjabi,...
and Haimanti Sukla.
Cast
- Farooq ShaikhFarooq ShaikhFarooq Sheikh or Farooque Sheikh is an Indian actor, philanthropist and a popular television presenter. He is best known for his films during the 1970s and 1980s. His major contribution was in Parallel Cinema or the New Indian Cinema...
as Siddharth Parashar - Deepti NavalDeepti NavalDeepti Naval is an acclaimed Indian actress. She has acted in over 75 Hindi films, and most often worked in arthouse and independent films, known as parallel cinema in India.-Early life:Born in Amritsar, Punjab, India...
as Neha Rajan - Rakesh BediRakesh BediRakesh Bedi is an Indian film actor and television personality. He started his career as a supporting actor in the 1979 film Hamare Tumhare starring Sanjeev Kumar, and then went on to act in over 150 films and a couple of TV serials. Some of his most memorable roles were in the 1981 film Chashme...
as Omi - Ravi BaswaniRavi BaswaniRavi Baswani was a well known Indian film actor, most famous for his role in Sai Paranjpe's Chashme Buddoor and Kundan Shah's cult comedy Jaane Bhi Do Yaaro , for which he won Filmfare Best Comedian Award in 1984. He was noted for his comic timing and underplaying of a character in the true sense...
as Jomo - Saeed JaffreySaeed JaffreySaeed Jaffrey OBE is an Indian-born British actor, who has done numerous British movies. He was born in Malerkotla, Punjab...
as Lallan Mian - Amitabh BachchanAmitabh BachchanAmitabh Bachchan is an Indian film actor. He first gained popularity in the early 1970s as the "angry young man" of Hindi cinema, and has since appeared in over 180 Indian films in a career spanning more than four decades...
as Himself, appears in a funny scene - Rekha as herself, appears in a funny scene with Amitabh
- Vinod Nagpal as the Music Teacher
- Vini Paranjape as a girl who Jomo tries to woo. She is the director's daughter.
Remake
Ali ZafarAli Zafar
Ali Zafar is a Pakistani musician, composer, song writer, singer, actor, painter and model, popular in Pakistan for his music, including his hit songs like "Channo", "Rangeen", "Chal Dil Merey", "Dekha", "Masty" and "Sajania"...
, Taapsee Pannu
Taapsee Pannu
Taapsee Pannu better known mononymously as Taapsee, is an Indian model-turned-film actress who works mainly in the Telugu and Tamil film industries. Born to a Punjabi family, Taapsee worked as a software professional and also pursued a career in modelling before becoming an actress...
, Sonu Nigam
Sonu Nigam
Sonu Nigam is an Indian playback singer whose songs have been featured in numerous Hindi movies, as well as films in Assamese, Punjabi, Bengali, Marathi and Kannada language. He has also released numerous Indi-pop albums and acted in a few Hindi feature films...
, Siddharth Narayan
Siddharth Narayan
Siddharth Suryanaraynan , popularly known and credited as Siddharth, is an Indian film actor, playback singer and screenplay writer. After his business management studies, Siddharth chose to work in film making and worked as an assistant director before making his acting debut in the 2003 Tamil...
and Rishi Kapoor
Rishi Kapoor
Rishi Kapoor is an Indian Bollywood actor, film producer and director.-Early life:Born in Chembur Mumbai, Kapoor is the second son of film director and star Raj Kapoor. He did his schooling with his brothers at Campion School,Mumbai. His brothers are well-known actors: Randhir Kapoor and Rajiv...
roped in for the remake
Remake
A remake is a piece of media based primarily on an earlier work of the same medium.-Film:The term "remake" is generally used in reference to a movie which uses an earlier movie as the main source material, rather than in reference to a second, later movie based on the same source...
of Chashme Buddoor
Chashme Buddoor
Chashm-e-Buddoor is a 1981 romantic comedy film starring Farooq Shaikh, Deepti Naval, Rakesh Bedi, Ravi Baswani and Saeed Jaffrey. The film is directed by Sai Paranjpye and produced by Gul Anand...
in lead roles previously played by Farooq Shaikh
Farooq Shaikh
Farooq Sheikh or Farooque Sheikh is an Indian actor, philanthropist and a popular television presenter. He is best known for his films during the 1970s and 1980s. His major contribution was in Parallel Cinema or the New Indian Cinema...
, Deepti Naval
Deepti Naval
Deepti Naval is an acclaimed Indian actress. She has acted in over 75 Hindi films, and most often worked in arthouse and independent films, known as parallel cinema in India.-Early life:Born in Amritsar, Punjab, India...
, Rakesh Bedi, Ravi Baswani
Ravi Baswani
Ravi Baswani was a well known Indian film actor, most famous for his role in Sai Paranjpe's Chashme Buddoor and Kundan Shah's cult comedy Jaane Bhi Do Yaaro , for which he won Filmfare Best Comedian Award in 1984. He was noted for his comic timing and underplaying of a character in the true sense...
and Saeed Jaffrey
Saeed Jaffrey
Saeed Jaffrey OBE is an Indian-born British actor, who has done numerous British movies. He was born in Malerkotla, Punjab...
. David Dhawan
David Dhawan
David Dhawan is an Indian film director. He has studied at the Film and Television Institute of India, Pune.-Career:Dhawan started off as an editor and then took the plunge into directing...
will direct the film.
Adaptations
The movie was adapted into a Hollywood production called Saving SilvermanSaving Silverman
Saving Silverman is a 2001 American comedy film directed by Dennis Dugan. It stars Jason Biggs, Steve Zahn, Jack Black and Amanda Peet. Neil Diamond has a cameo role playing himself...
, in which a serious young man played by Jason Biggs
Jason Biggs
Jason Matthew Biggs is an American actor who is best known for his role as Jim Levenstein in the American Pie series of teen comedy films.-Personal life:...
falls in love with a psychologist (played by Amanda Peet
Amanda Peet
Amanda Peet is an American actress, who has appeared on film, stage, and television. After studying with Uta Hagen at Columbia University, Peet began her career in television commercials, and progressed to small roles on television, before making her film debut in 1995...
), but the man's two goofy friends (played by Jack Black
Jack Black
Jack Black , is an American actor and musician, notably of Tenacious D.Jack Black may also refer to:* Jack Black , late 19th - early 20th Century author and hobo* Jack Black , drummer for 1970s UK punk band The Boys...
and Steve Zahn
Steve Zahn
-Early life:Zahn was born in Marshall, Minnesota, the son of Zelda, who worked for the YMCA, and Carleton E. Zahn, a retired Missouri Synod Lutheran pastor. Zahn spent part of his childhood in Mankato, Minnesota, attending Kennedy Elementary School...
) do a fake kidnapping of the psychologist to try to get their friend married to someone else.
The movie was remade in Malayalam language in the year 1984 and was titled Odaruthammava Njangalkkalariyam
Odaruthammava Aalariyam
Odaruthammava Aalariyam is a Malayalam comedy film released in 1984. This film directed by Priyadarshan is about three college students and their efforts to woo a girl. Shankar, Nedumudi Venu, Sreenivasan, Sreenath, Mukesh, Jagadish, Lizy, Menaka, Sukumari and Kuthiravattom Pappu appeared in main...
. Directed by Priyadarshan
Priyadarshan
Priyadarshan is an Indian film director, producer, and screenwriter. In a career spanning over two decades, Priyadarshan has directed over 80 films in several Indian languages including Malayalam, Hindi, Tamil, and Telugu...
, the movie is about three college students and their efforts to woo a girl. Shankar
Shankar (actor)
Shankar Panikkar, popularly known as Shankar is an Indian film actor and director. He was one of the prominent lead actors of Malayalam cinema during the 1980s.- As an Actor :...
, Nedumudi Venu
Nedumudi Venu
Nedumudi Venu is a popular Malayalam film actor from Kerala, India. He has also written screenplays and has directed one film.- Early life :...
, Sreenivasan, Sreenath
Sreenath
Sreenath was a popular Malayalam film and television actor. He acted in many hit films, including Shalini Ente Koottukari, Ithu Njangalude Katha, Oru CBI Diary Kurippu, and Kireedam....
, Mukesh, Jagadish
Jagadish
P. V. Jagadish Kumar , popularly known as Jagadish, is a Malayalam film actor and script writer. He became popular through performances in films such as Mukhachitram, In Harihar Nagar, Godfather, Welcome to Kodaikanal, Thiruthalvaadi, Mantrikacheppu, and Hitler...
, Lizy
Lizy (actress)
Lissy Priyadarshan is a popular South Indian film actress of 1980s. She is popularly known by the mononym Lissy. Though, was a leading heroine in Malayalam, she had also acted in several Tamil and Telugu. She gave up acting after her marriage with famous film director Priyadarshan in 1990...
, Menaka
Menaka (actress)
Menaka is an Indian film actress. In her short film career 1980-86, Menaka acted in 116 films, mostly in Malayalam. She also did a few movies in Tamil, Kannada and Telugu. She has worked with many leading actors of the time, including the late Prem Nazir, Soman and Sukumaran. She has also acted...
, Sukumari
Sukumari
Sukumari is an Indian film actress who has primarily acted in Malayalam and Tamil films. She has been acting since she was 10 years old and has acted in various roles. The total number of her films is presumed to be about two-thousand. In 2003, she was awarded the Padma Shri by the Government of...
and Kuthiravattom Pappu appeared in main roles. The script was written by Sreenivasan. This film was a big hit at box office.