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Chashme Buddoor movie review: Takes you back to the era of innocence
The idea of releasing the original Chashme Buddoor (1981) alongside its remake is original!
Audiences, who perhaps were not even born when Farooque Sheikh and Deepti Naval captivated a whole generation of moviegoers with their unaffected camaraderie, get a chance to see why the movies in the 1970s and 1980s by Hrishikesh Mukherjee, Basu Chatterjee and Sai Paranjpye were considered heartwarming windows into the soul of the middle-class. Click here to read moreClick to Comment
Watch video: How was Chashme Buddoor restored?
Here’s how the 1981 comedy found its way back to the theatres
As the original Chashme Buddoor hits the screens tomorrow (alongside David Dhawan’s new age version Chashme Baddoor, ofcourse), a whole new generation will get a chance to discover this cult comedy. Click here to read moreWhy did the Chashme Baddoor stars visit a college?
Director David Dhawan took his team – Siddharth, Divyendu and Taapsee – out to a suburban college in Mumbai. Find out what awaited the stars there…
In what can be called a student-friendly marketing move to promote his forthcoming release Chashme Baddoor, filmmaker David Dhawan took the stars of the movie – Siddharth, Divyendu Sharma and Taapsee Pannu - to Mumbai’s Mithibai College yesterday. Click here to read moreChashme Baddoor cast meets Farooq Shaikh who starred in the original 1981 comedy
The young team was taken by surprise when they bumped into the actor at a suburban hotel
Ali Zafar, Siddharth, Divyendu Sharma and Taapsee Pannu will be seen stepping into the shoes of Farooq Shaikh, Ravi Baswani, Rakesh Bedi and Deepti Naval respectively in the remake of Sai Paranjape’s 1981 cult comedy Chashme Buddoor. Click here to read moreWhy did Naseeruddin Shah want to throw the Swiss cake?
Those who have watched Jaane Bhi Do Yaaron will understand why the actor decided to throw the specially made Swiss cake
Kundan Shah’s 1983 cult classic Jaane Bhi Do Yaaron hit the screens once again recently, revived by public demand. The satire has certainly stood the test of time, with film buffs choosing to revisit the classic black comedy time and again. Click here to read moreJaane Bhi Do Yaaro movie review: Revisiting the classic
The 1983 classic that re-released this weekend is relevant even today with its funny take on corruption and politics
Film: Jaane Bhi Do Yaaro; Cast: Naseerudin Shah, Ravi Baswani, Bhakti Bharve, Pankaj Kapur, Satish Shah, Om Puri, Neena Gupta; Director: Kundan Shah It was the year before prime minister Indira Gandhi was assassinated (1984). The nation was not in the best of moods. There were raised voices and frayed tempers prevalent across the nation as corruption and intolerance reached an all-time high. Click here to read moreKundan Shah’s Jaane Bhi Do Yaaro to hit the screens again
The Naseeruddin Shah-Ravi Baswani starrer is being re-released by PVR for the younger generation
Jaane Bhi Do Yaaro is one of the few cult films that has stood the test of time. Kundan Shah’s satire continues to be one of the most popular films that is regularly revisited by film buffs. Click here to read moreKundan Shah denies making a sequel of his cult film Jaane Bhi Do Yaaro
The veteran filmmaker is planning to take his classic comic tale forward
We are living in the times of sequels and remakes. That is the reason why we weren’t surprised when we heard that veteran filmmaker Kundan Shah is planning to make a sequel of his cult comedy, the Naseeruddin Shah-Ravi Baswani starrer, Jaane Bhi Do Yaaro. Click here to read more
