1981 · comedy · romance · youth
Chashme Buddoor
Directed by Sai Paranjape2h 25m1981
Womanizing slackers Omi and Jai attempt to woo the new girl in the neighborhood, and fail - miserably. Their third roommate - shy, and a bookworm - succeeds, much to their chagrin. The two scheme up comical ideas to split the two lovebirds, so that their secrets and humiliation are not revealed.
Our read: Chashme Buddoor (1981) reads as a cosy, kinetic, grounded comedy · romance · youth entry — gentle in intensity, intimate in scope, tender in temperature, redemptive in outlook.
Cosy, kinetic, gentle comedy / romance, grounded in texture. Redemptive, intimate, tender.
- cosy
- brisk
- gentle
- redemptive
- tender
- intimate
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