Chashme Buddoor | Has It Aged Well? ft

This week on ‘Has It Aged Well?’ Abbas and Urjita got the ‘saubhagya’ of having author and podcaster Anurag Minus Verma on the show. We’re discussing Sai Paranjapye’s 1981 cult classic Chashme Buddoor starring Farooq Sheikh, Deepti Naval, Rakesh Bedi, Ravi Baswani and Leela Mishra. Topics discussed include: Anurag’s idea of ‘Loserism’ and how it relates to this film, Sai Parnjapye’s cinema style, the portrayal of Delhi in the film and how it works as a companion piece to ‘Chhoti Si Baat’, making the medium of cinema ‘playful’ and much more. So wear your kurta’s starched with Chamko soap and tune in,

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CHAPTERS:
0:00 Highlights
01:38 Opening quote/introduction
03:05 'Loserism' in relation to Chashme Buddoor
06:25 First exposure to Chashme Buddoor and Sai Paranjpye's films
08:04 A love letter to Delhi
13:54 'Remixing' Chashme Buddoor
16:01 Portrayal of 80's bachelorhood
21:23 Looking through a female director's lens
26:00 Paranjpye's body of work & does she get the credit she deserves?
29:57 Break
31:16 Urjita's quiz
36:27 The form of film and why it should be playful/the image of 'social reformer' filmmaker
46:10 Deepti Naval's characterization
48:04 Some of our favourite moments
49:06 Saeed Akhtar Mirza cameo?
50:00 Why is the film titled 'Chashme Buddoor'?
51:53 Mainstream stars doing cameos in indie films
54:15 Portrayal of parental figures
56:15 Realism in cinema/filmmaker's worldview
1:00:43 What's aged the best/worst?
1:06:48 Double feature
1:08:23 Detour into Rang De Basanti's Jaipur connection
1:09:53 Rating scale
1:11:32 Alternate endings