Chhoti Si Baat
1976 · Movie · 123 min · ★ 7.6 · 88% critics
A shy office worker in Bombay quietly falls for a woman he sees every day but struggles to say how he feels. When a confident rival starts getting closer, he turns to an unusual mentor for help finding courage, charm, and a better sense of himself.
Based on School for Scoundrels
Also known as Such a Small Thing
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Details
- Original title
- छोटी सी बात
- Years
- 1976
- Release date
- 1976-01-09
- Language
- Hindi
- Runtime
- 123 min
- Max quality
- HD
- Critic score
- 88/100
- TMDB rating
- 7.6/10 (26 votes)
About
You’ll likely enjoy this if you like warm, low-key romantic comedies about everyday people, especially if Jab We Met or Chupke Chupke worked for you; Not for you if you want fast pacing or big dramatic stakes.
Pros: sweet relatable romance; gentle humor; warm nostalgic feel | Cons: slow first half; predictable story beats; a few dated stretches
Themes
- nostalgic
- cheerful
- hopeful
Cast & crew
Amol Palekar
as Arun Pradeep
Vidya Sinha
as Prabha Narayan
Ashok Kumar
as Col. Julius Nagendranath Wilfred Singh
Asrani
as Nagesh Shastri
C.S. Dubey
as Gurnaam
Nandita Thakur
as Deepa
Rajan Haksar
- AK
Ashim Kumar
- DK
Devendra Khandelwal
- BM
Baba Majgoakar
Directed by Basu Chatterjee