chhotahazri

Hindi: chhoti haziri, vulg. hazri, 'little breakfast'; refreshment taken in the early morning, before or after the morning exercise. (Hobson-Jobson: A Glossary of Colloquial Anglo-Indian Words and Phrases, 1994 [1886])

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Showing posts with label Chashme Buddoor. Show all posts

Showing posts with label Chashme Buddoor. Show all posts

10 July 2017

Bombay Confidential

My Mirror column : In a murder mystery set in the film industry 40 years ago, the crime writer HRF Keating tapped into our preoccupati...

27 November 2015

The Karma Chameleon: Saeed Jaffrey

My Mumbai Mirror column last week: Saeed Jaffrey was that rare actor who could fit in seemingly anywhere -- and yet carved out a very...

15 December 2014

Bitten by the film bug

My Mumbai Mirror column: The funny, warm indie Sulemani Keeda shows us a world of Bollywood aspirants, but it isn't so much a f...

14 April 2013

Mocking 'filmi-ness': more on Chashme Buddoor

A guest column I did for Business Standard : A still from Sai Paranjpye's Chashme Buddoor (1981) Sai Paranjpye's Chashme Buddo...

7 April 2013

Film review: David Dhawan's Chashme Baddoor

"Full disclosure: I have always been a Chashme Buddoor fan – the delicately romantic, hilariously funny 1981 film starring Farooque...

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