My
family has watched a few movies more than once, and Chupke Chupke ranks very
high in this list. In the list of repeat watches, I mean. This PG Wodehouse
style situational comedy was directed by Hrishikesh Mukherjee, who has a long
list of comedy movies to his credit.
The
principal character is played by Dharmendra. He plays Parimal Tripathi, a
professor of Botany from Allahabad. His best friend and colleague is Sukumar
Sinha, a professor of English literature played by Amitabh Bachchan. Parimal’s girlfriend
(and later wife) Sulekha Chaturvedi is played by the dimpled beauty Sharmila Tagore.
Sukumar Sinha falls in love with Parimal’s friend P K Srivastava’s
sister-in-law Vasudha. P K Srivastava is played by Asrani, and Vasudha is played by Jaya Bachchan.
Enter
the real hero of the movie, Raghavendra played by Om Prakash. Raghavendra is
Sulekha’s brother-in-law. Sulekha holds her dear jijaji in such high esteem
that it gives Parimal an inferiority complex, and he is determined to rise in
his wife’s esteem. Sulekha’s brother Haripat (played by David) helps him by
agreeing to his plan.
The
movie is about how Parimal Tripathi engages with Raghavendra in Mumbai by
pretending to be an Allahabadi driver Pyaare Mohan who speaks chaste Hindi. He
is sent by Haripat on Raghavendra’s insistence on the quality of his driver’s
language.
The
exchanges between Pyaare Mohan and Raghavendra are meant for laughter of the
lol and roflmao kind, and I am unable to recreate their magic here.
Raghavendra:
“Wahaan khade khade kya kar rahe ho?”
Pyaare
Mohan: “Khada khada kuch nahin kar raha hoon saheb. Bas aake aake khada hua
hoon.”
Raghavendra:
“Pyaare Mohan, tum paagal ho paagal!”
Pyaare
Mohan: “Ab to main bilkul pagaal nahin hoon saheb.”
Watch
the movie. If we could resolve our daily fights and lead life with such
humour thrown in, life would acquire a whole new meaning. Also, if we are able to admit to our hero-worships, fears and insecurities the way Parimal and Sulekha do with each other, marriage can be beautiful.
