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Chaman Bahaar

2020 · 111 min

A bittersweet small-town tale of unspoken longing that drifts between gentle comedy and quiet humiliation.

Directed by
Apurva Dhar Badgaiyann
Genres
Drama
Starring
Jitendra Kumar, Ritika Badiani, Alam Khan
Tagline
Tobacco and love are injurious to health
Overview
An ambitious young man, in a small town in Central India, sets up a paan shop to a floundering start. His fortunes start to change dramatically when a family shifts in the house across the road. Hordes of boys start following the teenage girl from the family and set up an "adda" at Billu's shop. His business flourishes tremendously but Billu is now more unhappy than ever, as he has fallen for the girl himself!

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Stream in the UK
  • Amazon Prime Video
More options Data from JustWatch
Directed by
Apurva Dhar Badgaiyann
Genres
Drama
Starring
Jitendra Kumar, Ritika Badiani, Alam Khan
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Tone
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • satiricalstrength 2 of 3
  • warmstrength 1 of 3
  • cynicalstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • obsession
  • love
  • loneliness
  • class
  • coming-of-age
Places
  • small town
  • workplace
  • home
Era
contemporary
Audience
teen
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror1
Humour4
Realism8
Romance5
Tension5
Darkness6
Complexity5
Emotional weight7

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Details

Genres
drama
Directed by
Apurva Dhar Badgaiyann
Written by
Apurva Dhar Badgaiyann
Starring
Jitendra Kumar, Ritika Badiani, Alam Khan, Bhuvan Arora, Dherendra Kumar Tiwari, Ashwani Kumar, Yogendra Tiku, Bhagwan Tiwari
Music
Anshuman Mukherjee, Mangesh Dhakade
Cinematography
Arkodeb Mukherjee
Runtime
111 min
Country
India
Languages
Hindi

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