'This leading filmmaker told me: "Don't let the industry cake you up with makeup and wigs. You are a breath of fresh air".'
Check out the trailer of the original film.
The original Chashme Buddoor is the best Hindi film you'll see this year!
Deepti Naval, Farookh Shaikh and Rakesh Bedi attended the digitally restored film's premiere together.
The 1981 classic delights every time you watch it.
Sukanya Verma quizzes you to find out just how much you know about the movies.
Sukanya Verma quizzes you to find out just how much you know about the movies.
Sukanya Verma quizzes you to find out just how much you know about the movies.
The acclaimed filmmaker's movies were the highlight of 1980s Hindi cinema.
Sukanya Verma quizzes you to find out just how much you know about the movies.
Sukanya Verma quizzes you to find out just how much you know about the movies.
While the old Chashme Buddoor has lost none of its delicate charm, the new one is a rambunctious and rather enjoyable ride.
Like the rest of the country, Sai Paranjpye, who directed the late veteran in her 1981 cult comedy Chashme Buddoor, was stunned with the news.
'Saeed Mirza was one of the few actors who managed to shine in both British movies like Gandhi and Hindi movies like Chashme Buddoor.' The veteran actor's friends pay tribute to him.
Sukanya Verma suggests that one can take a leaf from these Bollywood movies and see the extent folks can go to cover their prized faces.
David Dhawan's Chashme Baddoor remake vies for viewers' attention with a restored version Sai Paranjpye's 1981 original classic in the theatres.
The actor died of a heart attack in Shimla.
Here's what your favourite Bollywood celebrities are tweeting.
Deepti Naval on her new film, her former husband filmmaker Prakash Jha, and how she likes to spend her free time.
This is the film festival's third edition.
Thanks to the unexpectedly big success of David Dhawan's Chashme Buddoor, the fear of the Indian Premiere League has been exorcized from the minds of filmmakers, who, until recently, were fearful of losing out a part of their audience to cricket.
'We will make the audiences laugh as well as cry in the film,' they promise.
David Dhawan tells us why he chose to remake the classic Chashme Buddoor, why he worked with relative newcomers instead of his favourites like Govinda, Salman Khan and Sanjay Dutt, and why his last film Rascals failed.
In the upcoming Super Nani, 59-year-old Rekha transforms into a glamorous grand mom.
Using snatches of a cult favourite or evergreen classic in its original form for action, comedy or romance can transform the entire vibe of a scene.
Saeed Jaffrey lives on through his versatile body of work.
Bollywood mourns Saeed Jaffrey.
'These days, the whole world is out there on the Net giving a lot of gaalis to the film industry.'
At a time when human contact seems is at its lowest, two people meeting for the first time oblivious to their romantic future together is alluring than ever.
The actress still cannot get over the tragic news.
Deepti Naval on the movies she loves.
Veteran actor Farooq Sheikh died of a heart attack in Dubai in the early hours of Saturday. He was 65.
Here's how Bollywood makes use of towels.
One of the most attractive things in a movie romance is to watch two people fall in love over a date or two.
For the love of films... and larger-than-life food!
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