David Dhawan’s controversial remake Chashme Baddoor has started with good numbers at the box office. On its second day the film is expected to cross Rs. 5.5 crore, says Trade Analyst Taran Adarsh. Adarsh tweeted this morning saying: “#ChashmeBaddoor *early estimates* should cross 5.5 cr. May even touch 6 cr. Data still pouring in. Super start!” He also posted on Twitter that the film is off to a super start in India. “North India and Mumbai circuits leading. Even mass-dominated belt very good!”, he wrote.
Anupama Chopra’s review: Chashme Buddoor
David Dhawan and Chashme Buddoor are inherently a mismatch. He is the creator of a specific kind of crass comedy, which, at its best, works as zany, energetic, disposable entertainment. Chashme Buddoor, on the other hand, is a classic, a film with a genuine sweetness.
Even 32 years after release, its moments are memorable. How can you forget Miss Chamko, or the two predatory friends constantly on the lookout for ‘shikaar’? Their attempts to get girls were so endearingly clumsy that the term never even seemed offensive. The original film had a certain lightness of being. The remake is loud and inevitably leaden. David and his writers, Renuka Kunzru and Farhad-Sajid, update it by making it in-your-face.
