Chhoti Si Baat

<p>is a romantic comedy about a painfully shy young man named Arun Pradeep ( ), who lacks self-confidence and fails to stand up for his convictions, in the process letting all and sundry walk all over him. He falls in with Prabha Narayan ( ), whom he sees daily at a bus stop en route to work. Lacking enough courage and unsure if his feelings are reciprocated, Arun pines for her from afar and follows her around at a safe distance or so he believes. Prabha, completely aware of his affections, secretly relishes his discomfort, while waiting for him to make the first move. While Arun is hopelessly stuck, in comes the suave, brash Nagesh Shastri ( ), a colleague of Prabha, and emerges a serious for her attention. It does not help that Nagesh appears to be miles ahead of Arun in the “race” and is all that Arun is not; Nagesh is gregarious while Arun is shy, Nagesh is confident and boastful while Arun is besieged with self-doubt, Nagesh is smooth while Arun is awkward, Nagesh is street-smart while Arun’s , and Nagesh is assertive while Arun is timid. Besides this, Nagesh owns a and ensures that he has opportunities to offer Prabha a ride, while Arun can only look on. A gullible Arun, trying to match Nagesh with a of his own, is conned into buying a dud, further embarrassing him in front of Prabha. Arun seeks in , , and dubious only to land with egg on his face. In desperation, Arun finally turns to Julius Nagendranath Wilfred Singh ( ) of , who has made it his mission to assist those in love find their true destiny. Colonel Singh agrees to help Arun and thus begins the turn-around as Colonel Singh begins to mould Arun into a mature, confident young man through meticulously designed lesson plans, peppered with philosophy and ” ” training. A ” ” Arun returns to with a distinguished , brimming with newly-discovered , ready to take on the world and win over Prabha. All lyrics are written by ; all music is composed by .</p>