{"id":6153,"date":"2016-03-03T13:36:39","date_gmt":"2016-03-03T08:06:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/13.201.39.237\/?p=6153"},"modified":"2026-07-17T22:02:37","modified_gmt":"2026-07-17T16:32:37","slug":"what-baazigar-chachi-420-have-in-common-oscar-nominated-parasite","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/13.207.105.184\/?p=6153","title":{"rendered":"What Do Baazigar and Chachi 420 Have in Common With the Oscar-Winning Parasite?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<span class=\"dropcap\">I<\/span> remember seeing <i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Pushpaka Vimana<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (1987) during one of my countless trips to my maternal home. The movie sparked intrigue for a number of unknown reasons. Was it the fluidity of plot \u2014 which follows a jobless graduate (<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.arre.co.in\/politics\/kamal-haasan-tamil-actor-politics-tamil-nadu-india\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Kamal Haasan<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">) as he kidnaps a millionaire, takes over his identity, and gets targeted by assassins \u2014 or was it the absurdity of its premise that kept me hooked? I couldn\u2019t tell.<\/span>\n\n<i>Pushpaka Vimana,<\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">which had no dialogue, was a massive success, which many consider to be one of Kamal Haasan\u2019s finest films. A satire and black comedy, it was a genre-defying attempt by director Singeetam Srinivasa Rao. But what I saw as a kid was starkly different from what the film actually was. When I was younger, I had failed to gauge the suffering of Kamal Haasan&#8217;s character, to look beyond the comic elements and grasp the underlying <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.arre.co.in\/pop-culture\/a-yay-whoopie-for-the-great-indian-middle-class\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">class divide<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.arre.co.in\/social-commentary\/why-do-indians-love-the-idea-of-struggle\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">inequality<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> the film so expertly portrays. The film narrated the story of an educated man whose only crime was his poverty, not the identity that he stole. How could you blame him?<\/span>\n\nOscar-winning South Korean phenomenon <i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Parasite<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, directed by Bong Joon-Ho (which is on a rampage, winning awards and acclaim) walks on a similar path, focusing on ugly societal norms, class divide, and striking inequality. In it, we see a near-destitute Kim family winning a golden ticket out of their misery when they start working for the rich Park family. All they need to do is fake their identities and pretend to be experts in diverse fields such as tutoring, housekeeping, art <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.arre.co.in\/health\/depression-middle-class-diagnosis\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">therapy<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and driving. Sound familiar? While <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Parasite<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is indeed an example of groundbreaking cinema, it turns out that a similar motif shows up in several Indian movies as well.<\/span>\n\nTake another Kamaal Haasan movie, <i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Chachi 420<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (1997), in which we see his character, a dance instructor, invade his <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.arre.co.in\/modern-family\/betting-football-father-in-law-fifa-russia-2018\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">father-in-law<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u2019s house pretending to be a governess, so he can look after his own daughter from whom he has been separated. Much like the Kims in <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Parasite<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, he takes up a job he\u2019s not qualified for. Different needs, but same modus operandi.<\/span>\n\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-58814\" src=\"http:\/\/13.201.39.237\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/1580393079.jpg\" alt=\"Chachi 420\" width=\"601\" height=\"407\" \/>\n<figcaption>\n<p>Much like the Kims in <em>Parasite<\/em>, Kamal Hassan&#8217;s character, a dance instructor, invade his father-in-law\u2019s house pretending to be a governess, so he can look after his own daughter from whom he has been separated in <em>Chachi 420<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>Raaj Kamal Films International<\/p>\n<\/figcaption>\n<\/figure>\n\nIndian cinema and mainly Bollywood have always dabbled in the politics of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.arre.co.in\/social-commentary\/what-its-like-to-be-a-transperson-house-hunting-in-cosmopolitan-mumbai\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">identity<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and inequality, albeit in a masalafied manner. While <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Parasite<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> has become a darling of the critics, Bollywood has been doing it for a while now, if not in as sophisticated a manner. Bollywood has realised that to thrive in an insular world, the identity of a person has to be fluid. The crowd loves this, and that\u2019s how the dynamics of the narrative work.<\/span>\n\nMaybe that\u2019s why we root for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.arre.co.in\/bollywood\/war-review-action-entertainer-that-reinvents-hrithik-roshan-tiger-shroff\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Hrithik Roshan<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u2019s character in <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Main Prem Ki Diwani Hoon<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (2003), when he replaces his boss so everyone thinks he is rich \u2013 until the truth comes out and he\u2019s immediately pushed aside because the heroine\u2019s mom wants her damaad to be a wealthy <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.arre.co.in\/humour\/h-1b-visa-indian-americans\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">NRI<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> boy, like <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.arre.co.in\/gender\/google-walkout-the-way-forward-for-the-metoo-movement\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sundar Pichai<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span>\n\nIdentities are at play as is societal standing, which are never compromised by our sanskari filmmakers. Still, the Bollywood rule of thumb overrides reality, and ensures that Hrithik Roshan gets the girl in the end. Would it have been different if Hrithik belonged to the same class and this was just a prank? Probably, because class erases all problems.\n<blockquote class=\"quote--center\">It\u2019s clear that even though Bollywood has been doing this for years, what triumphs in our magic realist masalafied world, won\u2019t hold true for the stark realism of <em>Parasite<\/em>.<\/blockquote>\nA similar premise is seen in cult favourite <i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Chupke Chupke<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (1975), in which Professor Parimal Tripathi (<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.arre.co.in\/bollywood\/happy-birthday-paaji-dharmendra-is-like-your-grandpa-on-instagram\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Dharmendra<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">) gives up his identity as an academic and becomes a driver to prank his brother-in-law Raghav (Om Prakash). It is interesting to observe how class and privileged positions are put at stake for this.<\/span>\n\nThis charade works really well for professor Tripathi, and his brother-in-law is scandalised when he sees his sister-in-law Sulekha (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.arre.co.in\/bollywood\/50-years-of-aradhana-sharmila-tagore-pre-marital-sex-single-motherhood\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sharmila Tagore<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">) romancing a driver. Eventually though, as societal ruin lurks on the horizon, identities are revealed and everything is forgiven. This is how things have always been. Our class identity is important for our survival and these characters intentionally or unintentionally remind us of that. But often, in these fairytales, discrimination gets sugar-coated in flimsy filmy narratives.<\/span>\n\nOccasionally, our heroes switch identities not to overcome class barriers but to exact revenge. This is best seen in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.arre.co.in\/bollywood\/baazigar-25th-anniversary-life-lessons\/\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Baazigar<\/span><\/i><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (1993). <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.arre.co.in\/bollywood\/is-the-myth-of-shah-rukh-khan-all-that-is-left-of-srk\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Shah Rukh Khan<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> steals the identity of his friend to invade the life of his nemesis Madan Chopra (Dalip Tahil). And he does so with no conscience. When he hits roadblocks, he bumps them off, similar to how the Kims remove people from their path so they can continue to enjoy limitless privilege.<\/span>\n\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-58815\" src=\"http:\/\/13.201.39.237\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/1580393181.jpg\" alt=\"Baazigar\" width=\"543\" height=\"407\" \/>\n<figcaption>\n<p>Shah Rukh Khan steals the identity of his friend to invade the life of his nemesis Madan Chopra (Dalip Tahil) in <em>Baazigar<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>Eros Labs<\/p>\n<\/figcaption>\n<\/figure>\n\nAs Bollywood shows, faking your identity or pretending to be someone else doesn\u2019t necessarily include uplifting your economic position. In some cases, it can be for love, in others, it can be for revenge. Take the classic Munnabhai series, for example. In the first, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.arre.co.in\/crime\/1993-mumbai-blasts-sanjay-dutt-tada-munnabhai\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sanjay Dutt<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> pretends to be a doctor, and in the second he pretends to be a professor \u2014\u00a0love honour, vengeance, everything at stake.<\/span>\n\n<i>Parasite<\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> works chiefly because it eschews magic realism, and wraps its narrative around the problems of <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.arre.co.in\/pop-culture\/soul-seoul-dreams-desi-k-pop-star-korean-music-psy\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Korean<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> society. During this great pretence, the Kim family loses or discards their identity until a series of events makes them acutely aware of the reality they were trying to escape from. Bollywood narratives are, well, more accommodating. In their attempt for a better life, the Kims don\u2019t hesitate to eliminate challenges, and while Bollywood occasionally goes down the same route, a sprinkling of masala prevents them from going completely rogue.\u00a0<\/span>\n\nWhile <i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Parasite<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> among its various metaphors, mainly functions as a story of class divide, the Kims long for an identity that they can be proud of. In <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.arre.co.in\/bollywood\/11-years-of-rab-ne-bana-di-jodi-how-suri-taught-us-love-is-about-letting-go\/\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi<\/span><\/i><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (2008), we see Surinder Suri in a similar situation \u2014 he too craves an identity that will make him win the love of his life, and thus becomes Raj, the cool guy. In a similar manner, <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Nauker<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (1979), starring Sanjeev Kumar and Mehmood, has Sanjeev Kumar exchange places with his servant so he can find a wife for himself. It is a test, to seek the one, who will love him and not his wealth or position in society.<\/span>\n\nStill, it\u2019s clear that even though Bollywood has been doing this for years, what triumphs in our magic realist masalafied world, won\u2019t hold true for the stark realism of <i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Parasite<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Parasite<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> strives to make us realise what\u2019s wrong, while Bollywood provides an escape. If there were to ever be a desi remake of <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Parasite<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, we can trust that the Kims will come out victorious, maybe through a <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.arre.co.in\/people\/lottery-tickets-dreams-common-man\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">lottery<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> ticket. It\u2019s Bollywood, anything is possible.<\/span>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Oscar-winning South Korean phenomenon Parasite, directed by Bong Joon-Ho, walks on a similar path as several Bollywood plots, focusing on ugly societal norms, class divide, and striking inequality. The only difference \u2014 our love for a sprinkling of masala.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":300,"featured_media":6157,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3114],"tags":[1479,10152,10153,10154,10155,10156,1777,683,10157,5412,10158,10159,6360,10160,7449,10161,10162,10163,10164,7135,3656,9712,152,153,10165,10166],"class_list":["post-6153","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-bollywood","tag-baazigar","tag-bong-joon-ho","tag-chachi-420","tag-chupke-chupke","tag-class-divide","tag-dalip-tahil","tag-dharmendra","tag-hrithik-roshan","tag-inequality","tag-kamal-haasan","tag-main-prem-ki-diwani-hoon","tag-mehmood","tag-munnabhai","tag-nauker","tag-nri","tag-om-prakash","tag-oscar-nominated","tag-parasite","tag-pushpaka-vimana","tag-rab-ne-bana-di-jodi","tag-sanjay-dutt","tag-sanjeev-kumar","tag-shah-rukh-khan","tag-sharmila-tagore","tag-south-korean","tag-sundar-pichai"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>What Do Baazigar and Chachi 420 Have in Common With the Oscar-Winning Parasite?<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Oscar-winning South Korean phenomenon Parasite, directed by Bong Joon-Ho, walks on a similar path as several Bollywood plots, focusing on ugly societal norms, class divide, and striking inequality. 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