The original one, in English it would just be Beach. It’s the others, Dadar, Juhu, Versova, which need the place names attached. Chowpatty is bhelpuri and kulfi and for a long time, the place was a plastic mess.

Now, however, with the chaat lines cordoned off into a bhel plaza, the foodies were confined and so was the littering. A nearby dumping ground was converted into a Nana Nani park by Pramod Navalkar on January 26th 1998 exclusively for use of senior citizens. Chowpatty is now a prettier version of it filth-ridden past.