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Chalo Dilli

2011 film

Summary

2011 film

Field	Value
name	Chalo Dilli
image	Chalo-dilli.jpg
caption	Theatrical release poster
director	Shashant Shah
producer	Krishika Lulla
Kavita Bhupathi Chadda
Lara Dutta
screenplay	Arshad Sayed
story	Arshad Sayed
starring	Lara Dutta
Vinay Pathak
Akshay Kumar
Mahika Sharma
music	Gourov Dasgupta
Anand Raj Anand
Sachin Gupta (Hi5)
Rohit Kulkarni
Roshan Balu
cinematography	Nikos Andritsakis
editing	Aseem Sinha
distributor	Big Daddy Productions
Eros International Media Ltd.
Bheegi Basanti Entertainment
released
runtime	155 minutes
country	India
language	Hindi

Kavita Bhupathi Chadda Lara Dutta Vinay Pathak Akshay Kumar Mahika Sharma Anand Raj Anand Sachin Gupta (Hi5) Rohit Kulkarni Roshan Balu Eros International Media Ltd. Bheegi Basanti Entertainment *** Chalo Dilli *** () is a 2011 Indian film directed by Shashant Shah. It features Lara Dutta and Vinay Pathak. It also features Akshay Kumar and Mahika Sharma in a guest appearance. The film, produced under Dutta's husband Mahesh Bhupathi's production company, Big Daddy Productions and Eros International Media Ltd, was shot at locations in Mumbai, Delhi and Jaipur. It was released on 29 April 2011. It was inspired by the film Planes, Trains and Automobiles starring Steve Martin. A sequel to the film, named Chalo China, was set to be made in 2014 but was postponed due to a lack of financiers.

Plot

Mihika Banerjee (Lara Dutta), a successful investment banker living in Mumbai, misses her flight to Delhi and needs to get there anyway possible to meet her husband, Lt. Col. Vikram Rana (Akshay Kumar). She meets Manu Gupta (Vinay Pathak), and they discover the colours of India on their journey to Delhi. They go by road and train, and the audience gets a chance to see both the large urban conglomerations and the small rural areas like Nua, a small town in Rajasthan, that make up India. During the journey, Mihika experiences various difficulties that she has never encountered in her high-class life. When Mihika's money is stolen while she is buying a train ticket, she is forced to travel with Manu in the ordinary class in Jhunjhunu District. Thus the film revolves around Mihika's and Manu's journey amidst difficulties.

Cast

Lara Dutta as Mihika Banerjee / Mihika Vikram Singh Rana
Vinay Pathak as Manu Gupta
Akshay Kumar as Lt. Col. Vikram Singh Rana, Mihika's husband (Cameo appearance)
Narottam Bain as Taxi Driver Shivrattan Bansod
Pankaj Jha as Inspector Surendra Mishra
Brijendra Kala as K. C. Pant (train ticket examiner)
Rahul Singh (actor) as Bhairon Singh Gurjar
Mahika Sharma as Aalisha
Raghav Tiwari as Naresh
Lokesh Verma as Billu
Ajit Mathur as Pappu
Gaurav Gera as Gopi
Mukesh Bhatt (actor) as Pandeyji
Teddy Maurya as Bhaiyaji/Shrivastava Ji
Manoj Bakshi as Jhujjhar Singh
Narottam Bain as Shivratan/Bablu (taxi driver)
Dadhi R Pandey as Dharampalji (lorry driver)
Yana Gupta as Laila (guest appearance in the song "Laila O Laila")

Critical reception

The film received mixed reviews, and was given 3.5/5 stars by The Times of India, 2.5/5 stars by IndiaWeekly and 1.5/5 by rediff.com.

Soundtrack

The music was composed by Gourov Dasgupta, Anand Raj Anand, Sachin Gupta, Rohit Kulkarni, and Roshan Balu. Lyrics were penned by Manthan, Anand Raj Anand, Krishika Lulla, Shabbir Ahmed, and Nisha Mascarenhas. A remix version of the track "Laila O Laila" from the 1980 film Qurbani, is used in the film and features Yana Gupta.

Track listing

References

(1 March 2011). "Mahesh Bhupathi turns producer for Lara Dutta". [[The Times of India]].
(10 March 2011). "Lara, Vinay: An odd couple". [[The Times of India]].
"Chalo Dilli sequel postponed/". 30 May 2014.
(28 April 2011). "Chalo Dilli". The Times of India.
Headline. "Indian DVD: Shopping, News & More". Indiaweekly.com.
(29 April 2011). "Review: Chalo Dilli is an arduous journey". Rediff.com.
"Mahesh behind item song 'Laila', says Lara". India Today.

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