Chalo Dilli
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Eros International Media Ltd. Bheegi Basanti Entertainment | |
Release date |
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Running time | 155 minutes |
| Country | India |
| Language | Hindi |
Chalo Dilli (transl. Let's go to Delhi) is a 2011
Plot
Mihika Banerjee (Lara Dutta), a successful investment banker living in Mumbai, misses her flight to Delhi and needs to get there any way possible to meet her husband, Lt. Col. Vikram Rana (Akshay Kumar). She meets Manu Gupta (Vinay Pathak) and they discover the colours of India in 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 which 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)
- Anil Marwari as Taxi Boy
- 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
Soundtrack
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Film soundtrack | |
| Label | T-Series |
The music was composed by Gourov Dasgupta,
Track listing
| No. | Title | Music | Singer(s) | Length | |
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| 1. | "Chalo Dilli" | Gourov Dasgupta | Anand Raj Anand | Sukhwinder Singh | 4:47 |
| 6. | "Moments in Life" | Rohit Kulkarni | Natalie Di Luccio | 3:24 | |
| 7. | "Hi 5" (Club Mix) | Sachin Gupta | Neeraj Shridhar | 2:33 | |
| 8. | "Laila" (Club Mix) | Roshan Balu | June Banerjee | 4:35 |
References
- ^ "Mahesh Bhupathi turns producer for Lara Dutta". The Times of India. 1 March 2011. Archived from the original on 9 May 2012. Retrieved 14 April 2011.
- ^ "Lara, Vinay: An odd couple". The Times of India. 10 March 2011. Archived from the original on 9 May 2012. Retrieved 14 April 2011.
- ^ "Chalo Dilli sequel postponed/". 30 May 2014. Indo-Asian News Service.
- ^ Kazmi, Nikhat (28 April 2011). "Chalo Dilli". The Times of India.
- ^ Headline. "Indian DVD: Shopping, News & More". Indiaweekly.com. Archived from the original on 30 August 2011. Retrieved 6 July 2012.
- ^ "Review: Chalo Dilli is an arduous journey". Rediff.com. 29 April 2011. Retrieved 6 July 2012.
- ^ "Mahesh behind item song 'Laila', says Lara". India Today. Retrieved 6 April 2011.
External links
- Official website
- Chalo Dilli at IMDb
- Chalo Dilli at Bollywood Hungama
