'' Chalo Dilli '' () is a 2011
India
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n film directed by Shashant Shah. It features
Lara Dutta
Lara Dutta (born 16 April 1978) is an Indian actress, entrepreneur and the winner of the Miss Universe 2000 pageant. She was previously crowned as Miss Intercontinental 1997. In her career, she has primarily worked in Hindi films. She is the ...
and
Vinay Pathak
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. It also features
Akshay Kumar
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and
Mahika Sharma
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Sharma has appeared in television show F.I.R. (TV series) and Bollywood movie Mr Joe B. Carvalh ...
in a guest appearance. The film, produced under Dutta's husband
Mahesh Bhupathi
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's production company, Big Daddy Productions and
Eros International Media Ltd, was shot at locations in
Mumbai
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,
Delhi
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and
Jaipur
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. It was released on 29 April 2011. It was inspired by the film ''
Planes, Trains and Automobiles
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'' starring
Steve Martin
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. A sequel to the film, named ''Chalo China'', was set to be made in 2014 but was postponed due to lack of financers.
Plot
Mihika Banerjee (
Lara Dutta
Lara Dutta (born 16 April 1978) is an Indian actress, entrepreneur and the winner of the Miss Universe 2000 pageant. She was previously crowned as Miss Intercontinental 1997. In her career, she has primarily worked in Hindi films. She is the ...
), a successful investment banker living in
Mumbai
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, misses her flight to
Delhi
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and needs to get there any way possible to meet her husband, Lt. Col. Vikram Rana (
Akshay Kumar
Rajiv Hari Om Bhatia (born 9 September 1967), known professionally as Akshay Kumar (), is an Indian-born naturalised Canadian Quote: "(Former prime minister Stephen) Harper campaigned in 2011 alongside one of Modi's biggest celebrity backer ...
). She meets Manu Gupta (
Vinay Pathak
Vinay Pathak (born 12 July 1968) is an Indian theater and film actor. He has starred in many films including ''Khosla Ka Ghosla,'' '' Bheja Fry,'' ''Island City'' and ''Johnny Gaddaar'' and had a supporting role in movies like ''Jism'', ''Rab ...
) and they discover the colours of
India
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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
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Lara Dutta
Lara Dutta (born 16 April 1978) is an Indian actress, entrepreneur and the winner of the Miss Universe 2000 pageant. She was previously crowned as Miss Intercontinental 1997. In her career, she has primarily worked in Hindi films. She is the ...
as Mihika Banerjee / Mihika Vikram Singh Rana
*
Vinay Pathak
Vinay Pathak (born 12 July 1968) is an Indian theater and film actor. He has starred in many films including ''Khosla Ka Ghosla,'' '' Bheja Fry,'' ''Island City'' and ''Johnny Gaddaar'' and had a supporting role in movies like ''Jism'', ''Rab ...
as Manu Gupta
*
Akshay Kumar
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as Lt. Col. Vikram Singh Rana, Mihika's husband (Cameo appearance)
* Anil Marwari as Taxi Boy
*
Pankaj Jha as Inspector Surendra Mishra
*
Brijendra Kala
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Early life
Kala spent his childhood in Mathu ...
as K. C. Pant (train ticket examiner)
*
Rahul Singh (actor)
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Early life and background
He is the son of Prabha Thakur, poet and a member of Rajya Sabha. Singh attended school at Mayo College in Ajmer and graduated from St. Xavier's College, Mum ...
as Bhairon Singh Gurjar
*
Mahika Sharma
Mahika Sharma is an Indian actress. She won a beauty pageant, becoming the Miss Teen Northeast. She has also appeared in Indian television serials.
Sharma has appeared in television show F.I.R. (TV series) and Bollywood movie Mr Joe B. Carvalh ...
as Aalisha
* Raghav Tiwari as Naresh
*
Lokesh Verma as Billu
* Ajit Mathur as Pappu
*
Gaurav Gera as Gopi
*
Mukesh Bhatt (actor)
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Personal ...
as Pandeyji
*
Teddy Maurya
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People Nickname
* Teddy Atlas (born 1956), boxing trainer and fight commentator
* Teddy Bourne (born 1948), British Olympic epee fencer
* Teddy ...
as Bhaiyaji/Shrivastava Ji
*
Manoj Bakshi
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as Jhujjhar Singh
* Narottam Bain as Shivratan/Bablu (taxi driver)
*Dadhi R Pandey as Dharampalji (lorry driver)
*
Yana Gupta
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Early life
Gupta was born as Jana Synková in 1979 in Brno, South Moravian Region, Czech Socialist Republic, Czech SR, Czecho ...
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
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'', 2.5/5 stars by ''
IndiaWeekly
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'' and 1.5/5 by ''
rediff.com
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, it had more than 300 e ...
''.
Soundtrack
The music was composed by Gourov Dasgupta,
Anand Raj Anand
Anand Raaj Anand is an Indian composer, lyricist and playback singer in the Hindi film industry. He was nominated for the Best Music Director Filmfare Award for ''Kaante'' (2003).
Early life
Anand Raj was born on 8 November 1961 in Delhi in ...
,
Sachin Gupta
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, Rohit Kulkarni, and Roshan Balu. Lyrics were penned by Manthan,
Anand Raj Anand
Anand Raaj Anand is an Indian composer, lyricist and playback singer in the Hindi film industry. He was nominated for the Best Music Director Filmfare Award for ''Kaante'' (2003).
Early life
Anand Raj was born on 8 November 1961 in Delhi in ...
, 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
Yana Gupta (born Jana Synková; 23 April 1979) is a Czechs, Czech model and actress who lives and works in India.
Early life
Gupta was born as Jana Synková in 1979 in Brno, South Moravian Region, Czech Socialist Republic, Czech SR, Czecho ...
.
Track listing
References
External links
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* {{Bollywood Hungama movie, chalo-dilli
2010s Hindi-language films
Indian road movies
2011 films
2010s road movies
Films scored by Anand Raj Anand