''Chillar Party'' () is a 2011 Indian
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comedy film
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jointly written and directed by debutantes
Nitesh Tiwari
Nitesh Tiwari is an Indian film director, screenwriter, and lyricist known for his works in Bollywood. He debuted as a co-director in '' Chillar Party'' (2011) which won the National Film Award for Best Children's Film for that year. He then hel ...
and
Vikas Bahl
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Early life and education
Bahl was born and brought up in Lajpat Nagar in Delhi, and his father worked with the Indian Oil Corpora ...
and produced by
Ronnie Screwvala
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under
UTV Spotboy and actor
Salman Khan
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in his production debut under the Salman Khan Being Human Productions banner, based on a screenplay by
Vijay Maurya
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Early life
Maurya was born and raised in Mumbai, Maharashtra. His brother, ...
. The film stars multiple debuting child artists in lead roles, with
Shashank Shende
Shashank Shende is an actor, director, producer and writer in India.
Early life
Shende grew up in Pune till 10th standard, in a middle-class family. He then moved to Ahmednagar for two years before moving back. After college, he started his o ...
,
Pankaj Tripathi
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and
Swara Bhasker
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in supporting roles.
Ranbir Kapoor
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features in a dance song.
''Chillar Party'' won the 2011
National Film Award for Best Children's Film
The National Film Award for Best Children's Film is one of the National Film Awards presented annually by the Directorate of Film Festivals, the organisation set up by Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, India. It is one of several awards ...
.
Plot
Eight innocent but feisty kids lead carefree lives in Chandan Nagar, a colony in Mumbai, where each has his own identity and a nickname based on these qualities. Not only that, but their whole team has a nickname that has earned them significant notoriety. They explain that they have mainly two enemies - the 'oversized' neighbouring cricket team to whom they always lose, and a dog they named "Loose Motion" since she dirties their cricket pitch, so they develop an enmity against dogs. Their hopes are shattered shortly after a boy, Fatka, who was employed for washing the cars of the society, enters with his dog Bhidu. They do everything to throw the boy and his dog out, but become unsuccessful. Eventually they develop a friendship with each other as Fatka helps them by serving as the lead bowler during the match with the neighbouring cricket team. During this time, they also start interacting with a young girl who moves in, and an unemployed youngster who becomes successful after Fatka helps him out. But their happiness is short-lived when a reckless politician, welfare minister Shashikant Bhide, enters their life after his personal secretary Dubey is attacked by Bhidu for hurting Fatka.
Bhide announces in a news telecast that all the stray dogs roaming about in residential buildings in Mumbai will be caught and terminated, misleading audiences with a concern for public safety. He further informs that the dog(s) can only be saved if the society files a No Objection Certificate within 1 month. The kids, shocked by this, strive hard to get the NOC, wherein they have to get at least more than 50% votes of the total residents in the society i.e. 31 votes. But they manage only 10 votes after 15 days.
With more efforts gone in vain, the kids finally organize a march across the streets purely in underwears. This gains them enough traction to pull 10 more votes. With more hard work and awareness they manage to get another 10 votes counting a total of 30 votes. With only a day left for the deadline as declared by Bhide, they approach secretary L.N. Tandon, who is close to Bhide and has resented the kids all this while. Whilst all this chaos is going on, a TV channel invites Bhide and the kids for face-off. Seeing this as their last chance, they attend the interview which is being telecast across India. Knowing that that is the last day and dog catchers are after Bhidu, they pray hard to save him. During the interview they are constantly mocked by Bhide who questions their education and upbringing, but it soon takes a turn and culminates in the kids answering Bhide back with their moral education responses. Having won, the kids plead to leave after a moving speech by Fatka, and the interviewers agree. When they reach the society, they are disheartened as there is no sight of Bhidu. Suddenly, Bhidu comes jumping in, wearing a collar reading "Bhidu- Chandan Nagar Society". While they are happy seeing Baidu, they realize Tandon changed his mind after the face-off; he too is happy and seen cheering for them.
Cast
* Araav Khanna as Aflatoon
* Chinmai Chandranshuh as Lucky Singh / Panauti
* Divij Handa as Shaolin
* Irfan Khan as Fatka
* Naman Jain as Balwan Jhangiani / Janghya
* Rohan Grover as Ramashanker Iyer / Akram
* Sanath Menon as Arjun Saxena / Encyclopedia
* Vedant Desai as Silencer
*
Vishesh Tiwari as Laxman / Second Hand
*
Shriya Sharma
Shriya Sharma (born 9 April 1997) is an Indian actress, model and advocate who has worked in Hindi, Tamil and Telugu films. She is known for playing the role of Sneha Bajaj in the television series ''Kasautti Zindagi Kay'' which won her the ...
as Toothpaste
*
Rajesh Sharma as Chandan Nagar Secretary L.N. Tandon
*
Satyadeep Mishra
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Education
Satyadeep is an alumnus of The ...
as Advocate Saxena, Arjun's father
*
Sonal Jha
Sonal Jha (born 29 July 1971) is an Indian film and television actress. Sonal Jha is best known for her roles in films such as ''Lipstick Under My Burkha'', ''3 Storeys'', ''Chillar Party'' and TV Serials such as ''Na Aana Is Des Laado'' and '' ...
as Mrs. Saxena, Arjun's mother
* Sapna Sand as Janghya's mother
*
Swara Bhaskar
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as Talk show host
*
Aakash Dahiya
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Career
Born in New Delhi, Dahiya started acting in the New Delhi Theater. He then started working as associate ...
as Manish / RJ Manisha / Googly
*
Pankaj Tripathi
Pankaj Tripathi (né Tiwari; born 5 September 1976) is an Indian actor who works in Hindi cinema and has also appeared in Telugu and Tamil language films. Tripathi has established himself as one of the notable actors of Hindi cinema. He is the ...
as Dubey, minister Bhide's manager
*
Shashank Shende
Shashank Shende is an actor, director, producer and writer in India.
Early life
Shende grew up in Pune till 10th standard, in a middle-class family. He then moved to Ahmednagar for two years before moving back. After college, he started his o ...
as Minister Shashikant Bhide
* Indrayudh Mandal as Kartik
* Sillo Mahava as Aunty
* Jaswinder Gardner as Shaolin's mother
* Bachchan Pachera as Old Watchman
*
Ranbir Kapoor
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's special appearance in song Tai Tai Phish
Soundtrack
The music was composed by
Amit Trivedi
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, while the lyrics were penned by Tiwari with Bahl, Trivedi and
Amitabh Bhattacharya
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as guest lyricists.
Track listing
Reception
Critical reception
![Vikas Bahl and Nitesh Tiwari](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/6f/Vikas_Bahl_and_Nitesh_Tiwari.jpg)
''Chillar Party'' received mostly positive reviews from critics.
Taran Adarsh
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Career
Taran Adarsh started his journalism career at the age of 15 with ''Trade Gui ...
of
Bollywood Hungama
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gave it 3.5 out of 5 stars and said – "On the whole, ''Chillar Party'' is not just for kids, but for grownups as well. A story of grit and determination, it works not just as an entertainer, but also advocates a message rather strongly. A film that deserves to be tax-exempted so that it reaches out to a wider audience. A small film with a gigantic spirit... Encourage this one!" Saibal Chatterjee of
NDTV
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rated it with 3 out of 5 stars and said – "Through the entire first half, the writer-director duo holds the proceedings at a level that is completely in sync with the unpretentious spirit of the film. In the run-up to the climax, however, the film comes precariously close to tying itself up in knots as the child-like aura it builds up begins to teeter on the edge of childishness. Mercifully, it stays on its feet and doesn't topple over. For that alone the film deserves at least three stars."
Zee News
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The channel has been involved in several controversies and has ...
gave the film 4 stars and wrote, "''Chiller Party'' may be a small film. But as cinema goes, in its adroitness, it is much more mature than 99 percent of the films ever made in India. And that, you`ll reckon, is no `small` achievement." Sonia Chopra of
Sify
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awarded it 4 stars saying, "Storytelling by co-directors-writers-lyricists Vikas Bahl and Nitesh Tiwari is first-rate. They make you deeply connect with the characters". Shivesh Kumar of ''
IndiaWeekly
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'' awarded the movie 3 out of 5 stars.
Preeti Arora of
Rediff
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, it had more than 300 e ...
gave it 3 out of 5 stars and wrote – "''Chillar Party'' is an enjoyable film with plenty of laughs. Do watch this, unless of course you hate kids." Vandana Krishnan from Behindwoods gave the film 3 out of 5 stars describing the film as "fun filled one that is sure to leave you with a smile and moist eyes. Humor, emotions, and siddhartha is my best friend entertainment and values- You can't ask for more."
Oneindia.in gave 3 stars while commenting "On the whole, ''Chillar Party'' is not just for kids, but grownups also will enjoy the film equally. A story of great determination presented in an entertaining way is what makes ''Chillar Party'' a good watch.
Nikhat Kazmi
Nikhat Kazmi ( hi, निखत काजमी; 1958/59 – 20 January 2012) was a senior correspondent and well-known film critic from, born Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh, who had been writing for ''The Times of India'' since 1987. She died of breast ...
of ''
Times of India
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'' gave ''Chillar Party'' 2 out of 5 stars and said – "Filmmakers need to realize Indian teens are extremely smart and are fed on a regular diet of Cartoon Network and roller-coaster Hollywood kiddie's flicks. You got to have a story, adventure drama and pace." Soumil Shukla of FilmiTadka rated it with 2.5 out of five stars and wrote in his review – "despite its shortcomings, ''Chillar Party'' succeeds in overcoming a lot of deformations forced by the ‘formula’ philosophy on this genre of films. If not for anything else, watch it to enjoy the delightful performances from the young actors who are the real heroes of this film."
Box office
''Chillar Party'' grossed in India.
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IBOS Network. Retrieved 4 August 2011. ''Boxofficeindia'', on the basis of the film's nett collections, , declared it a ''Hit''.
Accolades
''Chillar Party'' won the 2011
National Film Award
The National Film Awards is the most prominent film award ceremony in India. Established in 1954, it has been administered, along with the International Film Festival of India and the Indian Panorama, by the Indian government's Directora ...
for
Best Children's Film.
Along with this, it also won 2011
National Film Award
The National Film Awards is the most prominent film award ceremony in India. Established in 1954, it has been administered, along with the International Film Festival of India and the Indian Panorama, by the Indian government's Directora ...
for
Best Child Artist and
Best Screenplay (Original).
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