Chalo Dilli

Chalo Dilli
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Shashant Shah
Produced by	Krishika Lulla Kavita Bhupathi Chadda
Screenplay by	Arshad Sayed
Story by	Arshad Sayed
Starring	Lara Dutta Vinay Pathak Akshay Kumar
Music by	Gourov Dasgupta Anand Raj Anand Sachin Gupta Rohit Kulkarni Roshan Balu
Cinematography	Nikos Andritsakis
Editing by	Aseem Sinha
Distributed by	Big Daddy Productions Eros International Media Ltd. Bheegi Basanti Entertainment
Release date(s)	April 29, 2011 (2011-04-29)
Country	India
Language	Hindi
Budget	Rs. 5 crore
Box office	Rs. 9.5 crore[1]

Chalo Dilli is a 2011 Indian film directed by Shashant Shah starring Lara Dutta, Vinay Pathak. It also features Akshay Kumar 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.^[2] It was released on 29 April 2011.^[3]

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 Rathore (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 that make up India.

Cast

• Lara Dutta as Mihika Banerjee
• Vinay Pathak as Manu Gupta
• Akshay Kumar as Vikram (Guest appearance)
• Pankaj Jha as Inspector Mishra
• Brijendra Kala as Train ticket collector
• Rahul Singh as Bhairon Singh Gurjar (also Gujjar Singh)
• Raghavendra Tiwari as Naresh
• Lokesh Verma as Billu
• Ajit Mathur as Pappu
• Gaurav Gera as Gopi
• Yana Gupta in the song "Laila O Laila"

Reception & Box office

The film received overall positive reviews. The film was given 3.5/5 stars by The Times of India,^[4] 2.5/5 stars by IndiaWeekly^[5] and 1.5/5 by rediff.com.^[6]

Having quite a small budget of Rs. 5 crore, over a period of three weeks, it garnered Rs 9.25 crore. The movie was rated as an average grosser.^[7]

Soundtrack

The music is composed by Gourov Dasgupta, Anand Raj Anand, Sachin Gupta, Rohit Kulkarni, and Roshan Balu. Lyrics are penned by Manthan, Anand Raj Anand, Krishika Lulla, Shabbir Ahmed, and Nisha Mascarenhas. Musicperk.com rated the soundtrack as 3.5/5.^[8]

Track listing

No.	Title	Music	Singer(s)	Length
1.	"Chalo Dilli"	Gourov Dasgupta	Raja Hasan	4:34
2.	"Hi 5"	Sachin Gupta	Neeraj Shridhar	5:49
3.	"Kaun Se Badi Baat"	Rohit Kulkarni	Kamal Heer	5:12
4.	"Laila O Laila"	Gourov Dasgupta	June Banerjee	3:11
5.	"Matargashtiya"	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

1. ^ "All India 2011 (Figures in INR Crore)". Boxofficeindia.com. http://boxofficeindia.com/showProd.php?itemCat=368&catName=MjAxMQ==. Retrieved 2011-06-06. 
2. ^ "Mahesh Bhupathi turns producer for Lara Dutta". Times of India. 1 March 2011. http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-03-01/news-interviews/28643223_1_mahesh-bhupathi-eros-international-film. Retrieved 2011-04-14. 
3. ^ "Lara, Vinay: An odd couple". Times of India. 10 March 2011. http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-03-10/news-interviews/28676632_1_vinay-pathak-lara-dutta-film. Retrieved 2011-04-14. 
4. ^ Kazmi, Nikhat (2011-04-28). "Chalo Dilli". The Times Of India. http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/movie-reviews/hindi/Chalo-Dilli/moviereview/8107120.cms. 
5. ^ http://www.IndiaWeekly.com/MovieRatings
6. ^ http://www.rediff.com/movies/review/movie-review-chalo-dilli/20110429.htm
7. ^ http://www.bollytnt.com/f80/chalo-dilli-all-reviews-here-1897/
8. ^ http://www.musicperk.com/chalo-dilli/

External links

• Official website
• Chalo Dilli at the Internet Movie Database
• Chalo Dilli at Bollywood Hungama