Chalo Dilli

Chalo Dilli
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Soundtrack album by Vishal-Shekhar
Released	29 April 2011
Genre	Film soundtrack
Label	T-Series

Chalo Dilli
	Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Shashant Shah
Produced by	Krishika Lulla; Kavita Bhupathi Chadda; Lara Dutta
Screenplay by	Arshad Sayed
Story by	Arshad Sayed
Starring	Lara Dutta; Vinay Pathak; Akshay Kumar; Mahika Sharma
Music by	Gourov Dasgupta; Anand Raj Anand; Sachin Gupta (Hi5) ; Rohit Kulkarni; Roshan Balu
Cinematography	Nikos Andritsakis
Edited by	Aseem Sinha
Distributed by	Big Daddy Productions ; Eros International Media Ltd.; Bheegi Basanti Entertainment
Release date	29 April 2011; ; ; ; ;
Running time	155 minutes
Country	India
Language	Hindi
Budget	?5 crore (US$750,000)
Box office	?9.5 crore (US$1.4 million)

Chalo Dilli (Let's Go to Delhi) 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 lack of financers.

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 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
Vinay Pathak as Manu Gupta
Akshay Kumar as Lt. Col. Vikram Rathore
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
Yana Gupta as Laila (guest appearance in the song "Laila O Laila")
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)

Critical reception

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

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.

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