Chalo Dilli
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| Directed by | Shashant Shah |
| Produced by | Krishika Lulla Kavita Bhupathi Chadda |
| Screenplay by | Arshad Sayed |
| Story by | Arshad Sayed |
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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 |
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Running time
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155 minutes |
| Country | India |
| Language | Hindi |
| Budget | ₹5 crore (US$740,000) |
| Box office | ₹9.5 crore (US$1.4 million) |
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| Soundtrack album by Vishal-Shekhar | |
| Released | 29 April 2011 |
| Genre | Film soundtrack |
| Label | T-Series |
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.
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.
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 and 1.5/5 by rediff.com.
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