Chalo Dilli is a 2011 Indian film directed by Shashant Shah starring Lara Dutta, Vinay Pathak. It also features Akshay Kumar in a cameo role. The film, produced under Duttas husband Mahesh Bhupathis 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.
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.
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.
Track listing
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Reception & box office
The film was given 3.5/5 stars by The Times of India, 2.5/5 stars by IndiaWeekly and 1.5/5 by rediff.com.
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.
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Chalo Dilli Wiki Page
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