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Saturday, May 21, 2011

Movie Review - Chalo Dilli



Another small budget movie that was being marketed well everywhere - but the cast of Vinay Pathak and Lara Dutta as lead actors was a factor in the delay to watch the movie.

The movie is all about a cleanliness and hygine freak investment banker from Mumbai (Lara Dutta) and a middle class shop keeper ( Vinay Pathak) from Karol Bagh in New Delhi. Both are on the same flight to Delhi - and Vinay manages to piss off Lara even before he has spoken a word to her.

Then as usual - due to circumstances the flight lands at Jaipur instead of Delhi and Lara is forced to take a cab to Delhi - with a twist of fate, Vinay lands up in the same cab and thus begins their journey.

It's a road movie and you will find glimpses of many movies in this one. The fact that it keeps going and keeps you interested right till the end is a tribute to the writing and the screenplay. And the perfect chemistry between the 2 lead actors.

Lara Dutta has prefectly cast herself as the cleanliness freak and she is in good form too and looks like a million bucks too ;)

Vinay Pathak's character will give you a sense of Deja-Vu when he first appears - you will feel like he is playing his "Bheja Fry" character but you soon get into the groove with him and he shines in this role.

The other supporting cast is also very good.

Thankfully no songs keeps the movie crisp till the very end.

Verdict - 3.75/5 - Highly recommended.

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