Chalo Dilli (2011) Country: India Language: Hindi Year: 2011 Color/BW: COLOR Category: Feature Film Genre: Comedy, Drama Description Dynamic Go-Getter Mihika Banerjea thinks she has her life totally under control. A highly successful corporate bigwig who does not compromise and is used to getting her way in life. On her way to Delhi for a brief halt, before heading off to an international conference, Mihika misses her flight and much to her chagrin, ends up traveling on a budget airline which gets stranded at Jaipur airport due to a technical glitch. Here Mihika's life collides with the boisterous and over enthusiastic Manu Gupta. A portly gutka eating, expletive spewing, Ladies Dress Material Seller from Karol Bagh, Old Delhi who too is traveling back to Delhi from Mumbai. Manu is everything that Mihika isn't. Loud, light hearted and extremely street smart. And at times, oversmart. Which is what eventually lands them up in trouble. Big trouble. Now begins a bizarre journey full of adventure, madness and crazy comic moments with the most oddest traveling couple ever! A hilarious roller coaster journey through air, road and rail from Mumbai, via Jaipur to Delhi.
A journey where through Manu, Mihika finally gets to see the real India. Its colorful and quirky people and their oddball eccentricities. But what begins as a nightmarish journey for Mihika, eventually turns out to be an internal journey for her, as Manu and the characters around her show her life for what it truly is. And the true measure of success and happiness.
Cast: Vinay Pathak, Lara Dutta, Gaurav Gera, Pankaj Jha, Brijendra Kala, Dadhey Pandey, Rahul Singh, Yana Gupta |