Chalo America

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Chalo America
Directed by Piyush Jha
Screenplay byHarshad Sharma
Piyush Jha
Story byPiyush Jha
Produced byAnil Pandit
Starring Aashish Chaudhary
Deven Bhojani
CinematographySunil Patel
Edited byParesh Kamdar
Music byCharles Vaz
Release date
  • 12 February 1999 (1999-02-12)
Running time
94 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageHindi

Chalo America is a 1999 Indian comedy film directed by Piyush Jha. [1]

Contents

Plot

The film chronicles the misadventures of three Lukkhas (Slackers) with just one dream preying on their minds – to get to the kingdom of Coca-Cola and Clinton. They make attempt after attempt to flee from the drudgery and boredom in dreary India to the land of the free and the home of the brave – the United States. They remain undeterred by their failure and woeful incompetence to get there – be it by acquiring a visa or a wife, or smuggling themselves into boats. Their hopes flag, but never quite fade away.

Cast

Aashish Chaudhary Surendra "Sunny" Pagnis
Mandar Shinde Rajat
Deven Bhojani Akshay Bandelia

Reception

Suparn Verma of Rediff.com wrote, "The film could have been a light-hearted spoof on misguided youth who think Utopia is anywhere outside India. Instead, it deals with flat two-dimensional characters who move about purposelessly and appear too lazy to be worth the attention. And so, this film ends up being another cheap wannabe, just like its characters. [2] Anna M M Vetticad of India Today wrote, "Chalo America is refreshingly different, part of an emerging genre of Indian films (Bombay Boys, Hyderabad Blues), neither crassly commercial nor heavily arty - just sensible cinema. But Jha would do well to remember that tuneless songs, however cleverly inserted, are dispensable and that bad extras are bad news." [3]

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References

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  2. Verma, Suparn (17 February 1999). "America calling". Rediff.com . Retrieved 1 March 2024.
  3. Anna M M Vetticad (8 March 1999). "Film review: Piyush Jha's 'Chalo America', starring Aashish Chowdhry, Deven Bhojani". India Today . Archived from the original on 1 March 2024. Retrieved 1 March 2024.