Mumbai Chakachak

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Mumbai Chakachak
Directed bySanjay Jha Mastan
Produced by Sunil Shetty
Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation
Popcorn Motion Pictures
Starring Cyrus Broacha
Mandira Bedi
Rahul Bose
Ayesha Dharker
Vinay Pathak
CinematographyRajeev Shrivastava
Release date
  • May 2009 (2009-05)
CountryIndia
LanguageHindi

Mumbai Chakachak is a Hindi film produced by Suniel Shetty and the Municipal Corporation of Greater Mumbai as part of their clean-up campaign. The movie was released in May 2009. The film featured Rahul Bose and Ayesha Dharker, Mandira Bedi and Vinay Pathak in lead roles. [1] It is the first commercial movie of BMC for their clean-up campaign. The film's message of keeping the city clean is conveyed in a subtle way without being preachy. [2]

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Plot

The movie tells the story of Koka, a BMC employee residing in the BMC Colony at Colaba in Mumbai, who desires to make Mumbai as clean as Shanghai. He falls in love with Basmati, a girl from Bihar who aspires to become an air hostess. Koka's ultimate goal is to keep the city clean and he works tirelessly to achieve this. [2]

Production and release

The film was announced by Suniel Shetty, who produced the film. [3] [4] Mahindra & Mahindra, an automotive manufacturing company was also engaged in the production of Mumbai Chakachak. [5]

Mumbai Chakachak was made under the banner of Popcorn Motion Pictures. [6] The film was directed by Sanjay Jha Mastan, features music composed by Shamir Tandon and lyrics written by Piyush Pandey. [7]

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