I mistakenly call it “Dilli Chalo” instead of “Chalo Dilli” because of familiarity with the famous slogan of every political agitation that wants the central Govt. of India to take notice of. Nothing like that here because as the name suggests Chalo before Delhi to signify that the journey is more important than the destination.
So it is another road movie where the protagonists are struggling to reach their destination amidst all sorts of silly and humorous accidents. Haven’t we seen such movies in the past and even some had flopped miserably? But what an interesting leading pair; Lara Dutta and Vinay Pathak. That was never gonna be a romantic movie. Vinay Pathak has made his mark in the Bollywood with some great performances and is considered the most irritating man in the film fraternity, undisputedly. With him there, there are bound to be some really brilliant scenes. I have not seen Lara for a while now.
Here goes the narration as Lara, an investment banker, sophisticated, cleanliness freak bumps too many a times with our own clumsy, gutka chewing gentleman, with a really going well moustache – Vinay Pathak on her way to Delhi from Mumbai. The initial encounters are just like the way when we often in a crowded place cannot fail to notice some irritating personalities. A simple journey from Mumbai to Delhi becomes an ordeal for Lara when she misses her scheduled flight to take a budget flight which lands in Jaipur due to bad weather and lo, our Vinay uncle in his purani dilli persona is always around in his most irritating, loud mouthed, ill mannered way possible. Finally they land up together in a hired Taxi which was scheduled to go to Delhi but lost its way in some remote village of Rajasthan. Now the real chemistry of opposite poles, Lara and Vinay starts which is not only hilarious but brilliant. They get into all sorts of trouble thanks to our Vinay uncle but he was the one who always found out the way with his “isme kaun si badi baat ho gayi”. The Rambo like entry of Akshay Kumar sporting rugged jeans and aviator as Lara’s husband, was a surprise element. At last they reached Delhi and Akshay felt a change in his wife and Lara found out the reason behind Vinay’s “isme kaun si badi baat ho gayi”.
One thing I would like to mention before I miss that I have noticed that these actors in guest appearances really look like guests in the film. Have you noticed? Do they do it for free? I wonder. However, the Hero of the film is surely Vinay with his effortless portrayal of a small time businessman of Chandni Chaowk. It is easy to identify him with anybody we know around us. I have compiled a clip of Vinay’s real outstanding scenes. Watch it.
Lara also has done justice in her portrayal of a sophisticated high society lady. Not initially but later on she matched with Vinay. The weakness is the script of the film but Vinay’s performance has made it a worth watch. Too much of Vinay Vinay, lets see some Lara Lara. She is looking hot. Her acting has also improved a lot, why not, she is also the producer of the film.
And the sizzling number by Hot Yana Gupta. Neither a great choreography nor a great song.
Not to miss Akki’s entry.
I had read in moral science that every story told has a moral to learn. The moral of this film is that no matter how successful or educated we are; there are things we haven’t learnt, we haven’t known and a simple silly looking insignificant person can also teach us something. The biggest learning is the experience of our life. It is the real education.
It is a worth watch movie for the sheer chemistry between Lara Dutta and Vinay Pathak and his "is main kaun si badi baat ho gayi ji" attitude.
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