After Jab We Met and Tanu Weds Manu, Chalo Dilli is one more journey based film. Due to presence of Vinay Pathak, it increases our expectations more. Except for a somewhat shaky 15 minutes post-interval, "Chalo Dilli" entertains with the pleasurable punchy emotions that we seem to have forfeited in our journey from the cinema of Basu Chatterjee to the present day movies of the Kashyaps and Bazmis of the show-world that are all form and virtually no content… with very little happiness to take home.
"Challo Dilli" is a movie with a lot of heart, and some soul. There are basically just two characters in the skillfully-conceived plot about two incompatible travelers on the road from Mumbai to Delhi
That the two seemingly-incompatible traveling companions are played by Lara Dutta and Vinay Pathak is a stroke of good fortune that takes the story much further than it would have gone in the hands of two other actors. Before any more remark on the captivating product, let's speak right away about Vinay Pathak, whose unconventional personality and talent have been on the look-out for appropriate resting places since the unexpected success of "Bheja Fry" four years ago.
In "Chalo Dilli", Pathak as the Dilliwala with a heart many sizes larger than his fate and bank balance sheds so much solar energy into the plot you feel grateful that someone out there in the mediocrity-infested entertainment industry looks out for talent like Pathak's.
And Lara Dutta is one of the most beautiful and underestimated actresses of our times. She's smart, sexy, savvy and extremely confident. What has stopped her from cracking the top rungs of stardom? You think about this quite frequently while watching her make all the correct moves as the hoity-toity investment banker who misses her flight but gains so much in terms of human experience that you desire we would all miss our flight if we don't want to miss the bus as absolute human beings.
"Chalo Dilli" is a completely captivating and heartwarming trip into the heart and the heartland. Skillfully scripted and with convincing dialogues (Arshad Syed) and situations that you immediately recognize it revives the joy of the road movie back.
Nope, you can't imagine any other two actors but Lara and Vinay in the two main parts.
"Chalo Dilli" is a far more talented work than many of the big-budget monstrously unfunny comedies that infest the silver screen. Very often you find your face breaking into a smile as you watch the stylish female entrepreneur opening up her emotional vaults to the experiences that the Jaipur-Delhi route offers.
At one point in a roadside dhaba she stares enjoyably at the sunrise. 'Iss mein kaun si nayi baat hai?' guffaws the street-smart Pathak.
"Chalo Dilli" connects us to the basic element of the cinematic experience. Overall it is worthy to ride the journey of Chalo Dilli.
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