An unusual tale, far away from usual bollywood "love-stories of Hero and his beloved Heroine, Chalo Dilli is a different journey of two persons who are on the opposite extremes! Mika Banerjee (Lara Dutta) and Manu Gupta (Vinay Pathak) are the unlikely pair who are caught together in a strange situation and have to exchange dialogues and get along with each other as they become the only known soul for each other in their unusual route to Delhi. Mika Banerjee is the elite, independent women, Senior Vice President of a 200-crore company having a sophisticated planned life-style. On the other extreme, Manu Gupta is carefree, friendly and happy-go-lucky saree shop owner from Karol Bagh, Delhi, not equipped with "elite-class etiquettes". Vinay Pathak, with his unique style of acting will again make you giggle, laugh, smirk and cry all together! Lara Dutta also fits into the role as the sexy and confident working woman . Both the lead characters of the movie are the commonly found ones but these two extreme personalities coming together through dramatic sequences is what brings the humor and charm in the plot. The less-taken road which they shared via dingy 'Dhaba', ticket-less train journey and a lot other exciting things is refreshing and will give you a reason to maintain a smile on your face throughout while you sit back relaxed in your seat and enjoy it till the end! The movie leaves you with a beautiful message, from the "Kon si Badi Baat ho gayi" attitude of Manu Gupta whenever he finds himself in a problematic situation. Watch it and you won't realize when the clock went in circle twice. Bonus! You'd be left with a preciously beautiful message with a smile on your face and moist eyes!

'Chalo Dilli' , Directed by Shashant Shah, is A Passable Fare, that offers some nice moments in the goings-on, that manage to hold your interest. And even the performances, by Vinay Pathak & Lara Dutta, are up-to the mark!'Chalo Dilli' Synopsis: Enroute to her destination via plane, a busy executive gets stranded with a middle-classed fast-talking male.'Chalo Dilli' works in parts and comes across as a decent one-time watch. Being a Road-Movie, the film offers some nice moments, that genuinely hold your interest. However, after a winning first-hour, the film falters in it's second-hour, that is slightly longer than it should have been. The Screenplay by Arshad Sayed works nicely in the first-hour, but post-interval, it gets a bit dragging. Shashant Shah's Direction is fair. Cinematography & Editing, are satisfactory. Performance-Wise: Vinay Pathak & Lara Dutta deliver impressive performances. And even their on-screen chemistry, is interesting. Akshay Kumar scores in a brief role. Brijendra Kala & Gaurav Gera support well. On the whole, 'Chalo Dilli' is a decent watch.

This is the first venture of Lara Dutta as a producer (She looks dead- drop gorgeous in the movie). The so called road movie is inspired from many English flicks like "Changing Lanes" and many more. So the movie, frankly is not original unlike the last venture of director Dasvidaniya.This is a kind of movie which is better to be enjoyed on weekends on DVD players.A good entertainer with its own loop holes (and huge loop holes).The best thing about the movie is its star cast.Vinay is witty and Lara is a chick!Cameo by a superstar is good!The movie fails to focus on any one track and keeps on struggling to catch your attention. Film starts well but falls flat by the interval and is never picked up.The humor quotient much needed for a road movie is less.Editing is poor. Cinematography is brilliant. Nikos Andritsakis has successfully captured spices of Rajasthan and Delhi.Challo Dilli never tries to be out of the box or extravagant. The movie remains a descent entertainer from the start till the end.Overall an above average movie.

Lara Dutta, is a fine actress, but not seen much other than few bit parts. I guess she is cursed with good looks, good diction with Hindi and English alike, as compared to the "Katrina Types". She gets struck with a paan-chewing lower middle class Manu Gupta (Vinay Pathak) who is too elated to be seen with this woman. Lara Dutta's character leads a lifestyle that of a "Leona Hemsley Type" who invariably abuse and curse any one and everyone in sight and has general disdain for the mankind except for her husband Vikram (Akshay Kumar, who has smile of a cheshire cat, good looks and not much in the acting department) who appears as Rama, rescuing his Sita from the clutches of Ravan and Rakshsasa's (the driver and occupants of the jeep-if we have to let run our imagination back to the scriptures). Her trip to Dilli, takes a few major and several minor detours, that the journey could be an expose of "Incredible India" as touted in the tourism flyers. It unfolds the Indian rural life, that only locals and stranded alike experience. It's amazing that just two actors can sustain the length of the film. The scene from the police station to the motel, is below the good movie mark, but if one has the patience and perseverance, they are in for a treat, since the last scene is plainly heart-breaking and the subtitles explain the cure for several ills of the society. The movie is enjoyable and riveting with a hint of mystery to the story-the mystery is, what is next? for this single and sophisticated woman traveler, who seems to be clearly-out of place-to the rural folks and viewers alike!