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| Chalo America | |
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| Directed by | Piyush Jha |
| Screenplay by | Harshad Sharma Piyush Jha |
| Story by | Piyush Jha |
| Produced by | Anil Pandit |
| Starring | Aashish Chaudhary Deven Bhojani |
| Cinematography | Sunil Patel |
| Edited by | Paresh Kamdar |
| Music by | Charles Vaz |
Release date |
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Running time | 94 minutes |
| Country | India |
| Language | Hindi |
Chalo America is a 1999 Indian comedy film directed by Piyush Jha.[1][2]
The film chronicles the misadventures of three Lukkhas (Slackers) with just one dream preying on their minds โ 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 โ the United States. They remain undeterred by their failure and woeful incompetence to get there โ be it by acquiring a visa or a wife, or smuggling themselves into boats. Their hopes flag, but never quite fade away.
| Aashish Chaudhary | Surendra "Sunny" Pagnis |
| Mandar Shinde | Rajat |
| Deven Bhojani | Akshay Bandelia |
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.[3]