Chalo America


Chalo America is a 1999 Indian Hindi-language comedy film directed by Piyush Jha.

Plot

The film chronicles the misadventures of three Lukkhas with just one dream preying on their minds – 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 – the United States. They remain undeterred by their failure and woeful incompetence to get there – be it by acquiring a visa or a wife, or smuggling themselves into boats. Their hopes flag, but never quite fade away.

Cast

Soundtrack

The music soundtrack of "Chalo America" was released on 22 December 1998 by Thakral Records. It consisted of eight songs and were composed by Charles Vez.
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  • Track no: 4, 7 and 8 do not appear in the film.

Reception

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." Anna M M Vetticad of India Today wrote, "Chalo America is refreshingly different, part of an emerging genre of Indian films, neither crassly commercial nor heavily arty - just sensible cinema. But Jha would do well to remember that tuneless songs, however cleverly inserted, are dispensable and that bad extras are bad news."