Aloo Chaat (film)
| Aloo Chaat | |
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 Promotional poster | |
| Directed by | Robby Grewal |
| Produced by |
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| Written by | Divya Nidhi Sharma |
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| Music by | |
| Cinematography | Sanjay Kapoor 2 |
| Edited by | Aarif Sheikh |
| Distributed by | PVR Pictures |
Release dates | March 20, 2009 |
Running time | 2 hours 35 minutes |
| Country | India |
| Language | Hindi |
Aloo Chaat is a Bollywood romantic comedy starring Aftab Shivdasani, Aamna Sharif, Linda Arsenio, Kulbhushan Kharbanda, Sanjai Mishra, and Manoj Pahwa. The film is directed by Robbie Grewal, whose previous work includes films like Samay: When Time Strikes and MP3 – Mera Pehla Pehla Pyaar.
Plot
Aloo Chaat is the story of Nikhil (Aftab Shivdasani) who returns to his Punjabi household in Lajpat Nagar, Delhi from America after completing his education. His family consists of his orthodox father Purushottam (Kulbhushan Kharbanda), his grandmother Beeji (Dolly Ahluwalia), his confused mother Seeto (Meenakshi Sethi) and an always suspicious uncle Chhadami Mama (Sanjai Mishra). Nikhil refuses to marry any girl his parents show him, which has them worried about their son's orientation. In reality, Nikhil is in love with Aamna (Aamna Sharif), a Muslim girl living in America.
Nikhil knows that his orthodox father will never allow him to marry a girl from another religion. With the help of a family friend who is a sexologist by occupation Hakim (Manoj Pahwa), he devises a plan of telling his father that he wants to marry an American girl Nikki (Linda Arsenio) who is hired by them with the help of a celebrity singer Sukha Paji who happens to be a patient of Hakim. This way they will introduce both Nikki and Aamna to the house. On one hand Nikki will exhibit all bad qualities and on the other Aamna will show all her good habits and thus impress his family. They then try many things to make Nikhil's family be impressed by Aamna.
But things go haywire when Chhadami Mama starts suspecting them. Thus starts a comedy of errors woven in a love story. Things become just as spicy as aloo chaat.
Cast
| Actor | Role |
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| Aftab Shivdasani | Nikhil |
| Aamna Shariff | Aamna |
| Linda Arsenio | Nikki |
| Kulbhushan Kharbanda | Puroshottum |
| Manoj Pahwa | Hakim |
| Dolly Ahluwalia | Beeji |
| Meenakshi sethi | Seeto |
| Sanjay Mishra (actor) | Chhadami mama |
| Brijendra Kala | Small Role |
Soundtrack
| Aloo Chaat | ||||
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| Soundtrack album by T-Series | ||||
| Released |
June 12, 2009 (India) | |||
| Genre | Feature film soundtrack | |||
| Label |
T-Series | |||
| Producer | Maverick Productions | |||
| T-Series chronology | ||||
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| Song | Singer(s) | Duration |
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| Aloo Chaat | RDB & Nindy Kaur, Smooth | 5:09 |
| Dhadke Jiya | Xulfi | 4:40 |
| Aloo Chaat Aloo Chaat | Kailash Kher | 3:29 |
| Boliyaan (Giddha) | RDB & Nindy Kaur | 4:27 |
| Life Is A Sizzling Aloo Chaat | Kunal Ganjawala | 4:06 |
| Dhadke Jiya (Remix) | Xulfi | 3:24 |
| Boliyaan (Giddha) (2nd Version) | Nindy Kaur | 3:34 |
| Aloo Chaat Aloo Chaat (Remix) | Kailash Kher | 3:16 |
Reception
The film met with mixed to negative reviews. Reviewer Taran Adarsh said that Aloo Chaat did not hold his attention, and gave the film 1.5/5. Raja Sen also gave the movie 2/5, while Nikhat Kazmi of the Times Of India gave the movie 3/5 and said it was fairly enjoyable.
Music Reception
The title track however received extremely positive reviews getting 4 out of 5 stars.
External links
- Aloo Chaat – Review
- Aloo Chaat Premiere – Mumbai
- Aloo Chaat Meet & Greet in Toronto
- Aloo Chaat Trailers
- Aloo Chaat at the Internet Movie Database