Aloo Chaat
| Aloo Chaat | |
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| Directed by | Robby Grewal |
| Produced by | Anuj Saxena A.P. Pairagi Gary S. |
| Written by | Divynidhi Sharma |
| Starring | Aftab Shivdasani Aamna Shariff Linda Arsenio Kulbhushan Kharbanda Manoj Pahwa Sanjay Mishra |
| Music by | RDB Xulfi Vipin Mishra Mehfuz Maruf |
| Cinematography | Sanjay Kapoor 2 |
| Editing by | Aarif Sheikh |
| Distributed by | PVR Pictures |
| Release date(s) | 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, Sanjay 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.
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[edit] 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) who suspects him to be gay, his confused mother Seeto (Meenakshi Sethi) and an always suspicious uncle Chhadami Mama (Sanjay Mishra). Nikhil refuses to marry any girl his parents show him, which has them worried about their son's attitude. Nikhil on the other hand loves Aamna (Aamna Sharif), a Muslim girl living in America.
Nikhil knows that his orthodox father will never allow him to marry a girl of another religion. With the help of a family friend and 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 chacha. 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.
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.
[edit] 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 | Chhadami mama (incorrect picture) |
[edit] Soundtrack
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| Soundtrack album by T-Series | ||||
| Released |
June 12, 2009 (India)
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| Genre | Feature film soundtrack | |||
| Label |
T-Series
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| Producer | Maverick Productions | |||
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| Song | Singer(s) | Duration | Notes |
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| Aloo Chaat | RDB & Nindy Kaur, Smooth | 5:09 | |
| Dhadke Jiya Ye Rasta | 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 Ye Rasta (Remix) | RDB & Nindy Kaur | 3:24 | Composed and lyrics by RDB |
| Boliyaan (Giddha) (2nd Version) | Nindy Kaur | 3:34 | |
| Aloo Chaat Aloo Chaat (Remix) | Kailash Kher | 3:16 |
[edit] Reception
The film met with mixed to negative reviews. Reviewer Taran Adarsh said that Aloo chaat doesn't hold your attention because of its poor screenplay and gave the film 1.5\5. Raja Sen also gave the movie 2\5. Whereas Nikhat Kazmi of the Times Of India gave the movie 3\5 and said it is fairly enjoyable.
The Movie was a disaster at the box office.
[edit] Music Reception
The title track however received extremely positive reviews getting 4 out of 5 stars.
