Chalo America

The film chronicles the misadventures of three Lukkhas (Slackers) 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.

{{Infobox album

| name = Chalo America

| type = soundtrack

| artist = Charles Vez

| released = {{Start date|1998|12|22}}

| genre = Filmi

| language = Hindi

| label = Thakral Records

}}

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.

{{Track listing

| extra_column = Singer(s)

| all_writing = Harshad Sharma

| all_lyrics = Harshad Sharma

| title1 = Chalo Chalo America

| extra1 = Remo Fernandez

| title2 = Aasman Se Utar Ke

| extra2 = Hema Sardesai

| title3 = Dosti Ka Hai Yeh Nasha

| note3 =

| extra3 = Chetan Shasital

| title4 = Welcome to America

| extra4 = Storms

| title5 = Aa Gaya Hai Pal Bhar

| extra5 = Uday Benegal

| title6 = Bhool Jao Aab

| extra6 = Sonu Nigam

| title7 = Chalo Chalo America

| note7 = Instrumental

| extra7 = Charles Vez

| title8 = Yuhi Kabhi

| extra8 = Zubeen Garg

}}

;Notes

• Track no: 4, 7 and 8 do not appear in the film.

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.{{cite web |url=https://rediff.com/movies/1999/feb/17chal.htm |title=America calling |last=Verma |first=Suparn |author-link=Suparn Verma |date=17 February 1999 |website=Rediff.com |access-date=1 March 2024}} Anna M M Vetticad of India Today wrote, "Chalo America is refreshingly different, part of an emerging genre of Indian films (Bombay Boys, Hyderabad Blues), 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."{{Cite web|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/society-and-the-arts/films/story/19990308-film-review-piyush-jha-chalo-america-starring-aashish-chowdhry-deven-bhojani-780341-1999-03-07|title=Film review: Piyush Jha's 'Chalo America', starring Aashish Chowdhry, Deven Bhojani|author=Anna M M Vetticad|date=8 March 1999|website=India Today|access-date=1 March 2024|archive-date=1 March 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240301004340/https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/society-and-the-arts/films/story/19990308-film-review-piyush-jha-chalo-america-starring-aashish-chowdhry-deven-bhojani-780341-1999-03-07|url-status=live}}

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• {{IMDb title|198364}}

Category:1999 films

Category:1990s Hindi-language films

Category:1999 directorial debut films

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