Lara Dutta, is a fine actress, but not seen much other than few bit parts. I guess she is cursed with good looks, good diction with Hindi and English alike, as compared to the "Katrina Types". She gets struck with a paan-chewing lower middle class Manu Gupta (Vinay Pathak) who is too elated to be seen with this woman. Lara Dutta's character leads a lifestyle that of a "Leona Hemsley Type" who invariably abuse and curse any one and everyone in sight and has general disdain for the mankind except for her husband Vikram (Akshay Kumar, who has smile of a cheshire cat, good looks and not much in the acting department) who appears as Rama, rescuing his Sita from the clutches of Ravan and Rakshsasa's (the driver and occupants of the jeep-if we have to let run our imagination back to the scriptures). Her trip to Dilli, takes a few major and several minor detours, that the journey could be an expose of "Incredible India" as touted in the tourism flyers. It unfolds the Indian rural life, that only locals and stranded alike experience. It's amazing that just two actors can sustain the length of the film. The scene from the police station to the motel, is below the good movie mark, but if one has the patience and perseverance, they are in for a treat, since the last scene is plainly heart-breaking and the subtitles explain the cure for several ills of the society. The movie is enjoyable and riveting with a hint of mystery to the story-the mystery is, what is next? for this single and sophisticated woman traveler, who seems to be clearly-out of place-to the rural folks and viewers alike!
Review of Chalo Dilli
