Chalo Let's Go

A gaggle of strangers with personal ghosts traveling together in a tourist bus.. reminds one of Reema Kagti's Honeymoon Travels. right? I have great regard for Anjan Dutta. I love his cinematographic treatments and I love his baritone country voice resembling Mel McDaniel. I was looking for the usual treatment here, but was mildly disappointed. I was also looking forward to being treated to the lush visuals of Kalimpong, Darjeeling and the lazily flowing Teesta, as one winds his way up to the Queen of Hill stations. Again, I was sorely disappointed. Heck.. the locale was just too good to be wasted away this way.

The characters in the movie are shallow and full of attitude. The scenery is boring, static and repetitive, and the whole film appears to have been shot on a shoestring budget. There is no plot at all, and if one considers random conversations between strangers as a plot.. well.. what can I say. And yeah, there is nothing "hilarious" in this movie, as one reviewer has described. Excepting the chemistry professor's pedantic rantings, there are hardly any amusing lines or situations here. The only redeeming feature appears to be Neel's soulful title song.

Quite disappointing otherwise.

When even I watch anjan dutta's movies or telefilms.One thing always knock mind is excellent script and spontaneous dialogues as well as smart music.Chalo lets go is one of his modern smart movies where he explain human nature when he met around in a trip.All characters in this movie are basically trying to discover their life.Its the movie how they finally discover their life from a trip. the film has a beautiful climax....with nice sound-track from composer Neel Dutt through the entire film.....some exhilarating North Bengal beauty and mostly some natural comedy that was once found at the "gold mine" of old bengali jewels.....and a re-touch of the Satyajit Ray spirit..The reason? you will surely realize if you see this film.