Chaalis Chauraasi

About the film

Chaalis Chauraasi (transl. Forty eighty-four), is a 2012 Indian Hindi-language crime comedy film directed by Hriday Shetty and starring Naseeruddin Shah, Atul Kulkarni, Kay Kay Menon and Ravi Kishan. Most of the film was shot in Mumbai. It was released on 13 January 2012.

Reception

In its first weekend, the film netted around 1.75 crore.

Mayank Shekhar from Hindustan Times gave the film three stars out of five, writing, "This one manages to for most of the while. A sense of fun is never lost. It’s the actors, no doubt, who make the ridiculous believable. Hence, you truly enjoy this ride for most of the part. Which is saying a lot." Conversely, Taran Adarsh from Bollywood Hungama gave the film 2 stars out of 5, noting that while it had an attention-grabbing premise and some truly wonderful scenes, the writing lacked the energy and dynamism to keep the viewer hooked, and another reason the film stumbled was the inclusion of songs in the narrative, barring Hawa Hawa. Shubhra Gupta from The Indian Express gave the film one star out of five, writing, "What we get is capable actors floundering, and a film that grows ever more incoherent and tedious as it lurches along among fellows pretending to be cops, bent policemen, mobsters hiding out in seedy hotel rooms, guns going rat-a-tat."

Soundtrack

The songs of the film were composed by Lalit Pandit whereas the title song was sung and composed by Vishal Rajan. The music rights were sold to T-Series and released in December 2011. The rights of the song "Hawa Hawa" were acquired from Pakistani Singer Hasan Jahangir. The film song was sung in two versions, originally sung by Hasan Jahangir. The background score was composed by Sanjoy Chowdhury.

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