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.