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''Chaal Jeevi Laiye!'' (
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: ''ચાલ જીવી લઈયે!'' ''Come, Let's Live!'') is a 2019 Indian Gujarati-language
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written and directed by Vipul Mehta, and produced by Rashmin Majithia under the banner Coconut Motion Pictures. The film stars
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,
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, and Aarohi Patel. The soundtrack was composed by
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. The film was released in India on 1 February 2019. and had completed its 300 weeks in cinemas on 25 October 2024. It became the highest-grossing film of Gujarati cinema, grossing over and the first film released in this century to enter its 7th year in theatres. It is remade in
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as ''
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'' (2024), starring
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in the lead.


Plot

Workaholic Aditya ignores his father Bipin's advice regarding his health. Next day, Aditya faints and is brought to a hospital, where he recovers. On Dr. Vadia's advice, Bipin takes a health checkup and is diagnosed with Pontine Glioma, a terminal brain tumour. Bipin wishes to visit Kedarnath and the holy Ganga river with Aditya before his death and he reluctantly agrees. After visiting the river, they continued their journey to Chopta via jeep. They meet Ketki on road and Aditya develops romantic interest in her. They were robbed by goons but eventually regain their possessions. Along the way, the father-son bond grows and Aditya's romance develops further. Eventually, they reach Kedarnath and complete the wish.


Cast

*
Siddharth Randeria Siddharth Randeria is an Indian actor in Gujarati theatre and film. Biography Siddharth Randeria was born on 17 December 1955 in Mumbai, lived in surat India to Gujarati writer and stage actor Madhukar Randeria. His son Ishaan Randeria is also ...
as Bipin Chandra Parikh *
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as Aditya Parikh * Aarohi Patel as Ketki Mehta * Jagesh Mukati as Bhala Kaka *
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as Dr. Vadia (guest appearance)


Production

The film is shot in
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at the locations of
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,
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and
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.


Soundtrack

The songs were leaked online before their official release.


Release

The film was released in India on 1 February 2019. Following the success, it was released in Australia on 14 March 2019 and in New Zealand, and United Kingdom on 15 March 2019. The film was also released in Germany, Singapore, Canada and in some countries of Africa. The film completed 50 weeks in cinemas on 17 January 2020. It was re-released on 31 January 2020 with subtitles and some additional shots.


Reception


Box Office

According to Bookmyshow, an online ticket booking website, the film earned around on its first day and almost in first week. According to trade analyst
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, the film became the highest-grossing film of Gujarati cinema. It had collected a gross amount of approximately and the netted approximately in India. In overseas market, according to Rentrak, the film earned $130,000 in US, $53,031 in United Kingdom, $81,814 in Australia, $13,159 in New Zealand and $25,000 elsewhere. The film grossed over approximately about $3,03,004 () in total in overseas market.


Critical response

The film received mostly positive reviews by the critics. Shruti Jambhekar of ''
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'' rated it 4 out of 5 and praised the director for screenplay, editing, cinematography, music and performances. Saurabh Shah rated it 4 out of 5 and praised direction, music and performances but criticised the length of the climax. ''
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Gujarati'' noted the trend of films based on the father-son relationships and gave a positive review. Tushar Dave, writing for Sarjak.org, praised the film for its message, cinematography, music and performances of lead actors but criticised some of the dialogue, melodrama, performance of Aruna Irani and length of the climax.


See also

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List of Gujarati films of 2019 This is a list of Gujarati cinema, Gujarati language films that are released in 2019. ''Chaal Jeevi Laiye!'' became the highest-grossing Gujarati film of all time, earning Box-office collection January–March April–June July–Septe ...
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List of highest-grossing Indian films This ranking lists the highest-grossing Indian films produced by Cinema of India, Indian cinema, based on conservative global box office estimates as reported by organisations classified as green by Wikipedia. The figures are not adjusted for ...


References


External links

* {{IMDb title Indian road comedy-drama films Films produced by Rashmin Majithia 2010s road comedy-drama films Films shot in Gujarat Films shot in Uttarakhand 2010s Gujarati-language films Gujarati films remade in other languages