''Chal Chalein'' is a 2009 Indian

Hindi-language Hindi (Devanāgarī: or , ), or more precisely Modern Standard Hindi (Devanagari: ), is an Indo-Aryan language spoken chiefly in the Hindi Belt region encompassing parts of northern, central, eastern, and western India. Hindi has been d ...

film directed by Ujjwal Singh and produced by Mahesh Padalkar, starring

Mithun Chakraborty Mithun Chakraborty (born Gouranga Chakraborty; 16 June 1950) is an Indian actor, producer and politician who predominantly worked in Hindi and Bengali language films. He is a former Rajya Sabha Member of Parliament. He is the recipient of three ...

Rati Agnihotri Rati Agnihotri (born 10 December 1960) is an Indian actress, known for acting in Hindi, as well as in Telugu and Tamil language films. Her roles in the cult-tragedy film '' Ek Duuje Ke Liye'' (1981) and the drama film ''Tawaif'' (1985) earned ...

Mukesh Khanna Mukesh Khanna (born 23 June 1958) is an Indian actor, talk show host and producer who works in Hindi language films and television shows. He is best known for his portrayal of Shaktimaan, the superhero character in ''Shaktimaan'' (1997–2005) ...

and

Kanwaljeet Singh Kanwaljit Singh is an Indian actor who has performed in films as well as television serials. He has acted in Hindi and Punjabi Punjabi, or Panjabi, most often refers to: * Something of, from, or related to Punjab, a region in India and Pak ...

in a story about the academic pressures on children.

Plot

A student commits suicide because of extreme anxiety over pressure from his dad to get good grades. The student's empathetic friends enlist the help of a lawyer named Sanjay (Mithun Chakraborty) to speak up against the parents, the government and the school system. The case draws national attention and generates massive public opinion.

Production

Chakraborty (prosecuting lawyer) worked again with his 1980s romantic films co-star Rati Agnihotri (student's mother). Their previous films included ''

Pasand Apni Apni ''Pasand Apni Apni'' is a 1983 Indian Hindi-language film directed by Basu Chatterjee, starring Ashok Kumar, Mithun Chakraborty, Rati Agnihotri, Utpal Dutt. The concept of this movie is based on the 1951 British film '' Happy Go Lovely'', which ...

'', ''

Shaukeen ''Shaukeen'' () is a 1982 Indian Hindi-language comedy film directed by Basu Chatterjee dealing with the psychological aspects of people reaching the dusk of their life. The movie stars Ashok Kumar, Utpal Dutt, A.K. Hangal, Rati Agnihotri an ...

'', and '' Boxer''.

Cast

as Prosecuting Lawyer *

as Justice Bharat Kumar *

as Student's mother *

Nishikant Dixit Nishikant Dixit is an Indian film and television actor. He played the role of Rajaram in the television serial '' Maayke Se Bandhi Dor'' that aired on Indian television channel STAR Plus and the role of Kamlakar Tripathi in the television seria ...

as Father *Syed Hussain Haider Abidi as Sunny *Tanvi Hegde as Vaishnavi *

Shilpa Shukla Shilpa Shukla (born 22 February 1982) is an Indian film and theatre actress. She is known for her roles in the 2007 sports drama '' Chak De! India'' and the 2013 neo-noir film '' B.A. Pass'', for which she was awarded the Filmfare Critics Awa ...

Vishwajeet Pradhan Vishwajeet Pradhan (born 11 September 1965) is an Indian and television actor who has worked in Hindi films and television. Incidents on sets A major fire broke out on the sets of ''No Problem'' while the unit was shooting in the middle of th ...

Anup Soni Anup Soni (born 30 January 1975) is an Indian actor and anchor. He is an alumnus of the National School of Drama. Soni began his career with roles in television serials such as '' Sea Hawks'' and '' Saaya''. He then took a break from television ...

* Anand Abhyankar

Soundtrack

Maestro ''

Illayaraja Ilaiyaraaja (born R. Gnanathesikan, 3 June 1943) is an Indian musician, composer, arranger, conductor, orchestrator, instrumentalist, lyricist and singer, popular for his works in Indian Cinema, prominently in Tamil films. Reputed to be one o ...

'' provided the film score for this film and lyrics penned by

Piyush Mishra Piyush Mishra (born as Priyakant Sharma; 13 January 1963) is an Indian actor, lyricist, playwright, musician and screenwriter. Mishra grew up in Gwalior, and graduated from National School of Drama, Delhi in 1986. Thereafter, he started his c ...

Track listing

External links

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