Chal Chalein

{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2015}} {{Use Indian English|date=November 2015}} {{Infobox film | name = Chal Chalein | image = Chal_Chalein.jpg | alt =  | caption = Original DVD Cover | director = Ujjwal Singh | producer = Mahesh Padalkar | writer = Vijaya Ramchandrula | starring = Mithun Chakraborty Chirag P Ruia Mukesh Khanna Rati Agnihotri Shilpa Shukla Kanwaljeet Singh

| music = Ilaiyaraaja | cinematography = Arvind Kumar | editing = Aseem Sinha | studio = | distributor = | released = {{Film date|df=yes|2009|8|7}} | runtime = 148 minutes | country = India | language = Hindi | budget =  | gross =  }}

'''''Chal Chalein''''' is a 2009 Indian Hindi-language film directed by Ujjwal Singh and produced by Mahesh Padalkar, starring Mithun Chakraborty, Rati Agnihotri, Mukesh Khanna and Kanwaljeet Singh in a story about the academic pressures on children.<ref>{{Cite news |title=Chal Chalein Movie Review |work=The Times of India |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/movie-reviews/chal-chalein/movie-review/4863894.cms?from=mdr |access-date=2023-07-20 |issn=0971-8257}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2009-08-07 |title=Movie review: Chal Chalein |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/movie-review/movie-review-chal-chalein/ |access-date=2023-07-20 |website=The Indian Express }}</ref>

== Plot == {{More plot|date=August 2024}} 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'', ''Shaukeen'', and ''Boxer''.

== Cast ==

*Mithun Chakraborty as Prosecuting Lawyer *Mukesh Khanna as Justice Bharat Kumar *Rati Agnihotri as Student's mother *Nishikant Dixit as Father *Syed Hussain Haider Abidi as Sunny *Tanvi Hegde as Vaishnavi *Shilpa Shukla *Kanwaljeet Singh *Vishwajeet Pradhan *Anup Soni *Anand Abhyankar *Reema Worah as Sona

==Soundtrack==

Maestro ''Illayaraja'' provided the film score for this film and lyrics written by Piyush Mishra.

===Track listing===

{{track listing | extra_column = Singer(s) | total_length = 28:48

| title1 = Tum Bhi Dhoondna | extra1 = Hariharan | length1 = | title2 = Shehar Hai Khoob Kya Hai | extra2 = Shaan, Shreya Ghoshal & Krishna | length2 = | title3 = Jhoom Jhoom So Ja | extra3 = Sadhna Sargam | length3 = | title4 = Gup Chup Shaam Thi | extra4 = Hariharan | length4 = | title5 = Chal Chal Chal Ke | extra5 = Aditya Narayan, Kavita Krishnamurthy & Krishna | length5 = | title6 = Batladein Koi | extra6 = Aditya Narayan, Shaan, Sunidhi Chauhan & Krishna | length6 = | title7 = Uff Are Tu Mirch Hai | extra7 = Shaan, Shreya Ghoshal & Krishna | length7 = }}

== References == {{Reflist}}

== External links == * ''[https://web.archive.org/web/20090301111716/http://www.bollywoodhungama.com/movies/preview/13925/index.html Chal Chalein]'' at Bollywood Hungama

Category:2009 films Category:2009 Hindi-language films Category:Films about the education system in India Category:Films scored by Ilaiyaraaja