Hello Charlie

Hello Charlie
Office release poster
Directed by	Pankaj Saraswat
Written by	Pankaj Advani Pankaj Saraswat Abhishek Khairkar
Produced by	Farhan Akhtar Ritesh Sidhwani
Starring	Jackie Shroff Aadar Jain Shhloka Pandit Elnaaz Norouzi Rajpal Yadav
Cinematography	Andre Menezes
Edited by	Chandan Arora Mitesh Soni
Music by	Score: John Stewart Eduri Songs: Tanishk Bagchi Gourov Dasgupta Kanika Kapoor Rishi Rich Kiranee Don D Marley
Production company	Excel Entertainment
Distributed by	Amazon Prime Video
Release date	9 April 2021 (2021-04-09)
Running time	102 minutes
Country	India
Language	Hindi

Hello Charlie is an Indian Hindi-language comedy film written and directed by Pankaj Saraswat and produced by Farhan Akhtar and Ritesh Sidhwani under the Excel Entertainment banner. The film stars Jackie Shroff, Aadar Jain and debutante Shhloka Pandit with Elnaaz Norouzi and Rajpal Yadav in supporting roles. The film was released on 9 April 2021 on Amazon Prime Video.^[1]

Plot

M. D. Makwana is a wanted fraudster who must escape from Mumbai after duping banks of a lot of money, for which his model girlfriend suggests disguising him as a caged gorilla so that he would be undiscovered, while at the same time, Toto, a real gorilla escapes from a crashed plane and is also declared wanted.

Chirag "Charlie" Rastogi is a young daydreamer from Indore who has been unsuccessful in whatever ventures he has partaken. Later, while at the disposition of his uncle Karsan (Darshan Jariwala), who leaves for Diu, he is assigned the job of escorting a gorilla to a circus by the model, little realizing that it is Makwana in disguise. Along the way, a series of adventures follows as Chirag finds himself confused between both Toto and Makwana, while a female circus acrobat-cum-dancer, Padma, tags along even as a forest ranger and a veterinary doctor are on the hunt for Toto.

Cast

• Jackie Shroff as M. D. "Mac" Makwana, a wanted fraudster who disguises himself as Toto, the wanted gorilla, to escape the arms of the law.
• Aadar Jain as Chirag "Charlie" Rastogi, a young man from Indore who is assigned the task of escorting "Toto", in reality, a disguised Makwana, to the Diu Dusshera circus^[2]
• Shlokka Pandit as Padma Thakkar, a circus acrobat-cum-dancer who joins Charlie
• Elnaaz Norouzi as Mona Malhotra, a model & Mac's girlfriend^[3]
• Rajpal Yadav as Ranger Solee Topi
• Girish Kulkarni as Priyesh Patel
• Siddhanth Kapoor as Inspector Jaidev “JD” Malhotra, Mona's brother
• Bramha Mishra as Ardali Ram Singh, Solee's partner
• Bharat Ganeshpure as Dr. Ganatra, a vet
• Darshan Jariwala as Karsan Patel, Charlie's uncle

Production

The principal photography of the film started in mid-July 2020 during the pandemic.^[4]

Soundtrack

Hello Charlie
Soundtrack album by Tanishk Bagchi, Gourov Dasgupta, Kanika Kapoor, Rishi Rich, Kiranee and Don D Marley
Released	30 March 2021[5]
Recorded	2021
Genre	Feature film soundtrack
Length	12:24
Language	Hindi
Label	Zee Music Company
Official audio
Hello Charlie - Full Album on YouTube

The film's music was composed by Tanishk Bagchi, Gourov Dasgupta, Kanika Kapoor, Rishi Rich, Kiranee and Don D Marley and the lyrics are written by Vayu, Kumaar and Shellee, while John Stewart Eduri composed the background score.

Track listing

No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Singer(s)	Length
1.	"One Two One Two Dance"	Vayu	Tanishk Bagchi	Nakash Aziz	3:36
2.	"Soneya Ve"	Kumaar	Kanika Kapoor	Kanika Kapoor, Jasbir Jassi	2:36
3.	"Gypsy Guitar"	Shellee	Gourov Dasgupta	Yasser Desai	3:31
4.	"Chandareya Chumka"	Kumaar	Rishi Rich, Kiranee, Don D Marley	Kiranee, Don D Marley, Simerjit Kumar	2:41
Total length:					12:24

Release

The film was released on 9 April 2021 on Amazon Prime Video.^[6]

References

1. "5 Reasons Why Toto From 'Hello Charlie' Is The Coolest Celebrity!". The Quint. 23 March 2021. Archived from the original on 23 March 2021. Retrieved 29 March 2021.
2. "Comedy is tough, says actor Aadar Jain". Tribune India. 27 March 2021. Archived from the original on 27 March 2021. Retrieved 29 March 2021.
3. "Elnaaz Norouzi, who will soon be seen in Hello Charlie, has fallen in love with the comedy genre". Tribune India. 28 March 2021. Archived from the original on 31 July 2021. Retrieved 29 March 2021.
4. "Aadar Jain starter Hello Charlie begins shooting amidst the pandemic". Tribune India. 17 July 2020. Archived from the original on 31 July 2021. Retrieved 29 March 2021.
5. "Hello Charlie – Original Motion Picture Soundtrack". Jio Saavn. 30 March 2021. Archived from the original on 16 April 2021. Retrieved 30 March 2021.
6. "Streaming Now: Abhishek Bachchan's The Big Bull, Aadar Jain's Comedy Hello Charlie Take OTT Route". www.news18.com. 10 April 2021. Archived from the original on 11 April 2021. Retrieved 11 April 2021.

External links

• Hello Charlie at IMDb