Aloo Chaat (film)

Plot

Aloo Chaat is the story of Nikhil (Aftab Shivdasani) who returns to his Punjabi household in Lajpat Nagar, Delhi from America after completing his education. His family consists of his orthodox father Purushottam (Kulbhushan Kharbanda), his grandmother Beeji (Dolly Ahluwalia), his confused mother Seeto (Meenakshi Sethi) and an always suspicious uncle Chhadami Mama (Sanjai Mishra). Nikhil refuses to marry any girl his parents show him, which has them worried about their son's orientation. In reality, Nikhil is in love with Aamna (Aamna Sharif), a Muslim girl living in America.

Nikhil knows that his orthodox father will never allow him to marry a girl from another religion. With the help of a family friend who is a sexologist by occupation Hakim (Manoj Pahwa), he devises a plan of telling his father that he wants to marry an American girl Nikki (Linda Arsenio) who is hired by them with the help of a celebrity singer Sukha Paji who happens to be a patient of Hakim. This way they will introduce both Nikki and Aamna to the house. On one hand Nikki will exhibit all bad qualities and on the other Aamna will show all her good habits and thus impress his family. They then try many things to make Nikhil's family be impressed by Aamna.

But things go haywire when Chhadami Mama starts suspecting them. Thus starts a comedy of errors woven in a love story. Things become just as spicy as aloo chaat.

Reception

The film met with mixed to negative reviews. Reviewer Taran Adarsh said that Aloo Chaat did not hold his attention, and gave the film 1.5/5. Raja Sen also gave the movie 2/5, while Nikhat Kazmi of the Times Of India gave the movie 3/5 and said it was fairly enjoyable.

Music Reception

The title track however received extremely positive reviews getting 4 out of 5 stars.