Mumbai Chakachak
Directed bySanjay Jha Mastan
Produced bySunil Shetty
Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation
Popcorn Motion Pictures
StarringCyrus Broacha
Mandira Bedi
Rahul Bose
Ayesha Dharker
Vinay Pathak
CinematographyRajeev Shrivastava
Release date
  • May 2009 (2009-05)
CountryIndia
LanguageHindi

Mumbai Chakachak is a Hindi film produced by Suniel Shetty and the Municipal Corporation of Greater Mumbai as part of their clean-up campaign. The movie was released in May 2009. The film featured Rahul Bose and Ayesha Dharker, Mandira Bedi and Vinay Pathak in lead roles.[1] It is the first commercial movie of BMC for their clean-up campaign. The film's message of keeping the city clean is conveyed in a subtle way without being preachy.[2]

Plot

The movie tells the story of Koka (Rahul Bose), a BMC employee residing in the BMC Colony at Colaba in Mumbai, who desires to make Mumbai as clean as Shanghai. He falls in love with Basmati (Ayesha Dharker), a girl from Bihar who aspires to become an air hostess. Koka's ultimate goal is to keep the city clean and he works tirelessly to achieve this.[2]

Production and release

The film was announced by Suniel Shetty, who produced the film.[3][4] Mahindra & Mahindra, an automotive manufacturing company was also engaged in the production of Mumbai Chakachak.[5]

Mumbai Chakachak was made under the banner of Popcorn Motion Pictures.[6] The film was directed by Sanjay Jha Mastan, features music composed by Shamir Tandon and lyrics written by Piyush Pandey.[7]

References

  1. ↑ "Mandira, Rahul Bose clean Mumbai up". Rediff.com. April 21, 2008.
  2. 1 2 "BMC is keen to make song and dance of clean-up campaign film". Pune Mirror. January 29, 2009.
  3. ↑ Mahaldar, Manisha (February 22, 2008). "Suniel Shetty casts BMC workers in his new film". News 18.
  4. ↑ "Sweeping Statement". Mumbai Mirror. January 29, 2008.
  5. ↑ Verma Ambwani, Meenakshi (May 1, 2008). "Mahindra & Mahindra forays into film production". The Economic Times.
  6. ↑ Bhandari, Rohini (February 28, 2018). "'I love my job as a producer. For me, it is not just about investing money':Popcorn Entertainment MD Suniel Shetty". Business Of Cinema. Archived from the original on 2021-05-09.
  7. ↑ "Mumbai Chakachak Complete". Movie Talkies. 28 July 2008.
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