| Hello Charlie | |
| Director: | Pankaj Saraswat |
| Producer: | Farhan Akhtar Ritesh Sidhwani |
| Starring: | Jackie Shroff Aadar Jain Shhloka Pandit Elnaaz Norouzi Rajpal Yadav |
| Music: | Score: John Stewart Eduri Songs: Tanishk Bagchi Gourov Dasgupta Kanika Kapoor Rishi Rich Kiranee Don D Marley |
| Cinematography: | Andre Menezes |
| Editing: | Chandan Arora Mitesh Soni |
| Studio: | Excel Entertainment |
| Distributor: | Amazon Prime Video |
| Runtime: | 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]
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.
The principal photography of the film started in mid-July 2020 during the pandemic.[4]
| Hello Charlie | |
| Type: | Soundtrack |
| Artist: | 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 |
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.
The film was released on 9 April 2021 on Amazon Prime Video.[6]