Chaal Jeevi Laiye!

Chaal Jeevi Laiye! is a 2019 Indian Gujarati-language comedy-drama road film written and directed by Vipul Mehta. Produced by Rashmin Majithia, the film stars Siddharth Randeria, Yash Soni and Aarohi Patel. The soundtrack was composed by Sachin–Jigar.

Plot
In his quest to become successful enterprenuer, Aditya Parikh puts life on the back burner, including his father Bipin Chandra Parikh who was later diagnosed with pontine glioma. Aditya agrees to take his father to Uttarakhand to fulfill his last wishes where the accidentally meet a backpacker named Ketki Mehta. The journey turns out to be an experience with surprises and realizations of their way to happiness and closeness.

Cast

 * Siddharth Randeria as Bipin Chandra Parikh
 * Yash Soni as Aditya Parikh
 * Aarohi Patel as Ketki Mehta
 * Jagesh Mukati as Bhala Kaka
 * Aruna Irani as Dr. Vadia (guest appearance)

Production
The film is shot at various places in Uttarakhand including Haridwar, Chopta and Kedarnath.

Soundtrack
The songs were leaked online before their official release.

Release
The film was released on 1 February 2019.

Box Office
According to trade analyst Komal Nahta, the film became the highest grossing film of Gujarati cinema. The ticketing website BookMyShow estimated the gross of inr 300000000, as of May 2019.

Critics
The film received mostly positive reviews by the critics. Shruti Jambhekar of The Times of India rated it 4 out of 5 and praised the director for screenplay, editing, cinematography, music and performances. Saurabh Shah rated it 4 out of 5 and praised direction, music and performances but crticised the length of the climax. Mid-day Gujarati noted the trend of films based on the father-son relationships and gave a positive review. Tushar Dave writing for Sarjak.org praised the film for its message, cinematography, music and performances of lead actors but criticised some dialogues, melodrama, performance of Aruna Irani and length of the climax.