Ek Chalis Ki Last Local

The film released on 18 May 2007.

Ek Chalis Ki Last Local
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Sanjay Khanduri
Produced by	Rajiv Shah Guru Kher
Starring	Abhay Deol Neha Dhupia Ashwin Mushran Nawazuddin Siddiqui Vinay Apte Ashok Samarth Deepak Shirke Virendra Saxena Amit Mistry Sunita Rajwar
Cinematography	C Vijayasri
Edited by	Dharmendra Sharma
Music by	Call Band
Distributed by	Quartet Films
Release date	18 May 2007 (2007-05-18)
Running time	150 minutes
Country	India
Language	Hindi

The story revolves around two people who miss the last local train at 1:40 am at Kurla Station and how it changes the rest of their lives forever. The protagonist Nilesh works in a call centre firm cultivated by the men-centric IT Industry. Night shifts, booze, beer parties seem to occur day-by-day. When Nilesh misses his last train from Kurla to Vikhroli, he is rudely shoved off by a police constable who wants to keep the station clean from anti-social elements like him. Nowhere to go, he strolls outside for an auto-rickshaw, where he bumps into a beautiful damsel in distress, Madhu, also wanting a ride to Vikhroli. As it turns out, the rickshaws are on strike due to a bomb blast earlier in the day at Ghatkopar. Nilesh and Madhu are forced to walk to the next rickshaw stand. Nilesh stops at a local pub and is unable to resist his temptation to have a drink or two alongside Madhu. He meets an old friend, Pat, who appears to have earned a lot of money within a year through gambling. Knowing his expertise with the cards, Pat invites Nilesh to join him in the inner chambers to play with the high rollers. Upon some persuasion from Madhu, he gives in and gambles. Taking over Nilesh's turn, Pat loses all the money they have won to an underworld don. In the meantime, in his search for Madhu, Nilesh stumbles into the restroom where he finds Madhu apparently being forced upon by a local goon. He accidentally kills that local goon. A police encounter specialist with two constables, a religious but notorious south Indian Don (Ponappa), a Gay underworld Don and his gang soon get involved. At last, in a twist and turn of events, all die trying to get 2.5 crore bag except Nilesh at Don's house. Starting the adventure with just Rs. 70 in his pocket, when he catches the first morning train home 2-½ hours later at 4:10 AM, he has Rs. 2.5 crores in his hands and proposes Madhu 3 days later on the same railway station and lives happily after.

• Abhay Deol as Nilesh Rastogi
• Neha Dhupia as Madhu/Mala
• Ashwin Mushran as Mr. Vinod Bajaj
• Vinay Apte as Ponnappa
• Snehal Dabi as Habiba
• Virendra Saxena as Rafique Mohammed
• Atul Srivastava as Hawaldar Tawde
• Manu Rishi as Jeetiya (mangesh's hatchman)
• Nawazuddin Siddiqui as Nazeer, Ponnappa's Brother (druggie in bar)
• Deepak Shirke as Mangesh Chilkey
• Murali Sharma as Saeed Sheikh Mohammad
• Ashok Samarth as Inspector Malvankar
• Amit Mistry as Patrick
• Kishor Kadam as Bhujang
• Sunita Rajwar as Chakli
• Sanatan Modi
• Bharat Ganeshpure as Policeman on Kurla station

The album of Ek Chalis Ki Last Local was composed by a Pakistani rock band Call and lyrics were penned by Gulzar.

• Laree Choote
• Laree Choote - Remix
• Ek Chauka
• Ek Chauka (Title version)
• Akh
• Akh (Dance version)
• Bheegi Bheegi Si
• Panga

Critical reception

Taran Adarsh of Bollywood Hungama gave the film 3 stars out of 5, saying that "EK CHALIS KI LAST LOCAL is a decent fare that stands out for a few individualistic episodes in the narrative. At the box-office, the film caters to the multiplex audience mainly, especially big city multiplexes. Business in Mumbai multiplexes should be better due to its Mumbaiya flavor." Khalid Mohamed of Hindustan Times gave the film 3 stars out of 5, writing "Where were these guys hiding their extraordinary talent? Why haven’t they been seen in the big movies? Indeed, just for the zany Mistri-Samarth-Rajwar, and the mad mirthful spirit, it’s worth riding the Last Local." Shubhra Gupta of The Indian Express wrote "It's a little too long, losing steam in patches. Twenty minutes off, like with most debut movies, would have made it tight and terrific. It's also not for the squeamish, or those who are easily offended. It's for the rest. Go have yourselves some great chuckles."

Conversely, Tanveer Bookwala of Rediff.com gave the film 2 stars out of 5, writing "Abhay Deol has an interesting 'Mark Ruffalo' like innocence and childlike quality but looks completely lost in this enterprise. Neha Dhupia has become the industry's first choice to play a prostitute. Other than Laree Choote, the soundtrack is uninspiring. In what could have been a brilliant dark comedy ends up as a mishmash of everything weird. Bizarre!" India Today wrote "Debutant director Sanjay Khanduri tries too hard to create a Quentin Tarantinoesque mix of black humour, blood, bodies and bullets. So anything is possible, including a scene in which a gay don tries to make Deol his boy toy. Deol has a wonderful unassuming charm but it isn't enough to make this derivative train ride engaging enough."