It was inspired by the film Planes, Trains and Automobiles starring Steve Martin.

[2] A sequel to the film, named Chalo China, was set to be made in 2014 but was postponed due to a lack of financiers.

[3] Mihika Banerjee (Lara Dutta), a successful investment banker living in Mumbai, misses her flight to Delhi and needs to get there anyway possible to meet her husband, Lt. Col. Vikram Rana (Akshay Kumar).

She meets Manu Gupta (Vinay Pathak), and they discover the colours of India on their journey to Delhi.

When Mihika's money is stolen while she is buying a train ticket, she is forced to travel with Manu in the ordinary class in Jhunjhunu District.