def upload(request):
    if request.POST:
        form = FileForm(request.POST, request.FILES)
        if form.is_valid():
            form.save()
            return render_to_response('project/upload_successful.html')
    else:
        form = FileForm()
    args = {}
    args.update(csrf(request))
    args['form'] = form

    return render_to_response('project/create.html', args)

<a  href="/project/download"> Download Document </a>

urlpatterns = [

              url(r'^$', ListView.as_view(queryset=Post.objects.all().order_by("-date")[:25],
                                          template_name="project/project.html")),
              url(r'^(?P<pk>d+)$', DetailView.as_view(model=Post, template_name="project/post.html")),
              url(r'^upload/$', upload),
              url(r'^download/(?P<path>.*)$', serve, {'document root': settings.MEDIA_ROOT}),

          ] + static(settings.MEDIA_URL, document_root=settings.MEDIA_ROOT)

def download(request):
    file_name = #get the filename of desired excel file
    path_to_file = #get the path of desired excel file
    response = HttpResponse(mimetype='application/force-download')
    response['Content-Disposition'] = 'attachment; filename=%s' % smart_str(file_name)
    response['X-Sendfile'] = smart_str(path_to_file)
    return response

import os
from django.conf import settings
from django.http import HttpResponse, Http404

def download(request, path):
    file_path = os.path.join(settings.MEDIA_ROOT, path)
    if os.path.exists(file_path):
        with open(file_path, 'rb') as fh:
            response = HttpResponse(fh.read(), content_type="application/vnd.ms-excel")
            response['Content-Disposition'] = 'inline; filename=' + os.path.basename(file_path)
            return response
    raise Http404