Cast: Shah Rukh Khan, Deepika Padukone, Sathyaraj
Direction: Rohit Shetty
Genre: Action
Duration: 2 hours 23 minutes
One of the most awaited movies Chennai Express releases today on the auspicious on Ramadan. It is Shah Rukh Khan, Deepika Padukone starrer. This is the first time the king of Bollywood is teaming with Rohit Shetty. When romance and masala come together the combination of the two might make a great movie.
Deepika Padukone stars along with Shahrukh six years after her first debut Om Shanti Om. Back then she was a newcomer, now she is a superstar which makes her and Shahrukh one hell of a deadly pair.
Chennai Express is that kind of a movie where the phrase North Meets South comes alive. Shahrukh plays, Rahul, a bachelor that hails from North India and stays in Mumbai with his grandparents. He couldn't get married earlier as his grandfather cannot live without him. One day he accidentally boards a train that not only takes him to his destination but also makes him realize the power of True Love. Deepika who plays Meena is a South Indian Lady who stays in Komban village with her huge family. She lost her mother when she was just a child. Mr. Durgeshwar, a don in Komban village is the father of Meena and is very protective about her. Tangaballi, played by Nikitin Dheer is a don in another village who Meena's father is very fond of and thus gets his daughter engaged to Tangaballi. Meena piles on to the North Indian guy Rahul to escape marrying the ill mannered Tangaballi.
Deepika plays Meena Amma with flavorful flourish. She is specially amazing in three key sequences, two of them comic and the other unexpectedly somber. she is unbelievable goofy in some scenes. At the end of the movie we see giving a speech on the status of a girl child. Some shots of the train winding through green acres is breathtakingly beautiful. Another memorable shot is where Shahrukh carries Deepika through hundreds of steps. Deepika goes from being amused to being very proud of being in her man's arms.
Shahrukh takes a dig at his now again now-aging lover-boy persona. Moreover, there are also a lot of humorous reference to Shahrukh Khans previous films and songs.
Deepika in this film has has managed to completely outshine her co-star who is okay with being upstaged by his female lead. Shahrukh has given Deepika priority over his name in the title credits which in turn has led Deepika to take the lead seriously.
So the movie has finally arrived. So for all Shahrukh fans the good news is the film is pleasant and like able in parts but the bad news is that it does nothing for Shahrukh Khan's star power except tell us he can play 40 yr Rahul without faltering.
Chennai Express is produced by UTV Motion Pictures and Red Chillies Entertainment Pvt Ltd. For photos and trailers on the movie please check below.
Chennai Express Official Movie Trailer:
Chennai Express Full Song One Two Three Four (1234)
Chennai Express - Titli Full Song
Movie Stills, Shahrukh Khan & Deepika Padukone photos from the movie Chennai Express:
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