Chak De India – Hindi Movie Review

Posted by admin - August 16, 2007 - Movie Review, Shahrukh Khan - 2,874 Comments
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‘Chak De India’ is a beautifully made film that makes you laugh, makes you cry, gives you goose bumps, and stirs up patriotism inside you. It is a film that everyone must watch.It is reprieve to see a movie from YashRaj camp which doesn’t contain the stereotypical romances and sentimental family drama. Sports are not the popular genre in Bollywood industry. The success of ‘Iqubal’ was thought to be of one off movie but it had no patriotism in it. The surprising part of ‘Chak De India’ is it has no love angle even though it has Shah Rukh Khan playing the leading man alongside 16 new girls. It movie story is excellently written, the characters are well etched and the performance excellent and the direction superb.

Chak De IndiaThere is not a single dull moment in the film. From the opening, the movie grips you and keeps you engrossed until the end credits roll. ‘Chak De’ ride, you go through countless emotions. You identify with the pain of the protagonist, cherish the clashes and friendship of the girls, and you are filled with an uplifting, charged-up feeling as you see the team who come as underdogs raise to the occasion.

The story is simple but it carries with you till the end.

Kabir Khan (Shahrukh Khan) is a former player for India’s national field hockey team who missed a fateful play against Pakistan, costing a championship. He is labeled gaddar (betrayer) by his own fellow countrymen. Seven years later, he is hired to coach the nation’s women’s hockey team. Kabir Khan has just three months to coach and train these girls for the Hockey World Cup in Australia.

The girls come from all over India – Haryana, Chandigarh, Punjab, Jharkhand, Andhra Pradesh, North East and other states.

Chak De India - TeamThey are a fractious lot, including a tomboy (Chitrashi Rawat) whose father fears she will never marry; a forward (Sagarika Ghatge) whose boyfriend, a cricket superstar, wants her to quit the team and live in his shadow; a newlywed goalie (Vidya Malavade) whose in-laws expect her to stay at home; and a haughty, seasoned player (Shilpa Shukla) who needles the coach. Using very unconventional methods, Kabir Khan manages to create a team spirit among the girls. But some differences remain, only to be sorted out in the World Cup tournament in Australia, which the team must win to make India proud.

The movie has got intelligently conceived sequences as the one in which the girl’s hockey team has to prove their mettle against the men’s team. The girls lose by a narrow margin, but they get an applause and salutation from male players.

A constant thread of humour runs through the film’s narrative. The humour is vernacular, and genuinely funny.

To Conclude ‘Chak De India’ is a deeply touching film that offers plenty for you to carry home. Do watch the movie as it a complete pack with all the best stuff you would like to have.

Director: Shimit Amin
Starring: Shahrukh Khan, Sagarika Ghatge (as Preeti Sabarwal), Chitrashi Rawat (as Komal Chautala), Shilpa Shukla (as Bindia Naik), Vidya Malavade (as Vidya Sharma), Tanya Abrol (as Balbir Kaur), Anaitha Nair (as Aliya Bose), Shubhi Mehta (as Gunjan Lakhani), Seema Azmi (as Rani Dispotta), Nisha Nair (as Soimoi Kerketa), Sandia Furtado (as Nethra Reddy), Arya Menon (as Gul Iqbal), Masochon V. Zimik (as Molly Zimik), Kimi Laldawla (as Mary Ralte), Kimberly Miranda (as Rachna Prasad), Nichola Sequeira (as Nichola Sequeira), Raynia Mascarenhas (as Raynia Fernandes),
Producer: Aditya Chopra



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