Sunday, 11 August 2013

Chennai Express Movie Review



Director: Rohit Shetty
Cast: Shahrukh Khan, Deepika Padukone
And it is the same bollywood ishtyle romantic movies where happy endings are not a new thing. Rohit Shetty starrer Chennai Express is a rom com with a tinge of South Indian tadka in it. The director has for the first time paired up with the king of romance Shah Rukh khan and Deepika Padukone after delivering an array of comedy films and one action film.
The story of the film revolves around the life of Rahul and Mennamma who meet with each other in Chennai Express and ultimately fall in love. Rahul, a 40 year old guy is bored with life and want to start a new phase of life after the death of his grandfather who unfortunately died at the age of 99. So, he is all ready to go to Rameshwaram to throw away the ashes of his grand father and after that start his business in Goa. Well, in the process of doing so he boards a train and ultimately ends up meeting a south Indian girl Meenamma who is chased by her four cousins to prevent her from eloping away in Pune so that she could avoid the marriage that her Periathali(meaning DON in tamil) father has fixed up with another Don of Khumban village.
 Shahrukh khan in his typical romantic hero style try to woo Deepika but ultimately realizes the fact that he rather needs to be really cautious as her big and huge brothers are always by her side. Trouble erupts at that time when Mennamma tells her father that she is already engaged to Rahul and they are about to get married. Niktin Dheer plays the baddie in the film who is the chosen groom by her father. And as it is in most of the Bollywood movies there is a fight in the end between the hero and villain where however tall and strong the villain is but the hero ultimately wins.
Rohit shetty has very beautifully captured the exotic beauty of the south Indian village Khumban at Tamil and has portrayed on screen beautifully. You will be mesmerized by the wonderful beauty of the place in the movie. Shahrukh khan and Deepika Padukone both do justice to their respective roles, no doubt in that. Hats off to Deepika for mastering  the Tamil accent as she proves that she is really not a Bokwas when it comes to playing roles of a different genre.
You will laugh your heart out in the first half of the film due to the funny rendition of Shahrukh’s Tamil accent but the second half of the film is equally emotional and romantic.
As far as music is concerned, Vishal-Shekhar combo has always been a hit. The foot tapping item song 1234 is wonderfully choreographed. You will feel the romance in the air with Titli and don’t leave your seat with the film is complete coz there is more to watch of the lungi dance. Through out the film, they have humorously used songs of various Bollywood films coz it is the only way through which Rahul and Mennama can communicate.
Well, if you are getting bored on a Sunday, then Chennai Express is a film you can watch with your family. If you are a film buff, then sorry it has nothing special to offer.

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