Chak De! India (2007)

Director:

Shimit Amin

Writer:

Jaideep Sahni (writer)

Release Date:

10 August 2007 (Australia)

Genre:

Drama | Sport

Tagline:

Sometimes Winning is Everything

Plot:

The story of a hockey player who returns to the game as a coach of a women's hockey team.

Plot Keywords:

Triumph | Critically Acclaimed | Ego | McDonald's Restaurant | Underdog

Awards:

2 wins

Cast

Shahrukh Khan	...	Kabir Khan
Vidya Malvade	...	Vidya Sharma
Tanya Abrol	...	Balbir Kaur
Chitrashi Rawat	...	Komal Chautala
Arya Menon	...	Gul Iqbal
Seema Azmi	...	Rani Dispotta
Nisha Nair	...	Soimoi Kerketa
Sandia Furtado	...	Nethra Reddy
Masochon V. Zimik	...	Molly Zimik
Kimi Laldawla	...	Mary Ralte
Shilpa Shukla	...	Bindia Naik
Shubhi Mehta	...	Gunjun Lakhani
Anaitha Nair	...	Aliya Bose
Sagarika Ghatge	...	Preety Sabharwal
Kimberly Miranda	...	Rachna Prasad

Runtime:

India:153 min

Country:

India

Language:

Hindi

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

Ireland:PG

Filming Locations:

Australia

Company:

Yash Raj Films International Ltd.

Trivia:

The girls in the cast were trained in a 3-4 month hockey camp so that the game play doesn't look artificial in the movie.

Goofs:

Factual errors: The word 'Gaddaar' (traitor) written with simple coal on front wall of kabir Khan's house remains intact, even after more than seven years.

Quotes:

Bindia Naik: [angered that Vidya is the captain... unzips her sweater] What can she offer you that I can't, tell me?
Kabir Khan: [zips her sweater back up] You just answered that question yourself.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Laaga Chunari Mein Daag (2007)

Soundtrack:

Badal Pe Paon Hain

SRK + Girl Power

It is so refreshing to see an actor as good as ShahRukh Khan, being given a good role. Here he is stripped from all the gloss and sheen and most of the unnecessary melodrama and the final result is surprisingly entertaining! The story is really simple and there are not really very many surprises in the plot but you really don't care. ShahRukh shows again how much he can entertain given a chance and the director gives him the space to do so. The girls who make up the team he is coaching are really delightful and the time spent developing their stories was time well spent. The director could have eased of a little bit on patriotism where it was not directly relevant, but it doesn't really mar the whole experience.

Overall a fun experience! You will not even notice the absence of many songs!