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Plot
Rahul (Shahrukh Khan) is a forty-year old bachelor and lives in Mumbai. Rahul's parents died in a car accident when he was eight years old and it was his grandparents who brought him up. His grandfather has a sweet-selling business - Y.Y. Mithaiwala - and he owns a chain of stores in Mumbai. Before his birth centenary celebration two of Rahul's friends suggest going to Goa for a vacation which he accepts. Right before the birth centenary, his grandfather dies. His grandmother tells him that his grandfather desired to have his ashes divided into two parts and have one part of it immersed at Rameswaram. She requests Rahul to go to Rameswaram and immerse the ashes. Rahul reluctantly accepts her request. On the other hand he was eager to attend the Goa trip, so, he and his friends make plans to dump the ashes at Goa. But, they were forced to change their plan when Rahul's grandmother told him that she would be coming to see him off at the station. This forces Rahul to travel by train and he booked a single ticket on the Chennai Express. He plans to meet his friends after commencing the journey at the Kalyan Junction station from where they would travel to Goa by car.Right after commencing the journey from Mumbai railway station, when the train was leaving the platform, Rahul sees a girl running to catch the train. He helps her board the moving train. Then he notices four men also running to catch the train. Rahul helps them all to get in. He learns that those four men were actually kidnapping the girl whose name is Meenalochini Azhagu Sundaram (Deepika Padukone) aka Meenamma. She was trying to flee from a forced marriage to Tangaballi (Nikitin Dheer). Her father Durgeshwara Azhagu Sundaram (Sathyaraj), is a powerful headman of the Komban village in west Tamil Nadu. He wants her to marry Thangaballi so that he would assume control of the neighboring village as well. Meena takes Rahul to her father and introduces him as her lover. Tangaballi challenges Rahul for a duel. Rahul accepts without knowing what he spoke in Tamil. On the night of the fight, Rahul tries to escape with the help of a local Sikh policeman but in the turn of events, ends up in Komban village again. Surrounded by sickle-wielding henchmen of Azhagu Sundaram, Rahul then pretends to kill Meena and escapes in her father's favourite car. When the jeep breaks down, they decide to break up and go separately. But, Rahul not knowing which way to go, comes back to Meena who takes him to the Vidhaata village where a wedding was taking place. Meena lies to the people that they are a married couple and have eloped and needed protection.
The villagers grow fond of the couple and take care of them as long as they stay while Meena realizes that she has fallen in love with Rahul. When Rahul has plans of leaving secretly, Meena does not want to earn the distrust of the affectionate villagers. As he tries to leave, he is caught by Tangaballi but the villagers help him escape again. Meena who persuades him to immerse his grandpa's ashes travels with Rahul to Rameswaram. There they complete the procedures and on their way back, Rahul, realizing that he has also fallen in love with Meena, does not tell Meena where they go. He takes Meena back to her father again and tries to make him understand and honour his daughter's wish. He also confesses for the first time that he loves her too. Rahul tells Tangaballi and his goons that he has come ready for the fight this time. In the fight that follows, Rahul though severely injured emerges the winner. Meena's father and Tangaballi finally turn over a new leaf and accept that the heart of a common man like Rahul is much bigger than their physical ability and political clout. Azhagu Sundaram, allows Rahul to marry his daughter, the twist that changed Rahul's life forever. When they finally unite, the film leaves a message that love knows no barriers of region or language and that with a strong heart, there is no limit to what a common man can achieve.
Cast
- Deepika Padukone as Meenalochni Azhagusundaram
- Shahrukh Khan as Rahul
- Sathyaraj as Durgeshwara Azhagusundaram, Meena's Father[19]
- Nikitin Dheer as Tangaballi
- Kamini Kaushal as Rahul's Grandmother[20]
- Lekh Tandon as Rahul's Grandfather[20]
- Priyamani in an item song "1 2 3 4 Get on the Dance Floor"
Production
Development
Sandeep Mishra and Rohit Shetty had originally planned to team up for a remake of the 1982 film Angoor. After the 2011 blockbuster Singham, Rohit Shetty had begun writing the script of the film but left it mid-way. Incidentally, he had the script of Chennai Express ready to be narrated to Khan as a back-up due to the difficulty of obtaining the actor's filming dates.[21] Upon being narrated the script, Khan was impressed with the idea of Chennai Express and agreed to star in it before the Angoor remake. With this development, the remake of Angoor was pushed back. When Rohit was asked about the story of the film, he said, "It's a hard-core commercial film with a romantic angle. The story is about this man's travel from Mumbai to Rameshwaram and what happens during the journey."[22]Casting
Shah Rukh Khan was the first actor to be approached with the script, and hence the first lead actor to be signed for the film. Incidentally, Rohit stated that despite the title, Shah Rukh would not play the role of a South Indian in the film. The casting of the lead heroine was speculated for a good deal of time. Names such as Kareena Kapoor, Asin Thottumkal and Deepika Padukone were rumoured by the media.[23] In an interview, a visibly angry Shetty denied all rumours surrounding the leading heroine, stating that the cast would be finalised in April 2012 and that he was going to cast an established actress as the leading lady.[24] However, in October 2012, it was confirmed that Deepika Padukone had been signed to play the lead opposite Shah Rukh Khan, when stills were released from the set showing Padukone and Khan shooting. This would be her second film opposite Shah Rukh Khan, with whom she made her Bollywood debut with in the 2007 blockbuster Om Shanti Om.[25][26] Rohit Shetty wanted Manorama to play Deepika Padukone's aunt[27] but dropped the idea later. Sathyaraj was later cast to play the role of Deepika's father and the main antagonist of Chennai Express.[28] Actress Priyamani was signed late January 2013 for an item number in the film.[29] Other Tamil actors like Delhi Ganesh were cast in supporting roles.Characters
Rahul, played by Shah Rukh Khan is a North Indian bachelor who stays with his grandparents in Mumbai. Rahul couldn’t get married to anyone because of his over-loving and over possessive Grandfather who cannot live without him. Rahul accidentally boards a train that not only takes him to his destination, but also makes him realise the power of True Love!.Meena, played by Deepika Padukone is very fondly referred to as Meenamma by her loved ones. She is a South Indian lady who stays in Komban village with her huge family. She lost her mother when she was a child.
Mr. Dugeshwara, played by Sathyaraj is a very well-known don in Komban village. He is Meenamma's father and is very protective about her.
Tangaballi, played by Nikitin Dheer is a don of another village. Meenamma's father is very fond of him.[30]
Filming
The filming began at Mehboob Studio in Mumbai on 5 October 2012 . The lead actor was dressed in black casuals and the actress in a South Indian attire, wearing Kanjeevaram saree.[25] Filming was done at Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus railway station with minimum crew members. These working stills of the lead actor were unofficially released in mid-October 2012.[31] In November 2012, the cast and crew was off to Goa for the first filming schedule.[32] The railway station of Vasco da Gama was used as a double up, portraying Kalyan. A romantic scene on board a train passing next to Dudhsagar Falls was also shot.[33] In December 2012, the team was off to Jakarta for some scenes.[34] By early January 2013, the next schedule was supposed to happen in Ooty but Khan opined that the opted place would be too far from commercial venue, Mumbai. Hence, recreation of the lanes of Ooty along with some of its tourist spots, was constructed as a set on the outskirts of Panchgani in Wai by art director Narendra Ruharikar. It took over 40 days to make the set at an estimated cost of
15 million (US$250,000).[35][36] The Wai schedule of filming ran for entire month of March 2013.[37] A 10-day shooting schedule began in Munnar, Kerala from mid of April 2013, scenes were canned at Devikulam Lake, Meesapulimala, Wagavara and Kannimala.[38] The shoot had to be stopped for a few days due to the heavy rainfall and the schedule was slightly extended until end of the same month.[39] A press conference was also held in the town Munnar.[40] In May 2013, certain scenes were canned in North Goa[41][42] The lead actress wrapped up all her portions of shoot on 25 May 2013.[43] Khan flew to Hyderabad by end of May 2013 for remaining filming.[44] The film has several Tamil dialogues, but sans subtitles.[45]Release
"Shah Rukh Khan has a strong fanbase and the demand for the movie is enormous overseas. We are releasing the movie in over seven non-traditional markets and the movie will also witness a day and date release for the first time in Peru for any Hindi film."[46]
—Amrita Pandey, Executive Director, (Syndication, International Distribution and Disney Media Distribution), Studious, Disney UTV, said in a statement.
"The jump in weekday ticket prices is largely due to the fact that currently they are sold at a lower price. Eid has been traditionally good for business and during the Eid week, we expect to sell more tickets than we do in a full month otherwise. A Shah Rukh Khan film is coming after nine months and history shows that Rohit Shetty's films have not gone wrong at the box office."[49]
—Anand Vishal, Head of Operations, Fun Cinemas told Mirror.
The price of tickets for Chennai Express will cost upto 40 per cent more than usual tariff. The raise, which includes 40 per cent increase in ticket prices during the weekday shows and up to a 20 per cent hike over the weekend, will not be uniform across all multiplexes. Increasing ticket prices around festivals is not unusual but this much raise is uncommon.[49]
Statistics
The film released in 2550 cinemas in 3,550 screens(includes 1000 single screens) in India,[50] and 700 screens internationally (including 195 screens in the United States, 175 in the United Kingdom,[51] 55 in the Middle East and 30 in Australia), making it the widest Bollywood release of all time.[6]Marketing
The first look of Chennai Express was revealed on 1 January 2013.[52] A thirty-one seconds title track teaser sung by S. P. Balasubrahmanyam was released on 23 May 2013.[53] The official trailer of the film was released at an event in Mumbai on 13 June 2013. Trailer of Chennai Express has crossed the 4 million views mark on YouTube just two days after its launch.[9] The game developed by Disney UTV's digital wing, titled "Chennai Express: Escape from Rameshwaram" was launched on 24 July 2013 featuring Shahrukh Khan & Deepika Padukone. It takes the player on a roller-coaster ride where he has to fight off goons and dodge obstacles like trucks, buses, cars, coconut carts, etc. to collect more than 10,000 coins so as to unlock Deepika Padukone's game avatar.[54] The outfits donned by Shah Rukh Khan and Deepika Padukone in the film will be auctioned, and proceedings from the sale will go for a charity. The auction will take place around the day of its release.[55]Controversies
Chennai Express along with Akshay Kumar starrer Once Upon a Time in Mumbaai Dobara were initially abandoned by Pakistani distributors and exhibitors in the interest of four of their films releasing on the same day that was August 8, but both films later changed their date to August 9 and 15 respectively.[56] During its Wai schedule of filming, the film's unit ran in trouble for over use of water from Dhom Dam in drought-hit Satara district of Maharashtra. The state's Relief and Rehabilitation minister Patangrao Kadam raised his concern for the same.[57]The film's poster and trailer that have been released on Twitter and YouTube, were criticised by some film makers of South India for being deliberately demeaning to Tamil culture and Tamil language.The accent used by Deepika Padukone resembles Malayalam accent rather than Tamil, according to them.[58][59] One of the posters features Shah Rukh Khan and Deepika Padukone in 'lungi' while another shows wrestler like people in the background. The posters seem a deliberate effort to give a South Indian touch to the name of the film.[60] Padukone however defended the film, claiming that it does not spoof South Indian culture and adding that nearly the entire crew (including herself) are South Indians, she said, "Why would we spoof our own culture?"[61]
Adopting an aggressive stance on Wednesday, 31 July 2013 the Maharashtra Navnirman Sena's Film Wing threatened to disrupt and stop its release on 8 August as it reportedly attempted to dislodge ongoing popular Marathi movies from single-screen cinemas in the state. The party was upset with reports that the Rohit Shetty directed movie had demanded prime slots in single screen cinemas and even some multiplexes in the state where the superhit Marathi film Duniyadari has been running to packed houses since 19 July. Later, on 1 August 2013, both the film directors, Rohit Shetty and Sanjay Jadhav were called on Raj Thackeray to hammer out a solution. After listening to both parties, Thackeray ruled that if Duniyadari was not removed from single screen cinemas across the state, then the MNS would not object to the release and run of Chennai Express in Maharashtra.[62]
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