Chak De! India
| Chak De India | |
|---|---|
| File:ChakDeIndia.jpg Movie poster for Chak De India | |
| Directed by | Shimit Amin |
| Written by | Shimit Amin Jaideep Sahni |
| Produced by | Aditya Chopra Yash Chopra |
| Starring | Shahrukh Khan Vidya Malvade Sagarika Ghatge Shilpa Shukla Chitrashi Rawat Anaitha Nair Shubhi Mehta Sandia Furtado Arya Menon Masochon V. Zimik |
| Cinematography | Vishal Sinha |
| Edited by | Shimit Amin |
| Music by | Salim Merchant Sulaiman Merchant |
| Distributed by | Yash Raj Films |
Release date | August 10 2007 |
| Country |  India |
| Languages | Hindi/Urdu, English |
"Chak De India" (Hindi: चक दे इन्डिया, Urdu: چک دے انڈیا, translation: "Bottoms Up India" or "Come On India") is a Hindi film, directed by Shimit Amin starring Shahrukh Khan and Vidya Malvade in lead roles. The film is Amin's second directorial venture after "Ab Tak Chhappan" which was produced by Ram Gopal Varma.
On 30 August, 2007 the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences requested a copy of the "Chak De India" script for a place in the Margaret Herrick library.[1]
This movie is inspired from win of women's Indian Hockey team in 2002 Commonwealth Games held in Manchester.Kabir Khan's character in movie is inspired from the former goalie of Indian Men's Hockey team Mir Ranjan Negi.[2]
Synopsis
The film starts with a hockey match. Indian captain Kabir Khan (Shahrukh Khan) misses a penalty stroke in the final minutes of the match which causes the team to lose the game, the final of a tournament against arch rivals Pakistan. The Indian media make Kabir Khan the fall guy for the defeat. Kabir is humiliated and has to leave his ancestral home, unable to face the shame of being labelled a gaddaar (traitor).
Seven years later, Kabir returns with a proposal to coach the Indian women's hockey team for the Hockey World Cup. The Indian Hockey Federation members are skeptical since women's hockey in India has never achieved anything substantial. Kabir takes on the challenge and goes to the National Hockey Camp where he is introduced to the 16 young girls who play for their respective states. Kabir starts coaching them with a dream that the team will win the Hockey World Cup for India and he will finally be free of the demons of the past haunting him.
The team is riven by conflicts of region, class and ethnicity. Kabir inculcates in them a sense of team spirit and asks them to put the country first. The girls take time but manage to come together through a series of incidents. Some senior members of the team resent him but he finally gets through to them. The team rally and convince the Federation to send them for the World Cup to be held in Australia who also happen to be the defending champions.
In their first match, they are hammered by the Australians but slowly turn their game around and start winning matches. They keep improving during the course of the tournament and miraculously manage to reach the finals where they must face the defending champions once more. In the end it all comes down to a tense penalty shoot out, which the Indians win.
The players and Kabir are ecstatic at their victory and are welcomed back as heroes. More importantly, Kabir returns to his home after seven years where the residents greet him with love and affection. He also notices a small boy crossing out the word 'gaddaar' written on the walls of the house.
Cast
- Shahrukh Khan ... Kabir Khan
- Vidya Malvade ... Vidya Sharma
- Sagarika Ghatge ... Preeti Sabarwal
- Chitrashi Rawat ... Komal Chautala
- Shilpa Shukla ... Bindia Naik
- Tanya Abrol ... Balbir Kaur
- Anaitha Nair ... Aliya Bose
- Shubhi Mehta ... Gunjan Lakhani
- Seema Azmi ... Rani Dispotta
- Nisha Nair ... Soimoi Kerketa
- Sandia Furtado ... Nethra Reddy
- Arya Menon ... Gul Iqbal
- Masochon V. Zimik ... Molly Zimik
- Kimi Laldawla ... Mary Ralte
- Kimberly Miranda ... Rachna Prasad
- Nichola Sequeira ... Nichola Sequeira
- Raynia Mascarenhas ... Raynia Fernandes
Production
Shahrukh Khan is seen sporting a beard in the film. Shahrukh plays a man who has faced severe humiliation and is looking for an opportunity to redeem his lost glory. The team arrives in Australia to play for the women's World Cup and that is when their struggle begins for dignity and self respect.
Neetu Chandra auditioned and got the part of the leading lady of the film. She was later replaced for unknown reasons. [citation needed]
The film, produced by Yash Chopra, has the duo, Salim and Sulaiman composing the music. The music of the film is said to be in sync with the film. Editing was handled by Amin himself who previously worked as an editor before venturing into direction. The cinematography was by Vishal Sinha who previously worked with Amin in "Ab Tak Chappan". Sudip Chatterjee at the helm of Cinematography. Sports Action by ReelSports. Jaideep Sahni writes the film [3].
The girls are being put through a rigorous exercise regime and all their activities are being shot to be later telecasted in a reality show format playing a part in the film's promotion later on.[citation needed] To promote the film later on, Aditya Chopra, the producer of the film shot a few behind the scenes segments to be used as teasers during film promotions. Shooting for these scenes took place at Yash Raj Studios during the month of June 2006 [4].
The entire film is shot at several locations in Australia including Melbourne, Sydney and Brisbane [5]. Yash Raj Films had previously shot "Salaam Namaste" in Australia. The first schedule of the film has been shot at studios in Mumbai, India. The team of the film later headed to Australia for the second schedule of the film [6]. Yash Raj Films released the film on 10 August, 2007 [7]. The first trailer for the film was released on 15 June, 2007 with the release of "Jhoom Barabar Jhoom". Later on, the promo trailer shown with "Jhoom Barabar Jhoom" was pulled because of a lukewarm response.
Response
Reviews
The reviews have been mostly positive. While most of the critics gave the movie a thumbs up with a 4 and above rating there were a few exceptions. Moviewalah.com gave the film 2.5 out of 5 stars, the review praised Khan's performance but criticised the pace of the film. [citation needed] Rediff.com considered the movie "a good ride" giving it 3.5/5. [8]
Box office
"Chak De India" had an average opening, lower in single-screen theatres but higher in multiplexes. With positive feedback from the public, the collections for the movie picked up over the weekend and reached the highest level on 15 August, Indian Independence Day and remained rock steady henceforth. As of October 4, the movie has collected Rs 62,10,00,000 and has been declared a blockbuster. [9] . The movie crossed the 60-crore net mark in the seventh week. The domestic collections of "Chak De India" has by far been the best in 2007. As of week 8, Chak De India has surpassed the collections of Partner, and is declared the biggest blockbuster of 2007 in Bollywood.[10]
Overseas, the film had a disappointing start in the U.S. "Chak De" opened at number 20 in its opening weekend and collected a mere US$3,51,887. Chak De India debuted the UK charts at number 11 and in its opening weekend collected £1,26,812. [11] This was relatively poor compared to other films released by the production house. The film has fared better in Australia, debuting at number 12 and collecting A$1,12,402. [12]
References
- ^ "Chak De's script goes to Oscar library". REDIFF. Retrieved 30 August.
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- ^ "Shah Rukh Khan and Yash Raj Films' forthcoming project". Yash Raj Films. Retrieved 19 September.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|accessdate=(help); External link in|work=|accessyear=ignored (|access-date=suggested) (help) - ^ "Shahrukh all set to coach a female Hockey team". IndiaFM. Retrieved 19 September.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|accessdate=(help); External link in|work=|accessyear=ignored (|access-date=suggested) (help) - ^ "Yash Chopra to shoot again in Australia". Y! India Movies. Retrieved 19 September.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|accessdate=(help); External link in|work=|accessyear=ignored (|access-date=suggested) (help) - ^ "Shooting of Yash Raj's SRK starrer "Chak De India" commences". Planet Bollywood. Retrieved 19 September.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|accessdate=(help); External link in|work=|accessyear=ignored (|access-date=suggested) (help) - ^ "Yash Raj Films announces Stellar Line-Up of Attractions for the year 2007". Yash Raj Films. Retrieved 28 February.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|accessdate=(help); External link in|work=|accessyear=ignored (|access-date=suggested) (help) - ^ "rediff.com". Rediff.com review of Chak De India. Retrieved 10 August.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|accessdate=(help); Unknown parameter|accessyear=ignored (|access-date=suggested) (help) - ^ "boxofficeindia.com". Box Office Earnings. Retrieved 27 September.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|accessdate=(help); Unknown parameter|accessyear=ignored (|access-date=suggested) (help) - ^ "indiafm.com". Chak De is the biggest blockbuster of 2007. Retrieved 1 October.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|accessdate=(help); Unknown parameter|accessyear=ignored (|access-date=suggested) (help) - ^ "indiafm.com". Chak De India UK weekday figures. Retrieved 16 August.
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