"Chak De India" Movie Review
'Chak De India', is a sports based film which has all the elements that make it extremely watchable. The premise of the film, a plot revolving around the Indian women's hockey team, had received a lot of flak and cynical comments from within the industry as well as the press. But, the commendable efforts of Aditya Chopra ( Producer), Shimit Amin (Director), Jaideep Sahni (Story, screenplay,dialogues and lyrics) and Shahrukh Khan have put an end to all the cynicism around 'Chak De India'. The film revolves around Kabir Khan (Shahrukh Khan) a star Indian hockey captain who misses a crucial penalty in a World Cup Hockey final match against arch rivals Pakistan, due to which India lose the game. Allegations of match fixing are charged against him and he is publicly humiliated , ostracised from society and relegated to oblivion.
Seven years later when the Indian Hockey association cannot find a coach for their world cup bound women's hockey team, Kabir Khan ( Shahrukh Khan) volunteers for the job, amidst much sniggering from the Indian Hockey association officials (portrayed very effectively by Anjan Srivastav). How Kabir Khan makes the sixteen girls chosen to represent India at the World Cup Tournament into a formidable Cup winning team is what, 'Chak De India' is all about.
All praise to Aditya Chopra to have the vision to back such an unusual plot, only a big production house such as Yash Raj Films could have given it the kind of support it needed. Shimit Amin has made the film with great honesty and it shows in every frame. His shot takings and the performances of the women hockey players are praise worthy. He has not strayed away from the plot at any time, to further the commercial value of the film, inspite of having a big star like Shahrukh.
Jaideep Sahni once again proves (after “Khosla ka Ghosla”) that he is truly a path breaking writer with a fresh and innovative approach to story-telling. Shahrukh Khan delivers a great performance he brings to his character the exact amount of restrain and energy required, with this film he proves that he has mastered his craft as an actor. All the other departments be it cinematography, editing, costume design, production design, music lend admirable support to make 'Chak De India' a credible and believable film.
The introduction sequence of the players to the coach and the fight sequence at McDonalds are both brilliantly conceived and executed. A word of praise to the casting director for the perfect casting of the women hockey players, each and everyone of them look the part and have acted freely and with the right amount of earnesty needed. 'Chak De India' offers great value for money and has great entertaining moments........ a must-see film.
End Credits
Starring : Shahrukh Khan...... Kabir Khan
Vidya Malvade...... Vidya Sharma
Anjan Srivastava
Javed Khan
Vibha Chibbar
Nakul Vaid
Sagarika Ghatge...... Preeti Sabarwal
Chitrashi Rawat...... Komal Chautala
Shilpa Shukla...... Bindia Naik
Tanya Abrol...... Balbir Kaur
Anaitha Nair...... Aliya Bose
Shubhi Mehta...... Gunjan Lakhani
Nisha Nair...... Soimoi Kerketa
Sandia Furtado...... Nethra Reddy
Arya Menon...... Gul Iqbal
Masochon V. Zimik...... Molly Zimik
Kimi Laldawla...... Mary Ralte
Producer : Aditya Chopra
Director : Shimit Amin
Music : Salim Merchant, Sulaiman Merchant
Cinematography : Sudeep Chatterjee
Story / Writer : Jaideep Sahni
Released on : August 10, 2007
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