Chennai Express (2013-movie) : Bollywood Hindi Film

Chennai Express Movie Details :

Chennai Express Movie is an 2013 Indian Bollywood action comedy film directer is Rohit Shetty and producer are Ronnie Screwvala, Siddharth Roy Kapur, Gauri Khan and Karim Morani, based on a story by K. Subash, with a screenplay writter are Yunus Sajawal and dialogues is Farhad-Sajid. The film stars Shah Rukh Khan as Rahul Mithaiwala, a man who accidentally boards the eponymous train and journeys from Mumbai to Rameswaram with the daughter of a local don, played by Deepika Padukone. Nikitin Dheer and Sathyaraj play supporting roles. It was released with subtitles in English, French, Spanish, Arabic, German, Hebrew, Dutch, Turkish and Malay.

The first planned collaboration between Khan and Shetty was a remake of Angoor (1982). The script of Chennai Express, which was initially writter as a backup project for Khan, was chosen instead. Conceived as a “commercial” romance, the film was originally titled Ready Steady Po. Filming began in Mehboob Studio in October 2012 and was completed by May 2013. A large part of the film was set in Ooty, for which sets were constructed in Wai. The soundtrack for Chennai Express was composed by Vishal–Shekhar, with the background score being composer is Amar Mohile. UTV Motion Pictures came on board as producer and distributor, marking its first active project with Khan, 9 years after Swades.

Chennai Express was released theatrically in overseas markets on 8 August 2013 and a day later in India. The film received mixed reviews from critics. Regardless, it broke several box office records in India and abroad, becoming the quickest film to collect ?1 billion net domestically. The film surpassed 3 Idiots to become the highest-grossing Bollywood film worldwide at that point. As of March 2018, it is the eleventh-highest-grossing Bollywood film worldwide.

• Directer : Rohit Shetty
• Producer : Gauri Khan,Ronnie Screwvala,Siddharth Roy Kapur,Karim Morani
• Screenplay : Yunus Sajawal,Robin Bhatt
• Story : K. Subash
• Starring : Deepika Padukone,Shah Rukh Khan
• Narrator : Shah Rukh Khan
• Music/Songs : Vishal–Shekhar
• Background score : Amar Mohile
• Cinematography : Dudley
• Editor : Steven H. Bernard
• Casting : Mukesh Chhabra
• Production Design : Narendra Rahurikar
• Costume Design : Jimmy,Manish Malhotra,Mehek Shetty,Shiraz Siddique
• Production Management : Ashish Chauhan,Deepak Mogre,Shah Naimish,Himani Patel
• Special Effects : Sapna Agrawal
• Visual Effects : Srinivas Achary,Prashant Agrawal,Sapna Agrawal
• Action Directer : Rajesh Kannan,Jai Singh Nijjar,Amritpal Singh
• Production company : Red Chillies Entertainment
• Distributor : UTV Motion Pictures
• Genres : Action,Comedy
• Release date : 9 August 2013
• Running time : 141 minutes
• Country : India
• Language : Hindi

Chennai Express Movie Wacth Online :

Star Cast of The Film :

• Deepika Padukone as a Meenamma Lochini Azhagusundaram
• Shah Rukh Khan as a Rahul
• Sathyaraj as a Durgeshwara Azhagusundaram
• Nikitin Dheer as a Tangaballi
• Mukesh Tiwari as a Inspector Shamsher Singh
• Priyamani as a Dancer in the song ‘1234 Get on the Dance Floor’
• Yogi Babu as a Sri Lankan smuggler
• Delhi Ganesh as a Villager
• Puvisha Manoharan as a Puvi Radhika
• Rohit Mehta as a SRK young age father
• Jimmy Moses as a Truck Driver
• Mohan V. Raman as a Temple priest
• Besant Ravi as a Durgeshwara’s Henchmen
• Lekh Tandon as a Dada ji
• Sachin Tendulkar as a Self (archive footage)

Story of The Film :

Rahul embarks on a journey to a small town in Tamil Nadu to fulfill the last wish of his grandfather: to have his ashes immersed in the Holy water of Rameshwaram. En route, he meets a woman hailing from a unique family down South. As they find love through this journey in the exuberant lands of South India, an unanticipated drive awaits them.

Production :
Development and casting :

Mayank and Rohit Shetty had originally planned to team up with Shah Rukh Khan for a remake of the 1982 film, Angoor. After the 2011 blockbuster Singham, Shetty had begun writing the script of the film but left it half-finished. The script of Chennai Express was ready for Khan as a back-up, because of the difficulty of obtaining the actor’s filming dates. Upon reading the script, Khan liked the idea and agreed to star in it before the Angoor remake, causing Angoor’s remake to be postponed. Shetty said the film is “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.” About 68 minutes of footage were enhanced with CGI by Reliance MediaWorks.

Khan was the first actor to be approached with the script and was the first lead actor to be signed for the film. Rohit Shetty stated that despite the title, Khan would not play a South Indian in the film. The casting of the lead heroine was the subject of much press speculation; Kareena Kapoor, Asin and Deepika Padukone were rumoured to be involved.Shetty denied those rumours, stating that the cast would be finalised in April 2012, and that he was going to cast an established actress in the role.In October 2012, it was confirmed that Deepika Padukone had been signed to play the female lead opposite Khan, and photographs showing Padukone and Khan shooting were released.This was Padukone’s second film opposite Khan, with whom she made her Bollywood debut in the 2007 blockbuster Om Shanti Om. Starting with this film, which was released on Women’s Day, Khan wished to have the name of his female co-star appear above his own in the credits.

Sathyaraj was cast to play the role of Padukone’s character’s father, making his debut in Bollywood.Actress Priyamani was signed in January 2013 for an item number in the film.Other personalities from Tamil cinema, including Delhi Ganesh and Mohan Raman, appear in minor roles.The film was initially titled as Ready Steady Po. However, to emphasis on the connection with South India, the film was retitled as Chennai Express with the planned title used as the tagline.

Filming and post-production :

Film shooting on the project Started at Mehboob Studio in Mumbai on 5 October 2012. Additional film shooting was done at Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus with a minimal crew. Stills of the lead actor were unofficially released in mid-October 2012. In November 2012, the cast and crew went to Goa to begin filming the scenes set there. Vasco da Gama railway station was used to portray as Kalyan Junction railway station. A romantic scene on board a train passing next to Dudhsagar Falls was also shot. In December 2012, the crew went to Jakarta to film certain scenes. The Pamban Bridge also known as Annai Indira Gandhi Bridge, connecting the town of Mandapam in Tamil Nadu with Pamban Island, and Rameswaram was the scene for the song “Tera Rastaa Chhodoon Na”.

In January 2013, a shoot was supposedly scheduled to take place in Ooty, but since Khan felt that Ooty was too far from Mumbai, several locations from Ooty were reconstructed on the outskirts of Panchgani in Wai by the art director Narendra Ruharikar. It took over 40 days and 15 million to build the required sets. Film shooting in Wai took the entire month of March 2013. A 10-day shooting schedule in Munnar, Kerala, began in mid-April 2013; scenes were filmed at Devikulam Lake, Meesapulimala, Wagavara and Kannimala. Film shoot was stopped for several days because of heavy rainfall, resulting in the schedule being slightly extended until end of the same month. A press conference was held in Munnar. In May 2013, scenes were filmed in North Goa.Padukone finished shooting on 25 May 2013. Khan flew to Ramoji Film City, Hyderabad in May 2013 to film his remaining scenes. The film has several Tamil dialogues, but to retain context no subtitles were used.

Chennai Express was producer are Gauri Khan, Karim Morani, Ronnie Screwvala and Siddharth Roy Kapur under the Red Chillies Entertainment banner. It was released internationally by UTV Motion Pictures.

Release :

The film had paid previews in India on 8 August 2013, with ten to twelve shows at multiplexes. Chennai Express was scheduled to be released in non-traditional international markets. In Peru, it was the first Hindi film to be released on the same day as in India. Chennai Express was also released in Morocco, Germany, Switzerland, Austria, France, and Israel. The price of tickets for Chennai Express was increased 40 percent above the usual tariff during the weekday shows and up to 20 percent on weekends; although this increase was not uniformly applied in all multiplexes.

The film was released in 2,550 cinemas across 3,550 screens in India, and across 700 screens internationally – including 196 screens in North America, 175 in the United Kingdom, 55 in the Middle East, and 30 in Australia – the widest Bollywood release up to that point.

Marketing :

A first look of Chennai Express was released on 1 January 2013. A 31-second title track teaser, sung by S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, was released on 23 May 2013. The official trailer of the film was released at an event in Mumbai on 13 June 2013; two days after its launch it exceeded four million views on YouTube. The outfits worn by Khan and Padukone in the film were auctioned; proceeds from the sale were donated to a charity. The auction took place around the day of the film’s release. A Karaoke app developed by Singbox – a Swedish gaming studio – was launched on 2 August 2013 for Android and iOS based smartphones.

Khan promoted his film on the reality television shows Comedy Nights with Kapil, Taarak Mehta Ka Ooltah Chashmah, Madhubala Ek Ishq Ek Junoon, DID Super Moms, Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa 6 and Indian Idol Junior. The Zeitgeist – Google’s year-end compilation of the most frequent search queries – named Chennai Express the most trending topic of 2013 in India.The film’s satellite television rights were sold to Zee Network for 480 million.The agreement was linked to the film’s box office revenue – the first deal of its kind in Indian cinema. If Chennai Express collected over 1.3 billion net, then for every 100 million earned after that, the producers would get an additional 20 million.The film had its television premiere on 20 October 2013, and was seen by a record number of viewers, almost doubling that of the highest rated fiction show. It helped its broadcaster, Zee TV, to reach the top position among General Entertainment Channels that month.

Chennai Express Movie Songs / Music :

The background score for the film is composer is Amar Mohile. The soundtrack album features nine songs, writter are Amitabh Bhattacharya, and the song ”Lungi Dance” which was written and performed by Yo Yo Honey Singh. The album was released by T-Series on 1 July 2013.

All lyrics are writter is Amitabh Bhattacharya.

• “1 2 3 4 Get on the Dance Floor” – Vishal Dadlani, Hamsika Iyer, Sricharan
• “Titli” – Gopi Sunder, Chinmayi, Srimathumitha
• “Tera Rastaa Chhodoon Na” – Anusha Mani, Amitabh Bhattacharya
• “Kashmir Main Tu Kanyakumari” – Sunidhi Chauhan, Arijit Singh, Neeti Mohan
• “Ready Steady Po” – Vishal Dadlani, Brodha V, Smokey the Ghost, Enkore, Natalie Di Luccio
• “Chennai Express” – (Title Track)S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, Jonita Gandhi
• “Titli” (Dustep Version) – Zoheb Khan, Phoenyx
• “Chennai Express” (Mashup) – DJ Kiran Kamath
• “Lungi Dance” – Yo Yo Honey Singh

“1 2 3 4 Get on the Dance Floor” Full Video Song :

• Singer: Vishal Dadlani, Hamsika Iyer
• Tamil Rap: Sricharan Kasturirangan
• Music: Vishal-Shekhar Tamil Melody
• Lyrics : Niranjan Iyenger

“Lungi Dance” Full Video Song :

• Singer: Yo Yo Honey Singh
• Music: Yo Yo Honey Singh
• Lyrics: Yo Yo Honey Singh
• Mix and Mastered: Vinod Verma
• Music Label: T-Series

Chennai Express Movie Review :

This film review are Mostly Positive from Critics, IMDB Public Reviewing site give 6.0 Star Out Of 10 Star with Reviewers are 49,014.

I love Bollywood, and this is absolutely the best Bollywood movie I’ve ever seen. It takes a lot for a movie to keep my attention. The characters and their characterization was phenomenal, the actors were amazing, and it had my sister and I laughing and emotional by the end. I couldn’t sit through the Dark Knight, and I don’t like American movies at all, but I think thanks to Chennai Express, Himmatwala, and OMG-Oh My God! I’m hooked on Bollywood forever. Which is definitely not a bad thing.

What a good movie. I’ll watch it another thousand times. And if anyone is curious about Bollywood, I suggest this movie too. I’m certainly no movie, cinema, or Bollywood expert, but I know I enjoyed it.

Critics Rating by Taran Adarsh, from Bollywood Hungama give 4 star out of 5 Star.

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