The film features Shah Rukh Khan and Deepika Padukone in lead roles; it is the second collaboration between Khan and Padukone after Om Shanti Om The film is about a man's journey from Mumbai to Rameshwaram , and what happens along the way after he falls in love with the daughter of a local don.

Principal photography began on 27 September , filming began in October and was completed by May Chennai Express was released in the overseas markets on 8 August , and a day later in India. Extensive paid previews were held in India on 8 August as well.

The film currently ranks as the eighth highest grossing Indian film of all time. Rahul Mithaiwala Shah Rukh Khan is a rich forty-year-old bachelor living in Mumbai. His parents died in a car accident when he was eight years old, so his grandparents raised him. Rahul's grandfather Lekh Tandon owns a chain of confectionery shops.

Before his grandfather's th birthday celebration, two of Rahul's friends invite him to accompany them on a vacation in Goa , which he accepts. Rahul's grandfather dies on the eve of the celebration, just when he witnesses Sachin Tendulkar on TV in a cricket match get dismissed on his 99th run. His grandmother tells Rahul that his grandfather wanted his ashes to be divided into two parts—one of each to be immersed in the Ganga and Rameswaram.

She asks Rahul to take the ashes to Rameswaram and disperse them. Reluctantly, he accepts her request but is also eager to attend the Goa trip. Rahul and his friends plan to dump the ashes at Goa but his grandmother wants to see him off, forcing Rahul to travel by train. He books a single ticket on the Chennai Express , planning to meet his friends along the way, at Kalyan Junction station. However, Rahul forgets to take the ashes, and he almost misses the train when he returns to collect them.

As he tries to leave the train, he notices a young woman running to board it. He helps her and four other people board the moving train, but the train leaves the station before he can get off.

Rahul tries to flirt with the woman, who starts communicating by singing parodies of Hindi film songs , and explains that the four men are trying to kidnap her. Rahul lends her his mobile phone so that she can contact her friends, but the men with her grab it and throw it from the train. Rahul is annoyed, but says nothing because the men are carrying weapons.

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Rahul tells the ticket inspector about them, but they push the inspector into a river below a bridge. Panicked, Rahul learns that the men are her cousins, and that her name is Meenalochni "Meena" Azhagusundaram Deepika Padukone. She is fleeing from a forced marriage to Tangaballi Nikitin Dheer. Her father, Durgeshwara Azhagusundaram Sathyaraj is a powerful headman of the local mafia in Tamil Nadu.

Meena takes Rahul to her father and introduces him as her lover. Tangaballi challenges Rahul to a duel that Rahul unknowingly accepts, due to his lack of knowledge in Tamil.

On the night of the duel, Rahul escapes with the help of a local policeman, Shamsher Mukesh Tiwari , but he ends up on a ship with Sri Lankan terrorists and smugglers.

A gun battle ensues between the police force and the terrorists. When the police officers investigate and take Rahul into custody, he tells his story and ends up back in Komban. Terrified and once again surrounded by Azhagusundaram's sickle-wielding henchmen, Rahul pretends to take Meena hostage and escapes with her in her father's car, battling Azhagasundaram's men. When the car breaks down, Rahul and Meena quarrel and part ways.

Rahul, not knowing which way to go, returns to Meena, who takes him to the Vidhamba village. Meena tells the villagers that they are a married couple who needs protection and rest, to which the villagers agree. Meena then realises that she has fallen in love with Rahul. When Rahul plans to sneak away, she argues, not wanting to earn the villagers' distrust.

Tangaballi catches Rahul as he tries to leave, but the villagers help them escape again. Meena persuades Rahul to disperse his grandfather's ashes and travels with him to Rameswaram, where they complete the rites.

On their way back, Rahul realises that he has fallen in love with Meena, and does not tell her where they are going. He takes Meena back to her father and tries to make him understand and honour his daughter's wish.

He also tells Meena that he loves her.

Rahul tells Tangaballi and his goons that he is ready for the fight this time. In the fight that follows, Rahul is severely injured but emerges victorious. Meena's father and Tangaballi reform, accepting that the love of a common man like Rahul is bigger than their physical ability and political influence. Azhagusundaram allows Rahul to marry Meena. Rahul then leaves a message that love knows no regional or language barriers and that with a strong heart, there is no limit to what the common man can achieve.

Mayank and Rohit Shetty had originally planned to team up for a remake of the film, Angoor. After the blockbuster Singham , Shetty had begun writing the script of the film but left it half-finished.

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The script of Chennai Express was ready for Shah Rukh Khan as a back-up, because of the difficulty of obtaining the actor's filming dates. 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.

Shah Rukh 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. This was Padukone's second film opposite Khan , with whom she made her Bollywood debut in the blockbuster Om Shanti Om.

Sathyaraj was cast to play the role of Padukone's father—the film's main antagonist—making his debut in Bollywood. Raman , appear in minor roles. Filming on the project began at Mehboob Studio in Mumbai on 5 October A romantic scene on board a train passing next to Dudhsagar Falls was also shot. In January , 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.

The score of Chennai Express was composed by Amar Mohile; [42] the songs were composed by the duo Vishal-Shekhar , [43] and the lyrics were written by Amitabh Bhattacharya and Yo Yo Honey Singh. The track "Ready Steady Po" was recorded in November by the music's composers. Several sources said that the director and actor were unsatisfied with the score.

The director was reportedly asked to plan for a different musical composition. Balasubrahmanyam recorded the title track for the film, marking his return to Bollywood for playback after an absence of fifteen years. He said the song celebrated the spirit of togetherness. Initially, Balasubrahmanyam was apprehensive, but chose to sing due to the content and leads of the film. On 27 June , the video promo of the song "Titli" was released, [48] and on 11 July , the promo video of "Kashmir Main Tu Kanyakumari" was released.

The song was titled " Lungi Dance — The 'Thalaivar r ' Tribute" in honour of the film actor Rajinikanth. The soundtrack album of Chennai Express received positive reviews. The composers were critically praised for blending different forms of music which "pepped" the otherwise usual Bollywood music. Yashika Mathur of DNA gave the album 3. Joginder Tuteja of Rediff. He expressed his displeasure over Balasubramaniam's ill-suiting of voice for Shah Rukh Khan, and said that in all the song was not remarkable.

He however complimented that the overall outcome was "satisfactory" with a few of the songs even standing out. Given how happily formulaic the soundtrack has turned out, V—S have given us a fair idea of what awaits us this Eid. The film had paid previews in India on 8 August , with ten to twelve shows at multiplexes.

In Peru, it was the first Hindi film to be released on the same day as in India. The film was released in 2, cinemas across 3, screens in India, [62] and across screens internationally—including screens in North America, in the United Kingdom, [63] 55 in the Middle East, and 30 in Australia—the widest Bollywood release up to that point.

A first look of Chennai Express was released on 1 January Balasubrahmanyam, was released on 23 May In the game, the player rides a virtual roller-coaster, fighting off goons and dodging obstacles while they attempt to collect over 10, coins in order to unlock Padukone's game avatar. Khan promoted his film on the reality television shows Comedy Nights with Kapil , Madhubala Ek Ishq Ek Junoon , DID Super Moms , Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa 6 and Indian Idol Junior.

It helped its broadcaster, Zee TV , to reach the top position among General Entertainment Channels that month.

Along with Once Upon ay Time in Mumbai Dobaara! The state's relief and rehabilitation minister, Patangrao Kadam , addressed the problem. The film's poster and trailer, released on Twitter and YouTube, were criticised by some Tamil media for their depiction of Tamil ethos.

They said Padukone's heavily accented dialogue resembled a Malayalee accent rather than a Tamil one. She later said, "Why would we spoof our own culture?

On 31 July , the Nationalist political party Maharashtra Navnirman Sena 's film wing threatened to disrupt the film's premiere; it reportedly attempted to dislodge ongoing popular Marathi movies from cinemas that show only one film at a time. The party was upset with reports that the distributors of Chennai Express had demanded prime slots in single screen cinemas, and at some multiplexes, where the superhit Marathi film Duniyadari had been popular since 19 July.

On 1 August , both the film directors, Rohit Shetty and Sanjay Jadhav were called on by Raj Thackeray to find 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 of Chennai Express in Maharashtra.

Chennai Express received mixed reviews from critics worldwide. Taran Adarsh of Bollywood Hungama gave the movie 4 out of 5 stars and wrote, "On the whole, 'Chennai Express' has the trademark Rohit Shetty stamp all over. You seek entertainment, entertainment and entertainment in a film like 'Chennai Express' and the movie lives up to the hype and hoopla surrounding it.

Rohit Shetty makes chettinad-style masala movies. And that's the perfect description of this film. If you don't plan to engage in a multi-lateral critique of dramatic elements and narrative, this film can be fun. It has all the ingredients you'd expect from a big commercial masala film—big star cast, drama, action, comedy, songs, the car chases and the big finish, all delivered in Rohit Shetty's unapologetic ishtyle Overall, this is a bubblegum blockbuster.

In an ode to his own cinema—read Golmaal series or Bol Bachchan, Rohit Shetty, the director, who has grossers in Bollywood's crore club, ups the scale for his Eid offering. Saibal Chatterjee of NDTV gave the movie 3 of 5 stars and said that, "The whole-hearted zeal that SRK and Deepika bring to the table and the steady flow of funny one-liners serve Shetty's purpose well, turning Chennai Express into a full-on masala film that is completely unapologetic about its intentions.

And that is its USP [Unique Selling Point]. The bad news is, it does nothing for Shah Rukh Khan's imdomitable star power except to tell us he can still play a year [old] Rahul without faltering. We discern Rohit Shetty for his mass leisure which includes cars fluttering from the unknown corners and comedy which isn't slapstick but works.

Shubhra Gupta of The Indian Express gave the movie 2. She commended Padukone's looks, although she criticized aspects of her stagecraft skills. He commented that Chennai Express was a "bloated vanity project", and felt that the lead actor could have performed better. Now just sit back and suffer. Rachel Saltz of The New York Times wrote, "'Chennai Express' feels like a sumptuous meal with carefully chosen wine and tasty appetizers but a botched main course.

Money and visual care have been lavished on this Bollywood action-comedy-romance and glossy stars engaged Shah Rukh Khan and Deepika Padukone.

But the movie chugs along for most of its 2 hours and 20 minutes searching for comedy and characters in a frantically overplotted story. She added, "Rohit's carnival-like comedy coaxes some laughs, but can leave you exhausted. Shetty's need to maintain his characters' romantic heroism constantly grates against his depictions of their ridiculousness. Chennai Express also broke overseas records; during paid previews in the UK the film collected more than any first day of a Bollywood film in the UK.

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