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Chennai Express - Audience Review: A Colourful And Fun-Filled Entertainer
Chennai Express, I boarded this train without any expectations, and guess what, the journey was really good. Read on to know more...
The story of Chennai Express is all about Rahul who wants to go for a trip to Goa with his friends but has the responsibility given by his grandmother to immerse his beloved grandfather's ashes in Rameshwara. He utters a lie to his grandmother that he is going to Rameshwaram and boards Chennai Express, thinking he can get down in between, in some station and can join his friends.
Fate had something else, he meets Deepika Padukone, who says she is kidnapped by goons, who later turns out to be her relatives. She had run from her home to escape from getting married. Deepika takes SRK's help to escape from her father, but later falls in love with SRK. How they escape from Deepika's father form the rest of the story.
The story mentioned above is nothing new, and I won't say it's predictable. Almost all stories in Bollywood are predictable. It is not boring either, since you will be engrossed in the comedy part of the movie.
Rohit Shetty in Bol Bachchan had taken the concept of puzzles being directly translated to English (which was meaningless, funny and sometimes over the top). In this movie, he has taken the concept of singing and talking instead of just speaking, which is impressive.
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Chennai Express And DDLJ
Seems
like
Rohit
Shetty
wanted
the
magic
of
Dilwale
Dulhaniya
Le
Jayenge
here
too.
The
movie
somewhere
starts
with
DDLJ
(train
scene).
Check
out
the
picture.
The
comedy
played
here
is
really
funny
and
must
watch.
Chennai Express, DDLJ
Not
only
this,
the
film
also
ends
with
DDLJ.
Wondering
how?
Check
the
picture,
don't
you
find
some
similarity
here.
Shahrukh,
in
DDLJ,
fights
with
Kajol's
to
be
married
guy
and
convinces
her
father
that
he
(SRK)
is
best
match
for
her.
Here
too
the
same
happens,
SRK
fights
with
Nikitin
Dheer
(Tangaballi)
whom
her
father
is
very
fond
of
and
wants
his
daughter
to
get
married
to
him.
He
wins
a
fight,
convincing
her
father
that
he
(Shahrukh/Rahul)
is
the
best
groom
for
Deepika
(Meenamma).
SRK In Chennai Express
Shahrukh has played the role of 40 year old Rahul, as halwai well. Though he looks old in some scenes, he has the same charm and will impress the audience. I agree that he has done overacting in few places but at the same time he has mocked himself in many scenes. For example, the way he mocked himself from the movie My Name Is Khan with a dialogue is appreciable.
SRK In Action
SRK in action reminds you of his other movies like Karan Arjun, Ram Jaane, Daar, etc. He has performed the stunts well.
Deepika Padukone
Deepika as Meenamma has performed her role brilliantly. She has carried off herself as a South Indian girl very well. She looks simple and beautiful in her south Indian costumes. I can say, this is her best acting after Cocktail.
Deepika In Comedy Scenes
Though her Tamil accent in Hindi doesn't seem original, it will definitely make you laugh. The way she says words like 'Chalo', 'bookwas', 'halwai,' etc., will surely tickle your funny bone. With this, she has proved herself that she can carry off comedy roles well.
SRK-Deepika
After Om Shanti Om, this is SRK and Deepika's second movie together. Thought the couple could not create the same magic as that of their previous movie, they look good together.
Sathyaraj and Nikitin
Sathyaraj, who played the role of Deepika's father and the main antagonist in the movie, has played his role very well. Tangaballi, played by Nikitin Dheer, the don of another village in the movie is also impressive.
In Rohit Shetty's movie, villain also becomes a comedian! Yes, Tangaballi, during an action scene acts like a comedian, which is really funny.
Action scenes
The scenes have been wonderfully captured in Rohit Shetty's ishtyle. You can see all those you saw in Rohit's previous movies - Cars flying, unbelievable stunts, breaking bottles and other things on head.... the list goes on.
Picturisation
Rohit Shetty has showed Tamil Nadu in a colourful way. The train and railway station has been picturisation very well. A scene on board a train passing next to Dudhsagar Falls is well shot.
Songs
The songs of the movie at first seems to be ridiculous, but after listening to them for few times, you will definitely like. 'Titli' is good and melodious. On the whole, songs are average.
Priyamani's Item Song
Though the song '1 2 3 4 get on the dance floor', which features Priyamani and SRK, is not impressive, you may like it when played visually. Priyamani has performed well in the song.
Lungi Dance
To be frank though the lyrics of 'Lungi Dance' is not good, loved the music. Both SRK and Deepika are good in the song. But SRK sans Lungi, dancing in suit is a big 'No No'. It would have been good if he used lungi as his costume in the song.
Verdit
This is the second movie which made sense after Golmal, among Rohit Shetty films, for me atleast. Overall, the movie is a fun drive. You can board the train at least ones. Yes, it is a 'MUST' one time watch.
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