<i>Chak De! India</i> to be shot in Australia
News
oi-Staff
By Super Admin
Courtesy:
IndiaFM
Friday,
September
29,
2006
Yash
Raj
Productions
has
decided
to
have
Australia
as
the
backdrop
of
their
next
film
Chak
De!
India.
It
is
going
to
be
a
sports
film
which
will
be
shot
mainly
in
Melbourne
and
Sydney.
The
local
line
producers
of
Chak
De!
India
will
be
Black
Cat
films
who
were
also
associated
with
Salaam
Namaste.
The
film
stars
Shah
Rukh
Khan
in
lead
role.
Shah
Rukh
plays
a
dishonored
hockey
player
who
returns
to
the
game
after
a
seven
years
gap
but
this
time
as
a
coach.
He
takes
up
the
responsibility
of
becoming
the
coach
of
an
ignored
girl's
hockey
team.
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.
The
film
will
be
directed
by
Shimit
Amin
who
made
his
directorial
debut
with
Ab
Tak
Chappan
in
2003.
Chak
De!
India
will
be
his
second
directorial
venture
and
first
with
the
Yash
Raj
group.
Also,
at
the
annual
Indian
Film
Festival
in
Australia
this
year,
Yash
Chopra
will
be
felicitated
for
his
contribution
to
the
cinema.
Many
other
film
personalities
from
India
will
also
be
present
at
festival
which
is
going
to
be
held
in
Melbourne.