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Chennai Express World TV Premier On Zee TV This Sunday, October 20th
2013's biggest hit Chennai Express starring Shahrukh Khan and Deepika Padukone and directed by Rohit Shetty will be reaching our homes this Sunday, October 20th at 8 pm on Zee TV.
The Express film smashed both domestic and international collection record of 3 Idiots. The Rohit Shetty-directed flick has raked in Rs 226 crores nett (Rs 301 crores gross) at the Indian Box Office and Rs 119 crores nett ($19 million) at the international Box Office in 45 days. We bring you the breakup of its country-wise collection. Chennai Express Box Office
The film is about a 40-year-old Rahul (Shahrukh Khan), who embarks on a journey that would change his life forever. The film revolves around the lives of Rahul and Meenalochni Azhagu Sundaram (Deepika Padukone), who meet under peculiar circumstances and eventually fall in love with each other. Chennai Express Review
The film is set in the beautiful backdrops of Western ghats in Southern India and Rohit Shetty has successfully managed to erase the barrier between the North and South India through this innocent love story. Chennai Express All Photos and Videos
The film, after winning billions of hearts across the world, will be aired on national television, this Sunday. Guessing the film will break all the TRP records the same way it broke all the Box Office Records.
Chennai Express Starts
Rahul Mithaiwala (Shahrukh Khan) is a forty-year old bachelor and lives in Mumbai. Rahul's parents died in a car accident when he was eight years old and it was his grandparents who brought him up. His grandfather has a sweet-selling chain store - YY Mithaiwala.
Master Plan
Before his birth centenary celebration, two of Rahul's friends suggest a vacation in Goa which he accepts. On the day of the birth centenary, his grandfather dies whilst seeing a cricket match. His grandmother tells him that his grandfather desired to have his ashes divided into two parts - to be immersed in the Ganges River (in the North) and Rameswaram (in the South). She requests Rahul to go to Rameswaram and immerse the ashes. Rahul reluctantly accepts her request.
Go Goa
On the other hand, he was eager to attend the Goa trip, so, he and his friends make plans to dump the ashes at Goa. But, they were forced to change their plan when Rahul's grandmother told him that she would be coming to see him off at the station. This forces Rahul to travel by train and he booked a single ticket on the Chennai Express. He plans to meet his friends after commencing the journey at the Kalyan Junction station from where they would travel to Goa by car.
Trouble Starts
Rahul forgets to take his grandfather's ashes on reaching the station and when he comes back to get it, when the train was leaving the platform, he sees a girl running to catch the train. He helps her board the moving train. Then he notices four men also running to catch the train. Rahul helps them all to get in and himself misses the platform to get off.
Kidnap
He learns that those four men were actually kidnapping the girl whose name is Meenalochni Azhagu Sundaram (Deepika Padukone) aka Meenamma. She was trying to flee from a forced marriage to Tangaballi (Nikitin Dheer).
Durgeshwara Azhagu Sundaram
Her father Durgeshwara Azhagu Sundaram (Sathyaraj), is a powerful headman of the Komban Kaum (an anagram of Kumbakonam) in Tamil Nadu. He wants her to marry Thangaballi so that he would assume control of the neighbouring village as well.
Meena's Love
Meena takes Rahul to her father and introduces him as her lover. Thangaballi challenges Rahul for a duel which Rahul accepts in sign language. On the night of the fight, Rahul escapes with the help of a local Sikh policeman, but in the turn of events, ends up in Komban Kaum again.
Escape
Surrounded by sickle-wielding henchmen of Azhagu Sundaram, Rahul then pretends to take Meena as hostage and escapes again in her father's favourite car. When the jeep breaks down, they quarrel and go separate ways. But, Rahul not knowing which way to go, comes back to Meena who takes him to the Vidhamba village where a wedding was taking place. Meena lies to the people that they are a married couple and have eloped and needed protection and rest.
The Village
The villagers grow fond of the couple and take care of them as long as they stay, while Meena realises that she has fallen in love with Rahul. When Rahul has plans of leaving secretly, Meena does not want to earn the distrust of the affectionate villagers. As he tries to leave, he is caught by Thangaballi, but the villagers help him escape again.
Last Rites
Meena, who persuades him to immerse his grandpa's ashes, travels with Rahul to Rameswaram. There they complete the rites and on their way back, Rahul, realising that he has also fallen in love with Meena, does not tell Meena where they go.
Final Battle
He takes Meena back to her father again and tries to make him understand and honour his daughter's wish. He also confesses for the first time that he loves her too. Rahul tells Thangaballi and his goons that he has come ready for the fight this time. In the fight that follows, Rahul though severely injured emerges the winner.
Climax
Meena's father and Thangaballi finally turn over a new leaf and accept that the heart of a common man like Rahul is much bigger than their physical ability and political clout. Azhagu Sundaram, allows Rahul to marry his daughter, the twist that changed Rahul's life forever. When they finally unite, the film leaves a message that love knows no barriers of region or language and that with a strong heart, there is no limit to what a common man can achieve.
