Chak
De!
India
is
considered
a
landmark
film
by
many
as
it
explored
feminism
through
a
story
about
female
athletes
with
a
freshness
that
mainstream
Hindi
film
industry
had
not
seen
until
then.
The
film
marked
13
years
since
its
release
on
August
10,
2020.
Its
writer
Jaideep
Sahni
opened
up
about
getting
to
tell
a
story
about
female
athletes
through
Chak
De!
India.
"When
Adi
(producer
Aditya
Chopra)
asked
me
after
Bunty
Aur
Babli
what
I
wanted
to
do
next,
I
told
him
that
I
wanted
to
do
this
film
which
could
somehow
form
a
bridge
between
the
world
of
women
athletes
and
the
rest
of
the
country.
As
I
told
him
more
about
what
I'd
seen
and
felt,
he
agreed
that
it
was
a
shame
that
not
enough
people
knew
about
this
world,
and
also
that
it
could
make
a
really
great
film
if
we
got
things
right," Jaideep
was
quoted
as
saying.
The
sports
drama
has
not
lost
its
novelty
even
a
decade
after
its
release.
Talking
about
this,
Jaideep
said,
"Sometimes
people
call
Chak
De!
ahead
of
its
times
but
I
don't
know
how
to
judge
that.
It's
just
that
as
audience
we
get
too
busy
in
our
daily
lives
and
forget
how
happy
something
new
can
make
us
if
we
give
it
a
chance,
and
as
storytellers,
we
are
always
under
pressure
to
be
entertaining
which
can
impose
an
artificial
ceiling
on
our
choice
of
subjects.
But
subjects
are
always
bigger
than
the
storytellers,
and
if
we
respect
them,
they
gently
show
us
the
way."
Chak
De!
India
featured
incredible
performances
by
Shah
Rukh
Khan,
Vidya
Malvade,
Sagarika
Ghatge,
Chitrashi
Rawat
and
many
others.
It
was
directed
by
Shimit
Amin
and
produced
by
Aditya
Chopra.