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Mass Rating - ****
Class Rating - ****
Chak De India – I do not remember if I have shared this earlier….A Good movie experience is similar to enjoying good meal at some new restaurant, the details of which one would like to share with their near and dear ones, so that even they can relish the experience….
In the past Hindi movies which had sports as the backdrop and worked wonders….Hip Hip Hurray, Jo Jeeta Wohi Sikander, Lagaan, Iqbal…to name the few ! Also there were quite a few which could not use this potent formula of Sports + Cinema successfully …Dev Anand’s disaster Awwal Number (A lesson in how not to make a movie on cricket), Aryan (starring the extremely none talented Sohail Khan, botched up version of ROCKY series), Apne (Deol clans turn to adapt Million Dollar Baby meets garam dharam’s vendetta ishtyle).
Coming to the point – the review of the movie Chak De India! Director Shimit Amin’s second movie post a hard hitting Ab Tak Chhappan under the aegis of RGV banner. This time round the director moves to the YRF Banner, known for making mushy, popcorn, full of glam movies. Everyone would know that the movies backdrop is that of hockey. Hopefully this movie would do for Hockey, what Lagaan & Iqbal effortlessly did for our cricket crazed nation.
Watching movies would teach one the `what ?’ part of the movie (what is eventually going to happen) ….It is the `How ?’ part (How the director conveys his vision on to the celluloid that holds the interest of the movie goers) which ultimately decides whether the movie will be a HIT or a FLOP.
The very talented Jaideep Sahni is in his elements with Story, Screenplay, Dialogues and Lyrics, to his name. Camerawork by Sudeep Chatterjee is as good as any Hollywood can get, capturing the pulsating Hockey matches in a very surreal manner. Rousing Background & Original Score by Salim Sulaiman . A bunch of 16 unique and talented female leads as the member of the hockey team representing the diversity of INDIA and towering above all a very subdued and restrained performance by the charismatic SRK.
The Director cuts to chase right at the outset of the movie.
Basic Premise – A hockey players image as well as his career is tarnished due to one loss in the final match against the arch nemesis Pakistan and how he decides to reclaim his life, his journey in salvaging his pride by coaching a Women’s Hockey Team which was not taken seriously by anyone….and reaching the world cup final.
What works in the movie’s favor –
• The research put in by the Director and the Sports consultant (Ranjan Mir Negi / Dhanraj Pillay) in showing the preparatory camp plus the exciting Hockey Matches.
• The witty dialogues.
• Excellent Lesson in Managing Differences and TEAM
• The camaraderie shared between the 16 female lead.
• Brilliant character sketching of each and every member of the hockey team.
• SRK’s chemistry with this bunch of girls
• Patriotism minus Jingoism
• SRK playing the coach and giving his best to the role.
• Virtuoso rendition of the title song by Sukhwinder.
The list is endless and if you have survived reading the review till here, you would have certainly got the drift that I liked the movie :-) It was after a real real long time, I watched a movie in which the audience were engaged right from the first frame and were thoroughly enjoying and clapping during all the adrenaline charged scenes of the movie.
With 15th August round the middle of the week :-) , this movie will surely make it big at the box office and will set the cash registers ringing. Watch it with your family members, interesting neighbors (if any) and friends with whom you would want to patch up with…..
GO FOR IT, worth the time and the money spent.
