Chennai Express - An entertaining journey
So, board the Chennai Express, and have fun. Ready Steady Po!
Shambhu Sahu
First thing first: Chennai Express is quite an entertaining journey. Rohit Shetty and Shah Rukh Khan have ensured enough funny moments in this film which make it “paisa vasool”. The film has some amazingly beautiful locations captured very well by the cinematographer. Since almost entire film is based on South India, the look of the film is very colorful and bright, and hence peppy and upbeat. The story line is ordinary but SRK and Rohit Shetty have made it funny enough to not even bother about it. You are pleasantly hooked and enjoying, except a few emotional moments which somehow seem out of place in a film like this. I am personally very pleased that they have brought Southern spice to Bollywood. It’s quite a pleasant change from the regular imagery/locales show in most Bollywood films.
For the first time, I quite liked Deepika Padukone. She is convincing in her role, and has looked amazing pretty in this film in those kanjivaram sarees. This is in sharp contrast to how she has been on the screen till now – in dearth of clothing.
Shah Rukh is Shah Rukh. He doesn’t need to act. He is himself in the movie and he knows audience love him that way. He has learnt it hard way after all – and after a couple of his last films like MNIK and Ra.One which made money but didn't add to brand Shah Rukh. That’s when he went and did JTHJ – an attempted epic love story which I believe wasn't that good. So, he is back to what he does best – a romantic hero. In this film, he has tries to be true to his image of a lover boy (albeit a little more restrained and smart, in keeping with the changing times I guess). So, he is Rahul again and is in his elements (defined by him only over the years).
Rohit Shetty leaves his impact in this film. But this is more of Shah Rukh’s film than Rohit Shetty’s. Still, Rohit has grown further as a filmmaker, and it shows in this film.
I strongly feel they should have given subtitles to the Tamil dialogues (even though they can reason it out that the hero doesn't understand Tamil, and he helped by other and that’s when you get to know what’s happening. Still, I believe they should have given the subtitles).
Songs are nice, and well spaced out in the film. Priyamani is hot in the song ‘1234’. It’s one of nicer item songs which otherwise are sleazy and full of double-meaning lyrics.
I am not a huge SRK fan, still I liked the film. I know you are all a huge SRK fan, so you will like it a lot. So, board the Chennai Express, and have fun. Ready Steady Po!
Rating: 3 and a half.
So, board the Chennai Express, and have fun. Ready Steady Po!
Shambhu Sahu
First thing first: Chennai Express is quite an entertaining journey. Rohit Shetty and Shah Rukh Khan have ensured enough funny moments in this film which make it “paisa vasool”. The film has some amazingly beautiful locations captured very well by the cinematographer. Since almost entire film is based on South India, the look of the film is very colorful and bright, and hence peppy and upbeat. The story line is ordinary but SRK and Rohit Shetty have made it funny enough to not even bother about it. You are pleasantly hooked and enjoying, except a few emotional moments which somehow seem out of place in a film like this. I am personally very pleased that they have brought Southern spice to Bollywood. It’s quite a pleasant change from the regular imagery/locales show in most Bollywood films.
For the first time, I quite liked Deepika Padukone. She is convincing in her role, and has looked amazing pretty in this film in those kanjivaram sarees. This is in sharp contrast to how she has been on the screen till now – in dearth of clothing.
Shah Rukh is Shah Rukh. He doesn’t need to act. He is himself in the movie and he knows audience love him that way. He has learnt it hard way after all – and after a couple of his last films like MNIK and Ra.One which made money but didn't add to brand Shah Rukh. That’s when he went and did JTHJ – an attempted epic love story which I believe wasn't that good. So, he is back to what he does best – a romantic hero. In this film, he has tries to be true to his image of a lover boy (albeit a little more restrained and smart, in keeping with the changing times I guess). So, he is Rahul again and is in his elements (defined by him only over the years).
Rohit Shetty leaves his impact in this film. But this is more of Shah Rukh’s film than Rohit Shetty’s. Still, Rohit has grown further as a filmmaker, and it shows in this film.
I strongly feel they should have given subtitles to the Tamil dialogues (even though they can reason it out that the hero doesn't understand Tamil, and he helped by other and that’s when you get to know what’s happening. Still, I believe they should have given the subtitles).
Songs are nice, and well spaced out in the film. Priyamani is hot in the song ‘1234’. It’s one of nicer item songs which otherwise are sleazy and full of double-meaning lyrics.
I am not a huge SRK fan, still I liked the film. I know you are all a huge SRK fan, so you will like it a lot. So, board the Chennai Express, and have fun. Ready Steady Po!
Rating: 3 and a half.
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