Chak De India [2007]

Chak De India
Reviewed 13.08.2007

The YRF-SRK team has been loved by many over the past 14 years so them teaming up again for ‘Chak De India’ definitely created hype among the audience. Does ‘Chak De India’ live up to the created hype? Most definitely!

The basic story of the film is brilliant. It’s inspiring and such a brilliant concept. The screenplay is perfect too and does complete justice to the great story. When the intermission comes you’re left in surprise as the first half goes by so quickly! And then you suppose that perhaps the second half wont be as fast because it has quite a few hockey matches in it – but I was proven wrong as the second half was just as slick and fast-paced as the first half.

As a high school student I had always enjoyed playing hockey in our PE lessons, but I was never so interested in the sport as to play it further as a passion or join a team etc… And I’ve never in my life seen a hockey match on TV. However, after seeing this film I am just so intrigued by the sport that I am willing to watch all the games that are aired on TV – it just seems so fun! When the film finished and I came home I told my family how I really wished I was trained for a hockey team haha… It was just as fun to watch as football is! And sports incorporated into films as part of the genre has become really exciting to watch… The car racing in ‘TRRP’, the biking in ‘D2’ and now the hockey in ‘CDI’ is always portrayed so brilliantly… Now I really can’t wait to watch ‘Goal’ this winter!

The music by Salim-Sulaiman forms an outstanding soundtrack, with each song being so beautifully composed – the best of the lot easily being the title track itself. The way in which they incorporated the songs in the film as background music was praiseworthy – their placement in the script was perfect!

Director, Shimit Amin excels and churns out a great product. He extracts brilliant performances from his cast and justifies his screenplay with utmost brilliance. Hats off to him for taking on such a beautiful theme and creating such a fantastic movie!

Producers Yash Raj Films are back with a bang this time and if all goes well ‘CDI’ should bring to them their well deserved Box Office and critical acclaim because it’s a perfect film!

The entire cast did a brilliant job with the performances! Great casting results in natural performances all-round!

It’s unfair to let any of the girls go unnoticed because they all did an amazing job and fit their characters so well! But the girls who stood out most were those who portrayed the roles of the very pretty Preeti, the ice-queen Bindia, the cute but feisty Komal, the more subdued but intriguing Vidya and of course the most entertaining of all Balbir!

Now coming on to the King of all hearts, the King of all actors… the best forever and always – Shah Rukh Khan. As expected the King Khan once more delivers the finest performance and stuns with his natural performance as Kabir Khan. It’s very tough for any member of the audience to critically analyse such a perfect actors performance – he can never go wrong so it’s only expected that he churns out not just his best but the best! His chemistry with all the young girls was outstanding and I think the fact that he was working with new co-stars added a fresher feel to his performance. I really don’t know how to express his brilliance as a performer, or how I can justify with mere words just how great he was in this performance… so all I can say is that here is a man who is for me the finest actor that ever lived, and this in my opinion is one of his most outstanding performance of his career, so you can do the maths about just how amazing he is in ‘Chak De India’!

Overall: ‘Chak De India’ is by far the best Hindi film of 2007 and I recommend it to each individual. A film about sportsmanship, spirit, teamwork and determination – it’s a must see for everyone! 10/10 !