October 22, 2007

ChakDe India

A very nice movie. It had almost everything you would root for..it plays on the underdog syndrome beautifully. You have to give it to the director, Shimit Amin for having the guts to take a Sports movie..that too a Hockey movie & that too women's hockey movie devoid of all heroism, romance, glamour, item songs, punch dialogues (the dialogues had the necessary punch..u get the difference ) The only ace he had was the towering presence of Sharukh Khan in an image-breaking role as Kabir Khan..a sincere & power packed performance.

The girls who portrayed the hockey team are all new comers..they have done a commendable job..my fav. being the punjabi bully- balbir kaur. The movie has its share of clichés..like a cricketer fiancé who gives a damn to hockey, eve-teasers getting their due from the girls, a men vs. women hockey match to decide on the sponsors, sharukh signaling the goal keeper to defend straight in the all important final penalty goal..etc. But as long as I like seeing whats happening on the screen, there are no complaints. It was almost like watching a nail biting hockey match live. (technically superlative film too)

Language is not a barrier to enjoy this movie. Go ahead ..give it a shot!

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

yes sugu i saw the movie a month back and it is really a nice movie and i heard the movie didnt go well in india , i dont know why such good movies r not doing box office hit when pokkiri kinda movie (no comments abt it ) doing th e BOH.i saw satham podhadhey this weekend it is also good.

Anonymous said...

yes sugu i saw the movie a month back and it is really a nice movie and i heard the movie didnt go well in india , i dont know why such good movies r not doing box office hit when pokkiri kinda movie (no comments abt it ) doing th e BOH.i saw satham podhadhey this weekend it is also good.

--Jay