Chennai Express
The film set in Mumbai, India, tells the story of a 40-year-old man Rahul embarking on a journey to a small town in Tamil Nadu to fulfill the last wish of his grandfather: to have his ashes immersed in the Holy water of Rameshwaram. En route, he meets a woman hailing from a unique family down South. As they find love through this journey in the exuberant lands of South India, an unanticipated drive awaits them.
February 24, 1927 in Lahore, Punjab, British India
2 November 1965, New Delhi, India
3 October 1954, India
24 August 1969, Sagar, Madhya Pradesh, India
5 January 1986, Copenhagen, Denmark
April 24, 1973 in Bombay, Maharashtra, India
August 10, 2013
Jump aboard the Chennai Express for a full-on, SRK-fueled joyride.August 14, 2013
A loud, lame-brained romantic comedy from the (very) broad directorial brush of Rohit Shetty, SRK's over-hyped vehicle sees the charismatic but ageing actor badly miscast and easily overshadowed by his leading lady, Deepika Padukone.August 08, 2013
The movie chugs along for most of its 2 hours and 20 minutes searching for comedy and characters in a frantically overplotted story.August 15, 2013
Like the southbound train of the title, Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan's romantic action-comedy-musical Chennai Express barrels forward with barely a stop to rest.April 08, 2015
It breaks my heart to tell you that Chennai Express left me cold.August 13, 2013
It's just enough of a change of pace for Rohit Shetty to seem like a radical step forward without being so much of one as to be unrecognizable, as it's still funny and exciting, and the visuals pop.August 12, 2013
This Bollywood farce, dressed in the colourful costumes of a romantic adventure with music, is an oversize comedy and a couple of hours (plus intermission) of sheer escapismAugust 12, 2013
Shetty's need to maintain his characters' romantic heroism constantly grates against his depictions of their ridiculousness.April 08, 2015
ShahRukh is himself, the star. Deepika Padukone fits the role of Meena perfectly and looks beautiful as the Southern belle.April 08, 2015
Khan's gift for effortlessly moving between comedy and love scenes is complemented by Padukone's striking beauty and comic chops.