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Chennai Express is an 2013 Indian action comedy film directed by Rohit Shetty and produced by Gauri Khan under her production banner Red Chillies Entertainment.The film features Shahrukh Khan and Deepika Padukone in lead roles. This is the second collaboration between Khan and Padukone after the 2007 blockbuster Om Shanti Om and the first between Khan and Rohit Shetty. Chennai Express is about a man's journey from Mumbai to Rameshwaram and what happens along the way after he falls in love with the daughter of a local don.Principal photography began on 27 September 2012. Filming began in October 2012 and was wrapped up by May 2013. The film released a day earlier in the United Kingdom and the United States on 8 August 2013 and worldwide on 9 August 2013. Extensive paid previews were held in India on 8 August 2013 as well.
Deepika Padukone as Meenalochni Azhagusundaram
Shahrukh Khan as Rahul Mithaiwala
Sathyaraj as Durgeshwara Azhagusundaram, Meena's Father
Nikitin Dheer as Tangaballi
Manorama as Meena's Aunt
Priyamani in an item song "1 2 3 4 Get On The Dance Floor"
Kamini Kaushal
Lekh Tandon
Characters
Rahul, played by Shah Rukh Khan is a North Indian bachelor who stays with his grandparents in Mumbai. Rahul couldn’t get married to anyone because of his over-loving and over possessive Grandfather who cannot live without him. Rahul accidentally boards a train that not only takes him to his destination, but also makes him realise the power of True Love!.
Meena, played by Deepika Padukone is very fondly referred to as Meenamma by her loved ones. She is a South Indian lady who stays in Komban village with her huge family. She lost her mother when she was a child.
Mr. Dugeshwara, played by Sathyaraj is a very well-known don in Komban village. He is Meenamma’s father and is very protective about her.
Tangaballi, played by Nikitin Dheer is a don of another village. Meenamma’s father is very fond of him.
Filming
The filming began at Mehboob Studio in Mumbai on 5 October 2012 . The lead actor was dressed in black casuals and the actress in a South Indian attire, wearing Kanjeevaram saree. Filming was done at Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus railway station with minimum crew members. These working stills of the lead actor were unofficially released in mid-October 2012. In November 2012, the cast and crew was off to Goa for the first filming schedule. The railway station of Vasco da Gama was used as a double up, portraying Kalyan. A romantic scene on board a train passing next to Dudhsagar Falls was also shot. In December 2012, the team was off to Jakarta for some scenes. By early January 2013, the next schedule was supposed to happen in Ooty but Khan opined that the opted place would be too far from commercial venue, Mumbai. Hence, recreation of the lanes of Ooty along with some of its tourist spots, was constructed as a set on the outskirts of Panchgani in Wai by art director Narendra Ruharikar. It took over 40 days to make the set at an estimated cost of INR1.5 crore (US$250,000). The Wai schedule of filming ran for entire month of March 2013.A 10-day shooting schedule began in Munnar, Kerala from mid of April 2013, scenes were canned at Devikulam Lake, Meesapulimala, Wagavara and Kannimala. The shoot had to be stopped for a few days due to the heavy rainfall and the schedule was slightly extended until end of the same month. A press conference was also held in the town Munnar. In May 2013, certain scenes were canned in North Goa The lead actress wrapped up all her portions of shoot on 25 May 2013. Khan flew to Hyderabad by end of May 2013 for remaining filming. The film has several Tamil dialogues, but sans subtitles.
Chennai Express had paid previews in India on August 8,2013 with 10-12 shows at multiplexes. Chennai Express was dubbed in ten different languages - English, French, Spanish, Arabic, German, Hebrew, Dutch, Turkish and Malay.
"The jump in weekday ticket prices is largely due to the fact that currently they are sold at a lower price. Eid has been traditionally good for business and during the Eid week, we expect to sell more tickets than we do in a full month otherwise. A Shah Rukh Khan film is coming after nine months and history shows that Rohit Shetty's films have not gone wrong at the box office."
Anand Vishal, Head of Operations, Fun Cinemas told Mirror.
Chennai Express, besides domestic and usual international markets, is scheduled to release in non-traditional international markets. In Peru, it is the first Hindi film to release on the same day as in India. Earlier, Shah Rukh Khan-starrer My Name Is Khan and Hrithik Roshan-starrer Guzaarish opened as delayed releases in Peru. The film is also releasing in Morocco, Germany, Switzerland, Austria, France and Israel.
The price of tickets for Chennai Express will cost upto 40 per cent more than usual tariff. The raise, which includes 40 per cent increase in ticket prices during the weekday shows and up to a 20 per cent hike over the weekend, will not be uniform across all multiplexes. Increasing ticket prices around festivals is not unusual but this much raise is uncommonThe music and background score of the film is composed by the duo Vishal-Shekhar. Amitabh Bhattacharya stamped his lyrics in the album. Recording of the songs began in late October 2012. The track "Ready Steady Po" was attributed as "insane" by the music composers and was recorded by November 2012. Several sources claimed that the director and actor were unsatisfied with the score of the film and hence the former were reported to rework entirely. However, the composers denied all such rumors. In mid-April 2013, singer S. P. Balasubrahmanyam recorded the title track for the film, marking his return to Bollywood for playback post fifteen years. He claimed the song celebrates the spirit of togetherness. Initially, the singer was apprehensive but opted to sing considering the content and leads of the film. The song "1 2 3 4 get on the dance floor" was released as a promotional single on World Music Day. On 27 June 2013, the video promo of the song "Titli" was released and on 11 July 2013, the promo video of "Kashmir Main Tu Kanyakumari" was released. On 19 July 2013, T-Series has uploaded a song on its official channel of You Tube named as "Lungi Dance" sung by Honey Singh. On 25 July 2013 a promo video of the song "Tera Rasta Main Chhodoon Na" was released.
The music album was launched on 1 July 2013.
Deepika Padukone as Meenalochni Azhagusundaram
Shahrukh Khan as Rahul Mithaiwala
Sathyaraj as Durgeshwara Azhagusundaram, Meena's Father
Nikitin Dheer as Tangaballi
Manorama as Meena's Aunt
Priyamani in an item song "1 2 3 4 Get On The Dance Floor"
Kamini Kaushal
Lekh Tandon
Characters
Rahul, played by Shah Rukh Khan is a North Indian bachelor who stays with his grandparents in Mumbai. Rahul couldn’t get married to anyone because of his over-loving and over possessive Grandfather who cannot live without him. Rahul accidentally boards a train that not only takes him to his destination, but also makes him realise the power of True Love!.
Meena, played by Deepika Padukone is very fondly referred to as Meenamma by her loved ones. She is a South Indian lady who stays in Komban village with her huge family. She lost her mother when she was a child.
Mr. Dugeshwara, played by Sathyaraj is a very well-known don in Komban village. He is Meenamma’s father and is very protective about her.
Tangaballi, played by Nikitin Dheer is a don of another village. Meenamma’s father is very fond of him.
Filming
The filming began at Mehboob Studio in Mumbai on 5 October 2012 . The lead actor was dressed in black casuals and the actress in a South Indian attire, wearing Kanjeevaram saree. Filming was done at Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus railway station with minimum crew members. These working stills of the lead actor were unofficially released in mid-October 2012. In November 2012, the cast and crew was off to Goa for the first filming schedule. The railway station of Vasco da Gama was used as a double up, portraying Kalyan. A romantic scene on board a train passing next to Dudhsagar Falls was also shot. In December 2012, the team was off to Jakarta for some scenes. By early January 2013, the next schedule was supposed to happen in Ooty but Khan opined that the opted place would be too far from commercial venue, Mumbai. Hence, recreation of the lanes of Ooty along with some of its tourist spots, was constructed as a set on the outskirts of Panchgani in Wai by art director Narendra Ruharikar. It took over 40 days to make the set at an estimated cost of INR1.5 crore (US$250,000). The Wai schedule of filming ran for entire month of March 2013.A 10-day shooting schedule began in Munnar, Kerala from mid of April 2013, scenes were canned at Devikulam Lake, Meesapulimala, Wagavara and Kannimala. The shoot had to be stopped for a few days due to the heavy rainfall and the schedule was slightly extended until end of the same month. A press conference was also held in the town Munnar. In May 2013, certain scenes were canned in North Goa The lead actress wrapped up all her portions of shoot on 25 May 2013. Khan flew to Hyderabad by end of May 2013 for remaining filming. The film has several Tamil dialogues, but sans subtitles.
Chennai Express had paid previews in India on August 8,2013 with 10-12 shows at multiplexes. Chennai Express was dubbed in ten different languages - English, French, Spanish, Arabic, German, Hebrew, Dutch, Turkish and Malay.
"The jump in weekday ticket prices is largely due to the fact that currently they are sold at a lower price. Eid has been traditionally good for business and during the Eid week, we expect to sell more tickets than we do in a full month otherwise. A Shah Rukh Khan film is coming after nine months and history shows that Rohit Shetty's films have not gone wrong at the box office."
Anand Vishal, Head of Operations, Fun Cinemas told Mirror.
Chennai Express, besides domestic and usual international markets, is scheduled to release in non-traditional international markets. In Peru, it is the first Hindi film to release on the same day as in India. Earlier, Shah Rukh Khan-starrer My Name Is Khan and Hrithik Roshan-starrer Guzaarish opened as delayed releases in Peru. The film is also releasing in Morocco, Germany, Switzerland, Austria, France and Israel.
The price of tickets for Chennai Express will cost upto 40 per cent more than usual tariff. The raise, which includes 40 per cent increase in ticket prices during the weekday shows and up to a 20 per cent hike over the weekend, will not be uniform across all multiplexes. Increasing ticket prices around festivals is not unusual but this much raise is uncommonThe music and background score of the film is composed by the duo Vishal-Shekhar. Amitabh Bhattacharya stamped his lyrics in the album. Recording of the songs began in late October 2012. The track "Ready Steady Po" was attributed as "insane" by the music composers and was recorded by November 2012. Several sources claimed that the director and actor were unsatisfied with the score of the film and hence the former were reported to rework entirely. However, the composers denied all such rumors. In mid-April 2013, singer S. P. Balasubrahmanyam recorded the title track for the film, marking his return to Bollywood for playback post fifteen years. He claimed the song celebrates the spirit of togetherness. Initially, the singer was apprehensive but opted to sing considering the content and leads of the film. The song "1 2 3 4 get on the dance floor" was released as a promotional single on World Music Day. On 27 June 2013, the video promo of the song "Titli" was released and on 11 July 2013, the promo video of "Kashmir Main Tu Kanyakumari" was released. On 19 July 2013, T-Series has uploaded a song on its official channel of You Tube named as "Lungi Dance" sung by Honey Singh. On 25 July 2013 a promo video of the song "Tera Rasta Main Chhodoon Na" was released.
The music album was launched on 1 July 2013.
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