It doesn’t break new ground, it doesn’t tell a dramatically different story and even in terms of technique, it’s not exactly jaw-dropping. His methods may be unconventional and his team resists them at first, but soon enough you realise he’s the only guy who can make them forget their differences and play as a team.Ĭhak De India, written by Jaideep Sahni, is not a pathbreaking film, far from it actually. They’re all playing for the country, they’re all on the same team, and winning a hockey match is about teamwork and not about personal successes. The team itself is made up of girls from across the length and breadth of the country, each a state champ in her own right.īut the first rule Mr Coach teaches his girls is to forget that they represent different states, he asks them to forget their regional identities. The coach in question, Kabir Khan played by Shah Rukh Khan, succeeds in convincing a reluctant hockey association to give his team a chance. Put your hands together for director Shimit Amin’s Chak De India, this week’s big new Bollywood release about a disgraced former national hockey player who, seven years after he was falsely accused of throwing away the game, shows up to coach the national women’s hockey team. Cast: Shah Rukh Khan, Chitrashi Rawat, Tanya Abrol
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