Chennai Express is an upcoming 2013 Indian action comedy film
Chennai
Express is an upcoming 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 collaboration between Khan and 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 don. Principal photography
began on 27 September 2012. Filming began in October 2012 and was wrapped-up by
May 2013.
Cast
Shah Rukh
Khan as Rahul
Deepika
Padukone as Meena Lochni
Sathyaraj
as Meena's father
Nikitin
Dheer
Manorama as
Meena's aunt
Kapil
Sharma
Priyamani in an item number
Production
Development
Shah Rukh
Khan and Rohit Shetty
had originally planned to team up for a remake of the 1982 film Angoor. After
Singham, Rohit Shetty had begun writing the script of the film but left it
mid-way. Incidentally, he had the script of Chennai Express ready to be narrated to Shah Rukh as a back-up due
to the difficulty of obtaining the actor's filming dates. Upon being narrated the script, Shah Rukh was
impressed with the idea of Chennai
Express and agreed to star in it before the Angoor remake. With this
development, the remake of Angoor was pushed back.
When Rohit was asked about the story of the film, he said,
"It's a hard-core commercial film with a romantic angle. The story is
about this man's travel from Mumbai to Rameshwaram and what happens during the
journey."
Casting
Shah Rukh
Khan was the first actor to be approached with the script, and
hence the first lead actor to be signed on to the film. Incidentally, Rohit
stated that despite the title, Shah Rukh would not play the role of a South
Indian in the film. The casting of the lead heroine was speculated for a good deal of time. Names such as Kareena Kapoor, Asin Thottumkal and Deepika Padukone were rumored by the
media. In an interview, a visibly angry
Shetty denied all rumors surrounding the leading heroine, stating that the cast
would be finalized in April 2012 and that he was going to cast an established
actress as the leading lady. However, in
August it was officially announced
that Deepika Padukone had been
signed to play the lead opposite Shah Rukh Khan. This would be her second film
with Shah Rukh Khan oposite whom she made her Bollywood debut with in 2007
Blockbuster Om Shanti Om Principal
photography began on 27 September 2012 and shooting started soon afterwards.
Rohit Shetty wanted Manorama to play Deepika Padukone's aunt. Sathyaraj was later cast to play the role of
Deepika's father and the main antagonist of Chennai Express. Actress
Priyamani was signed in late January 2013 for an item number in the film.
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 1.5 crore (US$260,000). 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 May 25, 2013. Khan flew to
Hyderabad by end of May 2013 for remaining filming .
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Marketing
The first look of Chennai
Express was revealed on January 1, 2013. A thirty-one seconds title track
teaser sung by S. P. Balasubrahmanyam
was released on 23 May 2013. The official trailer of the film was released at an event in Mumbai on 13 June 2013.
Music
The music and background score of the film is composed by the
duo Vishal-Shekhar. Recording of the
songs began in late October 2012. A track attributed as "insane" by
the music composers was recorded in 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 about the lyrics written
by Amitabh Bhattacharya but opted to sing considering the content and leads of
the film.
Watch This Movie Official Trailer Video on here....Controversies
Shah Rukh Khan starrer Chennai Express and Akshay Kumar starrer Once Upon a Time In Mumbaai Dobara have been abandoned by Pakistani distributors and exhibitors in the interest of four of their films releasing on the same day. During its Wai schedule of filming, the film's unit ran in trouble for over use of water from Dhom Dam in drought-hit Satara district of Maharashtra. The state's Relief and Rehabilitation minister Patangrao Kadam raised his concern for the same.
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