Chennai Express (2013) on Netflix
NR20132h 21mActionComedyRomance
Rahul, a Mumbai bachelor, must carry his grandfather's ashes to Rameswaram. On the Chennai Express he helps Meenamma and four men chasing her climb aboard. She is fleeing a forced marriage.
- Netflix3.6/5
- IMDb6.3/1073,758 votes
- Rotten Tomatoes53%
Trailer
Plot summary
Rahul Mithaiwala, a bachelor in Mumbai, lives with his grandparents. His grandfather, Y. Y. Mithaiwala, owns a chain of confectionery shops. The old man dies on the eve of his hundredth birthday, and Rahul's grandmother Neetu tells him the ashes were meant to be divided, half for the Ganga and half for Rameswaram, and asks him to take that second half there. Rahul agrees, though he and his friends Bobby and Baman have planned a Goa vacation. Neetu wants to see him off at the station, so he travels by train instead. As the Chennai Express leaves Mumbai, he helps a young woman and four men climb on. The men are abducting her; she is Meenamma, and her father wants her married to the gangster Tangaballi.
Cast
- Rakesh Kukretias Rahul's friend
Did you know?!Facts and trivia about Chennai Express (2013)
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- In 2013 the Maharashtra Navnirman Sena's film wing threatened to disrupt the Chennai Express premiere over demands for prime slots in single-screen cinemas where the Marathi hit Duniyadari was playing. Raj Thackeray called in directors Rohit Shetty and Sanjay Jadhav and ruled the MNS would not object to the release if Duniyadari stayed.
- Because Shah Rukh Khan felt Ooty was too far from Mumbai, locations meant to represent Ooty were rebuilt on the outskirts of Panchgani in Wai by art director Narendra Ruharikar. The sets took over 40 days and ₹15 million to build.
- Singer S. P. Balasubrahmanyam recorded the title track for Chennai Express in mid-April 2013, marking his return to Bollywood playback after an absence of fifteen years. He said the song celebrated the spirit of togetherness.
- Kareena Kapoor, Asin and Deepika Padukone were all rumoured for the female lead in Chennai Express, rumours director Rohit Shetty denied. In October 2012, Padukone was confirmed as the female lead opposite Shah Rukh Khan.
- Tamil media criticised the poster and trailer of Chennai Express for their depiction of Tamil ethos, saying Deepika Padukone's heavily accented dialogue sounded Malayali rather than Tamil. Padukone defended the film, saying most of the crew, herself included, are South Indians, and asked why they would spoof their own culture.
- While filming in Wai, the Chennai Express unit ran into trouble for using too much water from Dhom Dam in the drought-stricken Satara district of Maharashtra. The state's relief and rehabilitation minister, Patangrao Kadam, addressed the problem.
- Chennai Express opened in 2,550 cinemas across 3,550 screens in India plus 700 screens abroad, the widest release for a Bollywood film up to that point, including 196 screens in North America and 175 in the UK.
- In Peru, Chennai Express became the first Hindi film to be released on the same day as its Indian release, as the film pushed into non-traditional international markets.
