My Name is Khan - A perfect movie to endorse Bubble gum

I think John Abraham would have been ideal choice for Rizwan Khan's role played by SRK in MNIK. SRK plays a character who suffers from Asperger's Syndrome, in ordinary terms a person having problem expressing emotions, he's bothered by loud noise etc. Its a real challenge in itself for an actor to act without emoting much through his face. He can not laugh, he can not cry, he can not express affection etc., but still SRK pulls rabbit out of the hat by performing this challenge with his unique gestures, mannerisms and keeping the character as innocent as possible. Thats why John could have performed with ease as he does the same in every movie :p

Anyway coming back to the movie "My Name is Khan" is an hour too long and hard to digest movie. Apart from the marvelous performances by lead cast, there is hardly any thing which will entertain you. First half is simple and engaging where you will be loving the overall plot and characters but in 2nd half too many events taking place in very short time makes it hard to digest and you kill yourself with a virtual knife.

As its been promoted, its a journey of an ordinary man who takes up the extra-ordinary journey of convincing Americans that every Muslim is not a terrorist. Well, I am not sure whether its a completely new plot as "Newyork" and "Quraban" movies have spoken about that already. Yes, people have went through tough time in USA post 9/11.

Actors like Vinay Pathak and Jimmy Shergil have been wasted and even Kajol is largely underused in this movie.

Strengths:

1) Ofcource SRK, a challenging role, performed with lot of honesty and hard work. The best thing about his this role is, in spite the disability of the character, you like him rather sympathize. He has his own strengths, and does his usual cute-little things to make you laugh. The scenes where he reacts when Kajol asks him to marry or when he signs to a security to officer to watch out, he is just too good. A sure shot filmfare nomination for best actor.

2) Kajol - Though she is very much underused, still she is the best. A power house performance, and dont miss out on her expressions where she acknowledges SRK at the wedding while he comes in a suite. Truly her eye speak a lot!

3) Camera work - though there is not much scope in this movie compared to regular KJo movies, but still a good one.

Weekness:

1) No Graph what-so-ever in the movie, carries on in the same line right from opening scene to the climax.

2) Story is pretty ordinary and very much predictable.

3) Too-too long, a perfect movie to endorse bubble gum or even kit-ply plywood - "last long, really long!"

All in all, if you are a die-hard SRK fan, you have something to watch out otherwise dont waste time on this movie, it has hardly anything to offer you. I think Shiv-sena would have seen this movie before the release and hence their protest was blessing in disguise for the people who missed out to watch this. Personally being an ardent admirer of SRK-Kajol, I still can give maximum 5/10 to this movie only because of these heavy-metal star cast nothing else.

Love Aaj Kal - Mineral Water in soft drink package!

After 'Socha Na Tha', 'Jab We Met', Imtiaz Ali delivers yet another master piece with his latest stint 'Love Aaj Kal'. Its nothing other than director's ability to package same old love story in such a refreshing way that inspite its predictability, it keeps you engaged. With the ideas like Break up parties & Saif playing past of Rishi Kapoor, Imtiaz shows that there so much more to explore in age-old plot.

Story Plot:
Hmm.. There is nothing much to tell actually. Its again one girl, one boy struggles to understand their stand on their relationship. There is an impressive comparison between the current generation with some 25 years back generation. Jai, played by Saif & Meera, Played by Deepika, both break up happily (!) realising that their both goals & priorities doesn't match. As they get on with their individual lives, they start to realise its not easy to get rid of their relationship so easily. It might look very clumsy but the dialogues, screen play and wonderful acting makes the movie so special, it brings a touch of sensitivity to it.

Strengths:
1. Saif Ali Khan, has come with one if his finest performances of his career. The one scene where he yells at Deepika at how he is feeling about her marriage, he does an amazing multiple switch of emotions. Lovely to watch.

2. Imtiaz direction, I have said enough about it already.

Weakness:
1. Music could have been better. Just couple of songs are hummable not memorable.
2. Story - old wine new bottle.

If I don't spare couple of lines to Deepika, I can not stop writing. In all my previous reviews, I mentioned her just as an eye candy but this time she has learnt acting! Finally she has a role where there are few lines to deliver and she has done it in a mature way. Harleen kaur, another lead character (I do not her real name yet!), has less to showcase her talent but does justice to her role in whatever subtle scope she has.

At the end, its a refreshing and must watch movie. With not so good movies around it must make lot of bucks at box office. With his wonderful scripting and dialogues, adding enough drama,sensitivity and twist, Imtiaz Ali yet again wins the heart with his Hinglish title movie. Though another love story, packaging is what makes it so special. Without second thought in the mind its an easily 7/10 on my meter. Please watch and have fun.

Delhi 6 - A Visual treat & A Creative feast

I am not the greatest fan of Rang de Basanti, and I believe in that movie there were far too many deaths. But having said that if Rakeysh had allowed one more death in Delhi 6 then this would have been one of my all time favorites. Lets leave this thought here, but Delhi 6 is a movie with a life in it. A very well made movie, has its own flaws but has a soul as well.

Story Plot:
Roshan, played by Abhishek Bachchan returns from America to Delhi to fulfill his sick grand mother's (Waheeda Rehman) last wish of visiting Delhi. That's it. From there on the story completely revolves around a bunch of very interesting characters, their mentality, Problems, Fun, Celebration and so on. Very heart warming journey including the main character Mr.Kala bandar. The fun takes an ugly turn in second half leading to communal violence. Now the so-far-united people and their stands on this issue is what the second part portrays.
Strength:
1. The concept, creativity and the screenplay.
2. Bunch of wonderful characters.
3. A. R. Rahman's perfect score.
Weakness:
Not many actually, but to name a few -
1. Cliched Hindi film Climax, especially last couple of minutes.
2. Monologues delivered by actors in second half to force this as a message movie.
3. Inconsistent accent by Abhishek Bachchan. He has a western accent while speaking English but where as his Hindi is 'Mashalla! quite fluent'

All songs are not only great to listen but also visual treatment to all songs is just out of this world. No doubt 'Masakkali' leads the pack but the under dog song 'Dil mera...' is just too high at creativity. Sonam Kapoor, though not much scope in the movie but she is more than eye candy. Abhishek Bachchan is as usual good with his acting but other cameo roles like Atul Kulkarni, Divya Dutta, etc. are incredibly well casted! The director has complete control over the script and delivers a masterstroke with Delhi 6. Its maturity and skill of director who handles the delicate subjects with a touch of humour. Undoubtedly, one of the finest movies seen in last couple of years, and easily scores 8/10 on my scoring chart. If you need a company to watch this movie, I would like to accompany you, for the second time!

Slumdog Millionaire - Riding high on its undeserving hype!

Movies must be either entertaining or enlightening. If you can mix both then hats off to you. Slumdog, tries to do both but not good enough. On entertainment aspect you have some heart-winning performances and exceptional direction but on enlightening front, the story draws attention of ugly face of India and leaves it there. I would rather prefer movies like Swades, Rang de Basanti, Lagaan which apart from focusing on problems, makes an attempt to give some sort of way out where as 'Slumdog..' not only shows India's ugly face but also in an offending manner!!



Its Indian media's dilemma whether to appreciate the movie which is recognised at global level or to criticise! But Indian media has chosen the safe route by backing this movie which is not a great movie at any day. The message is simple - We are not ready to take on the Hollywood!



This paragraph is dedicated to Mr.Rahman. Sorry, not to appreciate but to feel sorry for him. If you list all his albums, 'Slumdog..' must be listed at bottom five. But here you go, awards and nominations are showering on him for this movie. This is indigestible! In fact I can only laugh at it. But I am trying to digest this by thinking that this is tribute to all his other albums where he might have really deserved.


But before I conclude, I must admit, the subject, the direction and the narration of the movie is pretty good. In fact no harm in watching once. The only problem is the attention, the hype its getting is something which it doesn't deserve. Yes, our country have problems. Which country does not? But that doesn't mean someone just point fingers and laugh at problems. The scene where 'Real India..' is being compared for backstabbing and robbery is just unforgivable!

Since I neither came out the movie hall feeling good nor enlightened but I am still going with 6/10 for this movie because it does have some of the moments to watch out.

RNBDJ - A Delicious Chocolate but Hard to Digest!

The problem with RNBDJ is the benchmark set by DDLJ. People should accept that DDLJ was a miracle, miracle do not happen everyday! Now, once you take off that expectation, RNBDJ is a delightful movie. Yes it has lot of flaws, but its atleast worth-watch once.

The basic flaw in the movie is its story-plot. How a women can not recognise her own husband after he does a make-over? Agreed that she has spent just few days with him and she doesn't like him but still its not convincing enough. Ok Lets live with it as there are so many positives to look at.

Story Plot :

Surinder Sing (SRK) is a common, middle class man who marries Tani (Anushka) in some crisis situation. He is in love with her where has she is still in disaster mood as she has lost her lover and father on the same day. The incredible love story starts from there where Surinder sets out to win his wife's heart.

Story in itself is not honest but cute. SRK delivers one of his best performances till date as surinder. Anushka and Vinay Pathak are rocking! But the pace of second half, an unnecessary song before the interval and an unconvincing twist towards the end lets the movie down miserably.

Strengths:

1. SRK, as I said delivers one of his finest performances after Kabhi haan kabhi naa, swades and Chak de! There are no punchful dialogues to deliver for him but just by his subtle body language and mannerisms, he wins the heart. Its amazing to see in the character of Surinder, he has tried his best that his dimples are not visible!!

2. The humour and some lovely scenes before the interval.

3. A confidant debutant Anushka and ever rocking Vinay Pathak. 

Weakness:

1. Flawed Story plot, a lot said and heard about it already.

2. An unnecessary "chalte chalte" song before the interval, neither doing any justice to the story line nor to the characters not even adding any entertainment. Come on, why Anushka dreams about Raj dancing with other bollywood heroines and she becomes happy!? Hard to digest.

3. Music could have been much better. Except the USP, haule haule other songs are just OK.

Its a movie which will not last long in your mind. There are very few punchful dialogues to make this movie great. First half may please all kind of audience but in second half the movie starts to get complicated. Aditya has tried his best to keep the movie unpredictable but still pace gets hampered and also the final twist in which "Rab" is involved is not justified. 

Watch it if you are an SRK fan, He will not disappoint you. Its he who transforms an average movie to a delightful movie. Being an SRK fan, I am happy to give 7/10 to this entertaining and delightful movie.

Welcome to Sajjanpur - A fermented milk; But tastes Yummy!!

Honest performances, cute characters and lots of fun is what I can sum up this movie as. I am very happy to see that in last couple of months handful of good movies released in bollywood.

Welcome to Sajjanpur is a collection of many tales taking place in a village, Sajjanpur. As my friend Sachin rightly pointed out, this movie could have also given many other titles such as "Ek lekhak ki Atmakatha" or say "Saksharatha..!" or even "Munnibai Rocks". The movie covers various stories like superstitious mother who wants her daughter to get married to a dog and a young widow's re-marriage and even hijda, munnibai's election saga. The best part of the movie is all this drama is caught in a light-hearted and joyful comedy.

Strengths:
1. Shreyas Talpade, not an experienced actor but he stands out with his wonderful character. Superb justice to the role.
2. Humour, screenplay.
3. Bunch of lovable characters.


Weakness:
1. Music is not even hummable.
2. In the second half, the spirit and the tempo of the movie dampens a little bit.

It may not be a movie which will stay long in your mind but having said that its worth watching once. Go for its light hearted humour which blends with the screenplay so well that you enjoy the movie, but you will realise in second half that too many stories make the movie fermented. Amrita Rao, being my personal favorite she has chosen once again a role which will earn respect and fame for her. She is as usual looking innocent but this time she has also acted well. There are some scenes in the movie such as spam postcards/sms messages etc., which can be classified as intelligent humor. In short a very well crafted movie, which tries to highlight common problems in the village. Though I am itching to give it 7, since I looked my watch couple of times during the movie, I will again go out with 6.75/10 for this lovely movie.

Rock On : A heart warming experience

Combining entertainment and enlightenment is quite a task. That's the point where movies like 'Lageraho...' and "Chak de...' score more goals. On the other hand, movies like 'Swades' miss out on entertainment aspect. 'Rock on' is a wonderfully made movie which might touch your heart but refuses to earn points on entertainment.



Story Plot:

If Faran's earlier effort 'Dil Chahata Hai' is in your all time favorite list then this movie may not disappoint as well. Loosely based on the same story, but a great effort put in this time to bring some depth to the characters. A story of four college friends whose ambition to become rock stars, breaks down some where down the life's race due to personal confrontations. The effort that takes to reunite them after a decade and how maturely that has been put is the strength of the movie. Faran and Arjun Rampal have done justice to their lead roles.



Strengths:

1. Intelligent story telling; We can see a great effort put in to make the movie look realistic and matured. Though story is told in current time line, clever references are made to the the past timeline. You can feel the realistic touch even through the lyrics.

2. The character roles and the justification by artists.



Weakness:

1. In the process of giving a realistic touch to the screenplay, the pace of the movie is hampered.

2. Though the narration is good, story is ordinary.

The best part in the movie is nothing looks unnecessary. Director has spent time on finer details and has delivered a quality product. There are no sudden twists without enough evidences. You actually believe in the script. Music is good but not great. Since its a musical movie, the music should have been very popular before the release of the movie but not so. Unlike DCH, this may not please all kind of viewers but still a very sensitive movie which may strike a chord of your heart. Its respectful 6.5/10 to this flaw-less,well made, sensitive movie.

Bollywood please make way, New 'Raj' is here ; Review - Bachna ae Haseeno

It took more than a decade to establish an image of Rahul/Raj for SRK, it took almost same time for Salman to build his trademark character of Prem. But here you go, combining both, RK shows up mischievous romance with a little essence of stupidity just enough to make it look like Innocent , the new-age Raj hits the screen this time. The well-polished, well-groomed Ranbir looks like a complete package. The movie entirely belongs to him and he does the justice. Though some grey areas while emoting positive emotions, but he can only improve from here.



Story Plot:

Yes there is a story in the movie for a change, though not great. Raj (Ranbir) is a typical playboy kind of character who is never ready to commit. Flirting around and having fun with girls is what becomes the top item on his agenda of life and doesn't even give a s**t to those heart-broken girls. He decides to set those mistakes right only when he tastes his own medicine. The movie-maker is very clear about the story and delivers perfectly without any fuss. Though almost 3 hours in length, the pace of the movie is very good and screen play is such that you wont feel bored.


As any other Yash Raj movies, there is no compromise on the performances and cinematography. But what is tragic to see is an average music. I was expecting Deepika to be used as more than an eye-candy, at least in this movie. But sorry folks, she appears on screen in-total for maximum of 25 minutes. Bipasha, does a decent job with acting but her costume and an unnecessary item song letting her down.
Minissha Lamba, I hardly knew her name before the movie but she is good, in fact quite impressive, especially in the first half.



Strengths:

1. RK

2. Screenplay, cinematography and heart-winning performances.



Weakness:

1. Hmm... Probably music should have been better. Hardly one song is good.

2. A little predictable in the second-half without much graph.



I cannot count story in either strengths or weakness column. Humour in the movie is very refreshing. Compared to first half, second half is more predictable but sub-plots are good enough to keep you interested in this movie. I initially felt I am seeing DDLJ-II as they make so many references to it and keeps on happening till the end. Advisable to go with your chuddy-buddys than family as its going to matter a lot with whom you are watching the movie. To sum up its hands-up 6.75/10 to this complete entertainer. At the beginning of movie, Don't forget to watch KJ's next 'Dostana' trailer. :)

Jaane Tu.. Ya Jaane Na... : Old wine in new botle!

Old-age story of friendship<->Love complication presented in a fresh way. A light hearted comedy, will keep you glued to seat. Though some yawning moments, romantic moments will score over them. In short an admirable effort.

Story plot:
As the punch line of this movie says, 'when you know its Love', the story revolves around two friends, (Yes opposite sex friends), claim that they are 'just friends' (Grr...Gimme a break plz!). The feeling of 'just friends' vanishes as soon as they see their friend with some other partner. Probably this is 716th movie made on these lines..!

Debutant Imran Khan makes a promising attempt with his decent acting skills and good chemistry with Genelia. Imran reminds of his uncle Aamir's first movie "QSQT", both with his looks and facial expressions! Genelia... Uhh... I see her an overrated actress (?). The short, Big-teethed cute girl needs to work a lot on Hindi dialogue delivery. There is a distinct difference in being innocent and 'trying to be' one. She is just OK.

Strengths:
1. Refreshing screenplay, good character roles and fresh music.
2. Imran Khan is very impressive. Yes yet another impressive khan!
3. Light hearted comedy, especially Nasiruddin Shah, Paresh rawal and Ratna Pathak makes you laugh your heart out.

Weakness:
1. Pathetic and Boring story line.
2. I repeat, Pathetic and Boring story line.
3. Second half's pace and predictability.

Since its a low budget movie, its paisa vasool for the producer and distributers. In spite of predictable love story, fresh presentation of the plot will make viewers paisa vasool as well. Go with no expectation and you will not regret watching this movie. If not a huge hit, its going to be a movie talked about, and surely will score more points among college students. So don't miss, go and have fun with your friends, a respectful 6/10 for this surprise good movie of this year.

Aramane - An under baked Cake

Aramane, Golden star Ganesh's latest release did not make much buzz before the release, but still turns out to be a decent family drama. Its not going to please everyone though. Loose editing and dragged story lets it down.

Story Plot:

Arun(played by Ganesh) photographer by profession takes up the herculean task of uniting Anant Nag's broken family. Initially he does well but gets caught in chicanery position when he falls in love with Anant Nag's grand-daughter.

Narration of the movie is pretty average. It starts of in fourth gear as film moves very fast in first 30- 40 mins but as soon as our hero falls in love, it starts to loose the plot and viewer feels its getting dragged.

Music of the movie is also average and some songs look like they are forced in the movie.

Ganesh, as usual stands out with his apt timing, hilarious one-liners and takes up the movie from an average movie to one-time-watch movie.

Towards the end, movie refuses to create enough graph with some twists having no meaning to the movie. The integration of the two story plots and the evidences to some of the scenes is not reasonable...looks like script writer did not do much home work and delivers an under baked cake.

Strength:
1. Ganesh, proves again why he has come such a long way in the industry.
2. Story : Though not great, but makes an attempt to link with family values and morals.
3. Cinematography is commendable.
Weakness:
1. Again like Ganesh's previous movie, an over-weighted female lead cast looks like cost cutting option by the producer.
2. Loose editing, slow narration and failure to create enough graph doesn’t help the movie either.

So if you want to watch this movie, suggest you to go with family than friends. Even with a big heart and non-critical mood I can give away maximum of 5.5/10 to this movie.

Gaalipata.... Hang over of Mungaaru Male!

The unconventional hero Ganesh proves again why he is so much loved among kannadigas. He is just awesome with his timing, screen presence and ofcource dialogue delivery. He carries the movie completely on his shoulders. You almost never stop laughing for the first two hours! Last half an hour you may tend to look at your watch twice.

Now, as we know this movie is made by same combo, Ganesh/Yogaraj which were part of the epic movie Mungaaru male. But this movie looks like as if it is in still hang-over of their earlier success. Most of the camera work, songs, dialogues etc. give an indication that they wanted to stick to their success formula, which is so far so good.

Story Plot:
3 youngsters, fed up from hectic/monotonous life style of the city decide to spend some time on vacation to cool/calm place called ‘Mugilupete’. They are off for 15 days and these 2 weeks change their lives. The movie is all about how they spend their time having fun, hunting animals and ofcource falling in Love. Climax is bit disappointing as it is not convincing!


Strengths:
>Ganesh : Undoubtedly the sole of the movie who is present in almost all the scenes and makes sure you are not bored.

>Cinematography, Stunning Camera work: You will be amazed to see that, there is such beautiful place in Karnataka.

> Excellent screenplay, especially climax shot is just incredible!

Weakness:
> Female Lead Cast: Movie makers must have been looking for cost cutting method when they choose the female lead casts. An over-weighted and not good looking heroine doesn’t please you.

> Unconvincing and Abrupt end: There are no enough evidences, supporting scenes to make it a logical end.

Music doesn’t fall in either columns as hardly two songs are good, the title track and other one is just the derivative of ‘Anisutide….’. Romance is not presented well though they claim it as a ‘romantic movie’. But the comic part of it will cover it up for everything.

All in all a fantastic must watch movie and will easily cross 100 days. Just try NOT compare with MM and you will enjoy it more. Vinometer shows 6.5/10 to this lovable movie which is refreshing to watch.

TZP: Will be a ‘Winner’ in critical section

This is going to be critically highly acclaimed film! This is going to be a benchmark movie for many! This is going to be ‘award fetching’ movie for the junior star ‘Darsheel’. Simply because the subject of the movie is such that even though many negatives are there in the movie, they will be overlooked. Remember SLB’s movie ‘Black’, yes similar to that, ‘TZP’ can not earn even one negative mark as it’s a movie based on a peculiar disorder and only you can sympathize with the script.

Aamir must be applauded to come with such a sensitive subject. This movie will make you to look children around you in a different way. It’s a must watch for parents and teachers than kids.

Story Plot:
Story of Eshan (played by debutant Darsheel), boy studying in 3rd standard, who is very creative but suffers from disability to read, write properly; To judge the time, space and speed at once; To understand multiple instructions. Normal people recognize him as a ‘nuisance’ as he is also mischievous like any other kid of his age. His ‘natural’ disability to progress in studies will make people to blame at his attitude towards studies.
But medical terms it as: ‘dyslexia’. Nikumb (Aamir Khan) recognizes this kid’s disorder and helps him to work on his strengths and improve on his weakness in a creative way.

Strengths:
Ø Sensitive Script, good Screenplay and technically excellent movie.
Ø Amazing performance by Darsheel. He is the real show stealer in the movie.
Ø Needless to mention Aamir, who has done a great job both as actor and director.

Weakness:
Ø Though a wonderful script, unfolds very predictably. No surprises, no twists. Though it is understood as it a more of a ‘material movie than ‘entertaining’ one, the story telling way could have been made more interesting.
Ø Snail speed movie which catches speed only after interval.
Ø Aamir has very under used himself.

Music of the movie doesn’t fall in either strength or weakness column.
I feel they could have made this movie just 1.5 hour long rather than dragging it for 2.5 hours. Though by making it short, it would have become unconventional but movie would have become more interesting to watch. I must mention again that Darsheel’s performance is heart touching and you will feel for him.

To sum up its 6/10 for this long but sensitive movie with tremendous performances

"Deepika, the Cherry on Cake!"

OSO team had promised as its going to be 100% entertainment making sure you will not be bored even for a second. Well, they almost keep up with their words. Melodious music, Masala story, extreme drama and ofcource SRK & Deepika contributes to what could be second block buster for SRK in this year.

For bollywood movies there is always freedom of high drama, endless coincidences and extreme imagination. I felt just towards the end, this movie made use of this liberty excessively.

Story Plot:
As it was publicized, it’s a story based on reincarnation drama, partly inspired by Karz, the 70’s block buster. The story is good enough to hold the people on the edge of the seat till the end with the suspense. But having said that, I felt Karz was logically more convincing story than OSO.

Strengths:
Ø Deepika, (Yes I am naming Deepika before SRK in this section). More by her looks than acting she has impressed the audience to the core. Her screen presentation is just mind blowing! Let it be her pink dress or may be when she unfolds the burkha, she looks just out of this world.
Ø Ofcource SRK, 70’s sets, music, humor and screenplay.
Ø Star packed title song where 31 stars make appearance.

Weakness:
Ø Story could have been more innovative.
Ø Deepika is underused in the movie. Although story is completely revolving around her, she has hardly any role in 2nd half. She is just used as cherry on cake which tends to increase the looks of the cake than the taste. Who knows she might be under used deliberately by OSO team so as not expose her acting skills till she grows more in this profession!


To sum up, hats off to SRK and FK’s efforts for making a typical bollywood movie, a perfect movie to watch with your family during diwali. Surely 7/10 to this diwali blockbuster.

Chak De India - Review

Its amazing to see how sports and patriotism formulates a success story at the box office.
Its been experimented earlier with hits like Awwal Number,Lagaan,Iqbal, etc., and Chak De India does it again.

Story Plot:
Chak de India is the story of Kabir Khan (SRK),
who was part of successful Indian National Hockey team but unfortunately ends his career with the tag of a traitor.
7 years later he volunteers to coach for the Indian women hockey team which is hopeless.
But how Kabir turns its tide into a world-class team which also helps him gaining his lost glory is what movie all about.


Positives:
If you go with the your chaddy-buddys to watch this movie,
I will promise you that you will cheer,enjoy,appluad for the every goal our team scores in the movie.
Apart from SRK, each role is carefully chosen and great response from all the artists. Credits to Shimit Amin.
Truly admirable story narration and direction. Guys watch out for Preeti in the movie... ;-)
Its a must watch for SRK-haters who complains about him being stereotypic actor. He answers you all.
In one of the scenes when women's team get indulged in a fight with a group of men and one of those men, tries to hit a woman with a cricket bat
from back... SRK stops him and tells, "Agar waar karna hai to age se karo, kyon ki hamare game me 'chakke' nahin hote..!"
The theatre automatically bursts into laughter and applause with appreciation.


Negatives:
The only set back of the movie is its music which is a must for Indian movies to make it a big hit.


Box office prediction:
It would not be fair to compare this with Lagaan but I would like to mention two key points why this movie should score more goals than Lagaan.
1. Lagaan's plot was safe as Cricket was its soul and cricket is already a religion India. But credits to Chak de for choosing a less-popular sport hockey.
2. The theme of Chak de, "Giving equal importance to women, especially in sports" is well portrayed.
To sum up its 7.5/10 for Shimit-Amin's efforts which surely will not disappoint you.