Chak De is not your typical Bollywood kitsch. Granted. But there's nothing new about an underdog team striving against all odds to win a team championship. A bit like Remember the Titans and the dozens of the sports flicks before it.Remember Lagaan? At least, it had the colonial angle. Here it's national integration and gender inequality.
Must say director Shimit Alam has taken advantage of a brilliant screenplay. Add some good acting by Khan and his pan-Indian wards. Plus a release date the week before Independence Day when patriotic fervour is likely to be at its peak. And you have a winner on your hands.
A well-made film that will do extremely well in multiplexes. But story and acting alone does not an Oscar-winning film make. There would be calls to make Chak De India India's official entry for the Oscars but it's a lost cause.
P.S. For those who watched the film, don't you think the fight sequence at McDonalds was a bit over the top?
Who gives a shit about winning Oscar, Oscar movies are not always great movies…please do not feel as if Oscar is the ultimate benchmark for movies…Oscars are rubbish…all that matters is did the movie entertain us or not DOT
ReplyDeletePS. Don’t think too much about the McDonald’s fight scene, no it was not over the top
You missed the point completely. There's an Oscar buzz about the film which I wanted to debunk. Yes, we should not care about an Oscar as long as the film does its job of entertaining India. At the same time, I don't think the movie was perfect :)
ReplyDeleteI would love to see this film! But in Finland it's difficult, maybe later. Shahrukh is in it, that's why! ;o)
ReplyDeleteNo, the scene in McDonalds was perfect. I watched it in India and every woman in the conema was on her feet, cheering, including me.
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