

He doesn't reveal any overt ambition to redefine the Bollywood comedy with this film either. Rohit has always operated with a mantra of excesses, arrogantly snubbing all intelligent criticism it may draw. Puerile as it seems, it works in a way it can only in a Rohit Shetty film. It's almost as if Rohit lost interest in his own film after a point.Ĭonfusion over language difference is a convenient excuse to create gags all through. Then, as Rahul and Meenamma find themselves on the run from her extended family of goons, the narrative simply falls flat in the second half. If brainless fun needs some brainwork to leave an impact, Chennai Express reveals a lot of it in the early hour. Caught in the wrong place at the wrong time, there are plenty of misadventures in store. He meets the feisty Tamil girl Meenamma (Deepika Padukone) and twist in Rahul's tale comes with her. He is still very much the nice guy, at heart a lover, as opposed to the rugged macho heroes Bollywood flicks with a South flavour normally peddle.Īn energetic first half pulsates with regular laughs, as Mumbai boy Rahul find himself aboard Chennai Express by default. The name, you realise, is Shah Rukh Khan's assurance to fans that he isn't moving away from the image that created his superstardom, no matter the Chennai-style spread all around. A witty one about Shah Rukh's advancing age is particularly not to be missed.Įssentially, this film is all about imagining SRK's trademark loverboy Rahul in a new set-up. The director uses it to set up a few spoof tricks, lampooning everything from SRK's biggest films (you won't miss the merry winks at DDLJ, Kuch Kuch Hota Hai, Dil Se or Main Hoon Na) to his own Golmaal films to the stock Rajinikanth image. Yeah, there is the patented Rohit Shetty bag of slapstick gags, too. The naach-gaana drill has hordes of colourful extras in the backdrop - hordes so large they must have needed trucks to transport them to the scenic outdoors. Hero and villains go for elaborate dhishoom doses. The hype will ensure a whopper of an opening, and the circus on screen that uses every trick in the Rohit Shetty book should keep all fans happy. In that sense, Chennai Express is a crafty commercial product more than a film, riding the diligent hype SRK has drummed up over the past few months. The standard Rohit Shetty film always looks like the script was added as an afterthought, and his latest is no exception. If Shah Rukh goes for the Chennai Cut (which has worked wonders for Salman Khan, Akshay Kumar and Ajay Devgn lately), Rohit lays out quite a masala gala.

On cue, the superstar's latest co-production imagines a set-up he has hardly ever been a part of - loud and gaudy, packaged with all that jazz you expect in a film created Rohit Shetty ishtyle. This time Shah Rukh Khan, in a bid to prove he still remains at the top of his game, is out gunning to score with lungi power.Ĭhennai Express was always about giving SRK a wacky makeover. The actor has now become quite a familiar face in the B-world, but hardly people know that Sathyaraj has also acted with Bollywood actress Deepika Padukone in one of her film.Cast: Deepika Padukone, Shah Rukh Khan, Sathyaraj, Nikitin Dheer But the actor due to his past controversial speech has landed himself in some serious trouble. Sathyaraj was a lesser known face before the release of SS Rajamouli’s Baahubali.

The film Baahubali: The Beginning, ended on this cliff hanger and the second part Baahubali 2 would probably reveal this mystery. After Baahubali, Sathyaraj became the talk of the town due to the mysterical ending of the film that why did he (Kattapa) killed Baahubali? Satyaraj, who is a Tamil actor received fame with SS Rajamouli’s epic drama Baahubali. But very few know that the actor is linked to Bollywood sensation Deepika Padukone. Follow us on This is how Sathyaraj aka Kattapa is connected to Deepika Padukone!īaahubali 2 actor Sathyaraj aka Kattapa has created quite a buzz today for his controversial remark against a political outfit of Karnataka and later for his apology message to him.
