Movie Review: Chennai Express

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Star- Shah Rukh Khan, Deepika Padukone, Sathyaraj, Nikitin Dheer;

Director- Rohit Shetty;

Music- Vishal &
Shekhar

The comedy along with the action is
rarely served with equal entertainment in today's cinema. We discern
Rohit Shetty for his mass leisure which includes cars fluttering from
the unknown corners and comedy which isn't slapstick but works.

What is amusing here is how Shetty
keeps these two triumphing facets at
the forth and submerges it with Southern touch along with SRK's
trademark romance in 'Chennai
Express'. Though for some it might sound a mix and mash of numerous
odd ingredients which might produce
a sour recipe in the end. But here is
where Rohit excels in. He carries the
intriguing premises with responsibility
without exploiting or hurtling any regional sentiments.

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He brings out the regional diction out
of Deepika (who chews the words and
deliver it with finesse) so brilliantly
that one might mistake her as South
actress, though we know that she will
be star opposite Rajinikanth soon.

Rohit Shettyy has shot Kerela
beautifully. He allows his cameraman
to zoom into the attractive hilly locales
like Meeshapulimala, Devikulam Lake,
Kannimala and Wagavara. Letting the
intoxicating beauty prevail, Rohit wastes no extra duration to bring
forth his business of combat which
shifts the focus from the blooming
romance of Deepika-SRK to the initial
avenge.

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It begins when Rahul (Shah Rukh
Khan) a well educated man from
North India is on a vacation. He boards
in Chennai Express by mistake where
he meets Meenamma ( Deepika
Padukone) a south Indian girl whose father is a well known don. Some
goons kill the ticket checker of the
train whose sole witnesses are Rahul
and Meena.

Meena takes Rahul to her city until the
matter calms down. How Rahul gets
rid of the dirty gangster game that is
how the story revolves around.

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With an army of heavy assailants and
a big queue of sedans, the screen
never looks light-weighted. With
characters like Durgeshwara, a don in
Tamil Nadu (played by Sathyaraj) and
Tangaballi (Nikiteen Dheer) the battle looks one-sided but Shah Rukh's tricks
(action resembling Karan-Arjun)
balances it all.

If we consider SRK's performance he is
back as a charming Rahul who is a
romantic feat action hero. His screen
presence is delightful which none
could replace. He tickles your funny
bone, makes you emotional at times and when it comes to action he
doesn't exploits but takes the punch
and delivers the same with full
strength.

Deepika playing his lady love after 'Om
Shanti Om' is surprisingly amusing. Her
Southern dialect sounds cute and she
looks innocent and beautiful.

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The veteran star Sathyaraj leaves a
desired effect with his villainous act
and this would surely bring him more
glory. The muscular Nikitin Dheer is
good.

Music by Vishal-Shekhar is great.
However, before its release the music
wasn't the high point of the flick but
there is some vitality which you can't
ignore and would love to watch the
songs on Youtube. Kashmir se Kanya Kumari and Tera Rasta tracks are my
favourites.