Chakde India - €“poster with shah rukh & band of girls in Indian sport uniform didno€™t appeal to me much। I first thought to be a sort of commercial in name of sports just like too many films coming now which depends one n only on heroic image। With king khan starrer , obviously anyone would first end up with this notion, But to my surprise here...story was hero and no one else.
Hats off to the director! for having made no cinematic compromises for sake of box office. Normal movie may actually have a duet for priety n abimanyu or a heroine for khan who just does come n go for sake to be jus heroine n nothing more...( didn't see any vijay movie?) ya...but these compromises would have actually hid the story, saved many WebPages writing good reviews or would have prevented many from watching this movie(including our president) and saved their precious time, but for god'€™s sake, he had no such nonsense , ultimately making the movie enter memorable movie collection of many(including me). I think we would really miss something if we have not watched this movie.
To talk about hockey, I know nothing more than it being National game and Dhanraj pillai. This movie could really boost the interest for hockey. And to be specific, hockey was just used as a tool to tell us about the importance given to sports in general and women hockey in particular.
The scene in hockey federation centre really tells us that the reluctance shown by our officials is a great lacuna to achieve great heights. It attempts to answer the questions, when we have very high potential players in our country, why is India always at the bottom in medal list? How come even small countries that too in Africa could better the 2nd populous country?
A role played by shah Rukh is worth of mention n even praise n admiration here. In Indian scenario, we know how difficult it is to shrug off his king khan image n just act as a coach which perfectly fits the story. Way of his expression to change silver to gold rises high spirit even in our heart.
€œYou no need strength, its only the intention to win€ is true even beyond the sports. The needed team spirit, egoisms of senior players, clash with coach is truly derived from the sports happenings in or country, but When leader is efficient and unselfish, he could make travel with same intention towards the goal. This movie stands as another testimonial to this concept.
Could talk about this movie for hours.....wise to see the movie many times....but a wiser decision would be to keep hockey on par with cricket in particular, n women on par with men in general...Reluctance from govt. Officials to the viewers (like me...)who does channel hopping on the very movement on seeing hockey(especially women tournaments, but not on cricket or tennis should be avoided.....If this could be achieved (at least in me..) ya...chakde India has done its job.
more about this film on
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chak_De_India
