Chak De! India

Chak De! India
Chak De! India
	Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Shimit Amin
Written by	Jaideep Sahni
Produced by	Aditya Chopra
Starring	Shah Rukh Khan; Vidya Malvade; Shilpa Shukla; Sagarika Ghatge; Chitrashi Rawat; Anjan Srivastav; Vibha Chibber;
Cinematography	Sudeep Chatterjee
Edited by	Amitabh Shukla
Music by	Salim–Sulaiman
Production; company	Yash Raj Films
Distributed by	Yash Raj Films
Release date	10 August 2007;
Running time	149 minutes
Country	India
Languages	Hindi; English
Budget	₹200 million
Box office	₹1.09 billion

Chak De! India (transl. "Go for it! India"^[3] or transl. "Let's go! India")^[4] is a 2007 Indian sports drama film directed by Shimit Amin, written by Jaideep Sahni, and produced by Aditya Chopra, under the banner of Yash Raj Films. It stars Shah Rukh Khan as Kabir Khan, the fictional former captain of the India men's national field hockey team and coach of the India women's national field hockey team, alongside a cast of 16 actresses, both professional and non-professional hockey players. The soundtrack was composed by Salim–Sulaiman.

Chak De! India explores religious bigotry, religious prejudice, and sexism. The film follows Kabir Khan, an exiled hockey player, ousted from the sport as a result of religious prejudice, following a disastrous loss to Pakistan. 7 years later, in an attempt to redeem himself, he becomes the coach of the Indian national women's hockey team, with the goal of turning 16 of its players into an award-winning team.

Sahni was inspired to develop the Chak De! India's script after reading about the India women's national field hockey team's win at the 2002 Commonwealth Games in a newspaper. Although Kabir Khan's struggles bore resemblance to those faced by real-life hockey player Mir Ranjan Negi, Sahni was unaware of Negi's tribulations while writing the script. His screenplay is a work of fiction, and the characters, while inspired by the real team and coaches, were invented by Sahni. On the suggestion of Maharaj Krishan Kaushik, then coach of the women's hockey team, Sahni invited Negi to join the film's production team. They conducted workshops for training the actors in hockey, and the players in acting. Kaushik and Negi would train Sahni, Khan and the other cast members over a period of six months.

Chak De! India released worldwide on 10 August 2007, coinciding with the country's 60th Independence Day, and grossed ₹109 crore (US$26.36 million) on a ₹20 crore (US$4.84 million) budget, thus becoming the third-highest grossing Hindi film of 2007. It received widespread critical acclaim upon release, with praise for its direction, story, screenplay, dialogues, feminist themes, and performances of the cast, with high praise directed towards Khan's performance. A recipient of numerous accolades, Chak De! India won the National Film Award for Best Popular Film Providing Wholesome Entertainment at the 55th National Film Awards. It received a leading 10 nominations at the 53rd Filmfare Awards, including Best Film, Best Director (Amin) and Best Supporting Actress (Shukla), and won a leading 5 awards, including Best Film (Critics) and Best Actor (Khan).

Shah Rukh Khan's portrayal of Kabir Khan is considered one of his best to date.^[5]^[6] In addition, the title song is played regularly at sports events in India.^[7]

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[boistates07-1] "Highest Budget Movies 2007: Box Office India". Box Office India. Archived from the original on 3 October 2015. Retrieved 4 September 2015.

[2] "Chak De India - Movie - - Box Office India". boxofficeindia.com. Archived from the original on 28 June 2021. Retrieved 28 June 2021.

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[tops-4] Bhushan, Nyay (12 January 2008). "Hockey pic tops India's Star Screen Awards". Hollywood Reporter. Archived from the original on 5 February 2023. Retrieved 30 November 2023.

[had-5] Williams, Adam (10 August 2022). "Shah Rukh Khan thought Chak De! India was 'worst film', Salman Khan refused to do it: 'I had an issue with climax…". Indian Express. Archived from the original on 2 November 2023. Retrieved 28 November 2023.

[Filmfare-6] "80 Iconic Performances 8/10". Filmfare. 8 June 2010. Archived from the original on 4 November 2010. Retrieved 5 February 2012.

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