Chennai Express Review

Chennai Express Review

Chennai Express is an upcoming 2013 Indian action-adventure romantic comedy film directed by Rohit Shetty and produced by Gauri Khan under her production banner Red Chillies Entertainment.The film features Shahrukh Khan and Deepika Padukone in lead roles. This is the second collaboration between Shah Rukh Khan and Deepika Padukone after the 2007 blockbuster Om Shanti Om and the first collaboration between Shah Rukh Khan and Rohit Shetty. Chennai Express is about a man's journey from Mumbai to Rameshwaram and what happens along the way after he falls in love with the daughter of a don. Principal photography began on 27th September 2012. Filming began in October 2012 and was wrapped-up by May 2013.

Cast

Khan said in 2013 that the name of the leading actress will appear before his name in future film credits, starting with Chennai Express.

• Deepika Padukone as Meenamma Lochni
• Shahrukh Khan as Rahul
• Sathyaraj as Durgeshwara Azhagusundaram, Meena's father
• Nikitin Dheer as Tangaballi
• Manorama as Meena's aunt
• Priyamani in the item number "1 2 3 4... Get on the Dance Floor"
• Kamini Kaushal
• Lekh Tandon
 

 

Music

The music and background score of the film is composed by the duo Vishal-Shekhar. Amitabh Bhattacharya stamped his lyrics in the album. Recording of the songs began in late October 2012. The track "Ready Steady Po" was attributed as "insane" by the music composers and was recorded by November 2012. Several sources claimed that the director and actor were unsatisfied with the score of the film and hence the former were reported to rework entirely. However, the composers denied all such rumors. In mid-April 2013, singer S. P. Balasubrahmanyam recorded the title track for the film, marking his return to Bollywood for playback post fifteen years. He claimed the song celebrates the spirit of togetherness. Initially, the singer was apprehensive but opted to sing considering the content and leads of the film. The song "1 2 3 4 get on the dance floor" was released as a promotional single on World Music Day. On 27th June 2013, the video promo of the song "Titli" was released and on 11th July 2013, the promo video of "Kashmir Main Tu Kanyakumari" was released. On 19th July 2013, T-Series has uploaded a song on it's official channel of You Tube named as "Lungi Dance" sung by Honey Singh.. On 25 July 2013 a promo video of the song "Tera Rasta Main Chhodoon Na" was released.

The audio music of the film released on 3rd July 2013.

Tracklist
No.	Title	Singer(s)	Length
1.	"1 2 3 4 Get On The Dance Floor"	Vishal Dadlani, Hamsika Iyer, Sricharan Kasturirangan	3:48
2.	"Titli"	Gopi Sunder, Chinmayi Sripaada	5:50
3.	"Tera Rastaa Chhodoon Na"	Anusha Mani, Amitabh Bhattacharya	4:13
4.	"Kashmir Main Tu Kanyakumari"	Sunidhi Chauhan, Arijit Singh, Neeti Mohan	5:07
5.	"Ready Steady Po"	Vishal Dadlani, Brodha V, Enkore, Natalie DiLuccio, Smokey	4:50
6.	"Chennai Express"	S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, Jonita Gandhi	3:37
7.	"Titli (Dubstep Version)"	Zoheb Khan, Phoenyx	3:40
8.	"Chennai Express (Mashup)"	DJ Kiran Kamath	3:53
9.	"Lungi Dance"	"Yo Yo Honey Singh"	4:36
Total length:			39:34