CHENNAI EXPRESS

CHENNAI EXPRESS is a Hindi and Tamil language action comedy. It stars Shah Rukh Khan as a Delhi boy who ends up on the
wrong train and falls for Meena, a South Indian rural girl, who is controlled by her domineering father.

But Chennai Express plays neither to Rohit’s strengths nor to Shah Rukh’s. Rohit’s movies have never been about plot or
character or performances. His films have only one function: to entertain you by whatever means necessary. But sadly a film
specifically designed not to bore does exactly that. It’s a strangely sloppy mishmash of cheesy humour, half-hearted
romance, half-baked emotion and head-banging action. The film is filled with gigantic men whose size functions as a punch
line. Yes, some of it is funny. The locations are
beautiful. And I enjoyed watching Deepika Padukone as
Meena, the don’s daughter with the thick accent, who
meets Rahul on Chennai Express and turns his life
upside down.

The first thing that stood out in the trailer was

Padukone's accent (Tamil/English/Hindi).This being a
Bollywood movie and aimed mostly at North Indians,
Padukone did not take the time to perfect her south
Tamil Nadu accent. The name “Meena” suggests that the character is from South Tamil Nadu, but her accent will not fit
anywhere in Tamil Nadu. Even a third generation Tamil who grew up in Bangalore and does not know to read or write Tamil
would speak it better. Her English and Hindi accents where the typical stereotyped “Madrasi” accent that Bollywood
audience expect and are familiar with.

“Kahan se karrrrrridi ayesi bakkkkwasi diccctionarrrry”

The film contains infrequent scenes of moderate

violence, most notably an extended sequence in which
the hero fights his main rival and some thugs. This
includes people being kicked and punched, as well as
people being hit with sticks and a shovel, often shown in
slow motion which depicts the people in a negative way.

REFERENCES:
 QUORA
 HINDUSTAN TIMES
 TIMES OF INDIA
 IMDb