Tuesday, 27 October 2015

Indian blockbusting bonanza

Chennai Express (2013)

Directed by Rohit Shetty this film stars Shahrukh Khan and Deepika Padukone. An unmarried 40 year old gets on a train and ends up kidnapped along with a mobster's daughter who is facing an arranged marriage she does not want.

Ending up as something of a mixed bag this film mashes up Rom-com, action comedy and screw ball comedy into a film that is a bit long and often not as funny as it should be. There are some hints at something more beyond the basic plot with a lot of the comedy based around the language differences in India and the idea of India as a nation of different peoples. The editing is really slick and the cinematography is full is amazing colours but at times over sentimentality is used like a sledge hammer.


4/5

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