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Chak De! India

Chak De! India
Theatrical release poster depicts coach Kabir Khan, looking over the Indian Women's National Field Hockey Team. Text at the bottom of the poster provides the title, tagline, production credits and release date.
Theatrical release poster
Directed by Shimit Amin
Rob Miller (sports scenes)
Produced by Aditya Chopra
Written by Jaideep Sahni
Screenplay by Jaideep Sahni
Story by Jaideep Sahni
Starring Shah Rukh Khan
Music by Salim-Sulaiman
Cinematography Sudeep Chatterjee
Edited by Amitabh Shukla
Production
company
Distributed by Yash Raj Films
Release date
  • 10 August 2007 (2007-08-10)
Running time
153 minutes
Country India
Language Hindi
English
Budget 200 million (equivalent to 420 million or US$6.3 million in 2016)
Box office 1.27 billion (equivalent to 2.7 billion or US$40 million in 2016)
Chak De! India
Soundtrack album by Salim–Sulaiman
Released 1 August 2007 (2007-08-01)
Genre Film soundtrack
Length 28:92
Label YRF Music Sony Music
Producer Salim-Sulaiman
Salim–Sulaiman chronology
Dor
(2006)
Chak De! India
(2007)
Aaja Nachle
(2007)
Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
Planet Bollywood 8/10 stars

Chak De! India (English: Go For it! India or Go! India) is a 2007 Indian sports film, directed by Shimit Amin and Rob Miller (sports scenes), produced by Aditya Chopra, with music by Salim–Sulaiman and a screenplay by Jaideep Sahni. It explores religious bigotry, the legacy of the partition of India, ethnic and regional prejudice and sexism in contemporary India in a fictional story about the Indian women's national field-hockey team which was inspired by the team's win at the 2002 Commonwealth Games. The film stars Shahrukh Khan as Kabir Khan, former captain of the Indian men's national field-hockey team. After a disastrous loss to Pakistan, Khan is ostracized from the sport and he and his mother are driven from the family home by angry neighbors. Seven years later, to redeem himself, Khan becomes the coach of the Indian national women's hockey team and aims to turn its sixteen contentious players into a championship unit.

Chak De! India won a number of awards, including the National Film Award for Best Popular Film Providing Wholesome Entertainment. On 30 August 2007, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences requested a copy of the film's script for a place in its Margaret Herrick Library. When the Indian Hockey Federation was reorganised in April 2008, former player Aslam Sher Khan said that he wanted "to create a 'Chak De' effect" in Indian hockey. The film was screened in New Delhi on August 17, 2016, as part of the week long Independence Day Film Festival. The festival was jointly presented by the Indian Directorate of Film Festivals and Ministry of Defense, commemorating India's 70th Independence Day.


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