Chalte Chalte (2003 film)

Chalte Chalte
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Hindi	चलते चलते
Directed by	Aziz Mirza
Produced by	Juhi Chawla Shah Rukh Khan Aziz Mirza
Written by	Pramod Sharma, Ashish Kariya, Rumi Jafri (dialogues)
Story by	Aziz Mirza Robin Bhatt
Starring	Shah Rukh Khan Rani Mukerji Satish Shah
Music by	Jatin-Lalit Aadesh Shrivastava
Cinematography	Ashok Mehta
Edited by	Amitabh Shukla
Production company	Dreamz Unlimited UTV Motion Pictures
Release date	13 June 2003
Running time	168 mins
Country	India
Language	Hindi
Budget	₹11 crore (equivalent to ₹28 crore or US$4.2 million in 2016)
Box office	₹43.28 crore (equivalent to ₹111 crore or US$17 million in 2016)

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Chalte Chalte is a 2003 Bollywood movie starring Shah Rukh Khan and Rani Mukerji, directed by Aziz Mirza. The film was screened at the Casablanca Film Festival.

The film begins in a bowling alley, where a group of friends are awaiting the arrival of Salim. Meanwhile, Deepak arrives with his fiancée Sheetal. When a conversation about love arises, Deepak and the rest find it necessary to make Sheetal aware that true love does exist. They tell her the story of Raj (Shah Rukh Khan) and Priya (Rani Mukerji), two of their closest friends. Raj Mathur is the owner of Raj Transport, a small trucking company he founded himself. Raj is a carefree man who is unorganised, messy, lazy and late all the time. Although he isn't the richest, he's always happy.

On the other hand, Priya Chopra is a successful fashion designer whose family is quite wealthy. Priya, originally from Greece, lives with her aunt Anna, who wants to give her the best in life (wealth and success). Priya has her life all planned out – the complete opposite of Raj. These two completely different people meet in a car accident, when Priya crashes her car into Raj's truck. Though the two get off to a rocky start, they meet again at the wedding of Salim and Farah, eventually becoming friends. The two arrange to meet again and slowly fall in love. Raj receives Priya's phone number but carelessly loses it. He then sets out to find her and he does find her.

However, Raj learns that Priya's engaged. Desperate, he follows Priya to Greece, where he continues to woo her. When it's time to part company, Priya realises that she is in love with Raj. They get married after persuading Priya's parents, and arrive in Mumbai, where Raj welcomes Priya into their home. He then makes an oath to his holy talisman, wishing it to protect Priya if he is not around, because he loves her immensely.

Back to the bowling alley in the present: Sheetal is in tears, for she has never heard a more beautiful story. Salim arrives along with Farah and announce that today was Raj and Priya's first wedding anniversary, so they were planning a surprise party. Excited, Sheetal can't wait to meet the famous Raj and Priya, but when they do arrive, they're nothing like what they seemed. A year has changed both Raj and Priya, and the two can't stop arguing. When they do find some common ground and happiness, it doesn't last long. Raj feels the pressure to meet the expectations of Priya's family, and is struggling financially. His company has gone bankrupt, and he has many bills and loans to pay. When he is insulted by a bank official, he returns home crying.