Chennai Express is an upcoming 2013 Indian action-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 Rameshwaramand 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.
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
Sandeep Mishra and Rohit Shetty had originally planned to team up for a remake of the 1982 film Angoor. After the 2011 blockbusterSingham, Rohit Shetty had begun writing the script of the film but left it mid-way. Incidentally, he had the script of Chennai Expressready to be narrated to Khan as a back-up due to the difficulty of obtaining the actor's filming dates. Upon being narrated the script, Khan was impressed with the idea of Chennai Express and agreed to star in it before the Angoor remake. With this development, the remake of Angoor was pushed back. When Rohit was asked about the story of the film, he said, "It's a hard-core commercial film with a romantic angle. The story is about this man's travel from Mumbai to Rameshwaram and what happens during the journey."
Shah Rukh Khan was the first actor to be approached with the script, and hence the first lead actor to be signed for the film. Incidentally, Rohit stated that despite the title, Shah Rukh would not play the role of a South Indian in the film. The casting of the lead heroine was speculated for a good deal of time. Names such as Kareena Kapoor, Asin Thottumkaland Deepika Padukone were rumored by the media. In an interview, a visibly angry Shetty denied all rumors surrounding the leading heroine, stating that the cast would be finalized in April 2012 and that he was going to cast an established actress as the leading lady. However, in October, 2012, it was confirmed that Deepika Padukone had been signed to play the lead opposite Shah Rukh Khan, when stills were released from the set showing Padukone and Khan shooting. This would be her second film opposite Shah Rukh Khan, with whom she made her Bollywood debut with in the 2007 blockbuster Om Shanti Om. Rohit Shetty wanted Manorama to play Deepika Padukone's aunt. Sathyaraj was later cast to play the role of Deepika's father and the main antagonist of Chennai Express. Actress Priyamani was signed late January 2013 for an item number in the film.
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 onWorld 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 its official channel of You Tubenamed as "Lungi Dance" sung by Honey Singh. On 25 July 2013 a promo video of the song "Tera Rasta Main Chhodoon Na" was released.
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