Chennai Express Hindi Film Complete Info

Chennai Express Hindi Film Complete Info

Film Name : Chennai Express
Starring :Shahrukh Khan,Deepika Padukone
Directed :Rohit Shetty
Produced :Gauri Khan,Ronnie Screwvala,Siddharth Roy Kapur
Screenplay :Yunus Sajawal
Story :K. Subaash
Music :Vishal–Shekhar
Cinematography :Dudley
Editing :Steven H. Bernard
Studio :Red Chillies Entertainment
Distributed :UTV Motion Pictures
Release date :August 8, 2013
Language :Hindi

Chennai Express is an upcoming 2013 Indian action romantic 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 Rameshwaram and what happens along the way after he falls in love
with the daughter of a don.[5] Principal photography began on 27 September 2012.
Filming began in October 2012 and was wrapped-up by May 2013

Filming

The filming began at Mehboob Studio in Mumbai on 5 October 2012 .

The lead actor was dressed in black casuals and the actress in a South Indian attire, wearing

Kanjeevaram saree.

Filming was done at Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus railway station with minimum crew members.
These working stills of the lead actor were unofficially released in mid-October 2012.In November 2012,
the cast and crew was off to Goa for the first filming schedule.
 The railway station of Vasco da Gama was used as a double up, portraying Kalyan. A romantic scene on board a train passing next to Dudhsagar Falls was also shot.
In December 2012, the team was off to Jakarta for some scenes.By early January 2013, the next schedule was supposed to happen in Ooty but Khan opined that the opted place would be too far from commercial venue, Mumbai.

Hence, recreation of the lanes of Ooty along with some of its tourist spots, was constructed as a set on the outskirts of Panchgani in Wai by art director Narendra Ruharikar. It took over 40 days to make the set at an estimated cost of INR1.5 crore (US$260,000).
The Wai schedule of filming ran for entire month of March 2013.
A 10-day shooting schedule began in Munnar, Kerala from mid of April 2013,
scenes were canned at Devikulam Lake, Meesapulimala, Wagavara and Kannimala.
The shoot had to be stopped for a few days due to the heavy rainfall and the schedule was slightly extended until end of the same month.
A press conference was also held in the town Munnar.[26] In May 2013, certain scenes were canned in North Goa The lead actress wrapped up all her portions of shoot on 25 May 2013.
Khan flew to Hyderabad by end of May 2013 for remaining filming.

Music

The music and background score of the film is composed by the duo Vishal-Shekhar. 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 on World Music Day. On 27 June 2013, the video promo of the song "Titli" was released.

The music of the film released on 3 July 2013. The track information was revealed on June 27, 2013.

Film Released on August 8, 2013