Good sense of humour on both SRK and director Rohit Shetty. It’s good to see a superstar take the mickey out of his own legacy. There are a few parody scenes recreated from films like DDLJ, Koyla My Name Is Khan etc. He’s on a trolley, sliding left to right on the screen, arms out stretched in copyright SRK style. It’s like a satirical homage to all his cinematic moments. Only this time it’s with a serious pinch of salt. And lots and lots of gags, most of which are amusing.Īlmost throughout the film, SRK is feeding off playing Rahul for the umpteenth time. From there on, it turns into a full blown Tamil film, with sporadic bits of Hindi dialogue. SRK stretches out to help Deepika Padukone board the train. In throwing his grand mom off, he boards Chennai Express and then that fateful parody of Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge occurs. Rahul is the smug types and promises he’d do so but is actually planning to go to Goa instead. Kamini Kaushal (playing SRK’s grand mom) makes Rahul swear that he’d immerse the ashes at Rameshwaram. It begins with Shah Rukh Khan playing Rahul and his grandfather passing away just before his 100th birthday. If you don’t plan to engage in a multi-lateral critique of dramatic elements and narrative, this film can be fun. And that’s the perfect description of this film. Rohit Shetty makes chettinad-style masala movies.

It’s peppered with humorous set pieces and colourful locales and songs. Despite all its shortcomings, this is still a funny film. The story arc is so simple that you can fit it in a single tweet. More than half the film’s dialogue is in Tamil. Deepika Padukone speaks in a caricature-ish Tamil accent. Shah Rukh Khan is in full-on self deprecation mode. This film is unabashedly juvenile in its sense of humour and entertainment.

Cast: Shah Rukh Khan, Deepika Padukone, Nikitin Dheer and SathyarajĪny attempt to intellectualise Chennai Express is futile.

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