Chak De!

After a long time I saw a movie that was about sports and sports only. Chak De India is a movie about 16 girls and hockey as we all know. But in a subtle way it touches upon issues like religious bias, national integration, problems of people from backward state and of course state of our national game, especially women’s hockey.

After Swades, this was SRK’s fine performances. He did not encroach onto other’s space. It was a relief to see that there were no love interests involved, no romantic or sad songs, which even I movie like Lagaan could not resist.

The characters of the movie are true to life and easy to empathise with. Some of the one liners are hard hitting, humorous and memorable. The rawness of the actors add a flavour and brightens up the screen every time they appear.

Some parts of the movie did remind me of the Mighty Ducks series and thus it was easy to predict what would happen next. However full credit to Chak De, for not letting boredom set in even once.

The matches in the end are well shot. They have worked on the body language of players, although they could have added some detailed shots of game strategy. The penalty shots in the end could also have been made more exciting and gripping.

But overall it is a nice watch especially for girls.

Chak De!!!



Bharti Bedi