CHAK DE INDIA (ORIGINAL BOLLYWOOD DVD)(PLUG & PLAY)

Hidden gem. Easy to look past the obvious sports movie cliches because of the team spirit and relationships

EX Indian Hockey Captain, Kabir Khan (Shah Rukh Khan) returns years later to Coach an all girls hockey team, a team consisting of the "best players" picked from various states in India. Can they play together as a team for India or will they play with the attitude that each thinks themselves the best? Through insults and disagreements from the girls, then his decision to resign, Kabir Khan uses situations and wisdom in making difficult decisions. He is tough with the girls because he knows how it feels to lose a World Championship game having come so close to winning, and the degradation and burden of that loss. No one lets you forget! So he constantly advocates playing as a team because it is the only way to play for India and win the World Championship. He succeeds in getting them to the World Championship games after the decision to play against a men's hockey team became the deciding factor. The men, a professional team, were impressed with their determination to make it through and that helped turn the decision in the girls favour. Having come this far, will Kabir Khan succeed in coaching his team to play for India and therefore win the World Championship games for their country, especially after the initial game of 0 goals for India, and 7 goals for Australia? A more serious role for Shah Rukh Khan! A great movie to have!

This is an interesting and entertaining sports movie. The outer wrapping was dusty and made me think I was getting an old used video. But inside it was brand new and in good condition. Maybe it is my lack of technical knowledge, but I couldn't find how to make it fill the screen. The story and acting from everyone is wonderful and one of my three favorites starring Shah Rukh Khan. (The other two are: Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi, and Jab Tak Hai Jaan. And though Don 2 and Ra One are tacky in the beginning, I still like the movies.) SRK plays a serious role in this film and did a marvelous job. There isn't any singing and dancing like there are in many of his other Bollywood movies. I think they used one of his songs as background music in a few of the scenes, but it didn't distract you from the serious subject matter. One of the aspects I appreciate about the roles I've seen him in so far, is that he is not abusive toward women, but respects and believes in their freedom and abilities. It makes me wonder if he is like that in real life.

I don't know how many people have noticed this, but Preity's sexist and obnoxious boyfriend is practically a double of India's current young vice-captain and star, Mahendra Singh Dhoni-- put their portraits together and you can hardly tell the difference, except that Dhoni's hair is more tousled, his pic was taken in the open air. Which is too bad, because Dhoni is one of the nicest guys around-- always encouraging his players, leading by example, and modest almost to a fault in one-on-one interviews. I am proud to call him a fellow Delhi-wallah, too. If more had been shown of the boyfriend's cricketing talents, we might have thought better of him-- but naah, let him fester in his sexist juices-- Preity's heave-ho of her boyfriend at the end of the movie was well and truly deserved. Chak de, Dhoni.

This is a fantastic movie, with all actors doing a great job. I forgot they were even acting, which is a good sign they're doing a great job! I liked it more than alot of cliched sports movies where there's an underdog team. This doesn't just have to do with the making of an Indian hockey team, but the empowerment of women and focusing more on women in sports. It is a really feel-great movie, and of course, it's an added bonus that Shah Rukh Khan stars in it!Just on a side note: I received my blu ray of this movie in excellent condition, all region, with English subtitles and at a great price through one of the vendors here, Dancing Dolphin LLC, in case anyone wants to make sure they get a good version.

Chak De is a great movie to watch. I watched it with my 7th and 8th grade students and they seemed to really enjoy it. They really liked the music, too! I had one student who tried to download it on his I-pod. He liked the Chak De song that much. We had to read the subtitles, but that was okay for them. It was a good experience. For 6th grade students, I think the subtitles would be too difficult to read. I would recommend showing this movie to 7th-12th grade students. We were studying the Indus Valley (Social Studies), so I thought this movie had a connection to what India is like today. Very good movie!!!

This is a really good movie. We did not recognize SRK in this film at first. We watched it on Netflix, but decided to buy it here for a good price. There is a bit of violence in one scene. There is a scene where an engaged couple wake up in the same bed. No bad language that we could hear. No real religious elements, either. It is one of those Sports movies where the rag-tag team has to learn to work together to succeed.

Wow!!! After watching this on Netflik streaming, I had to order it from Amazon for all the special features. You can't beat this movie for all the drama that goes on in team sports. Will highly consider purchasing the Blu-Ray version for $10 more after viewing the standard dvd and giving it to my middle school athlete to watch, for this film captures the true spirit of team sports. Simply excellent. Lessons learned are transferable to all other team sports: basketball, soccer, rugby, la cross, water polo, etc. A movie such as this should help facilitate a coaches job after viewing by the team.

Super

one of the few films where i was able to bear shah rukh khan. i am not a fan of his, but i enjoyed this movie.primarily because of the other cast. loved all the ladies in the film. great characters all. nicely made film. feels good to see india win it all in the end. the best part about SRK in this film is that his character is downplayed.

This is a great movie to have in collection. The DVD production is qualitative. The price is good too. Amazon service is topnotch and trouble free. Have bought it during offer so quite a good deal.

Its superb, motivational, patriotic movies. One of the materpieces released by Yashraj Films. The Disc is good. Must see movie before u die. Received in good condition, Thanks Amazon

This is a must for Bollywood movie fans. This two disc edition of one of the greatest sports movies from Bollywood is a treat to own...Highly recommended...