Nevertheless, the film is a pleasant enterprise for Shah Rukh Khan and Rani Mukherjee fans and indeed fans of modern, light-entertainment Indian cinema. Rani Mukherjee is good, but we expected more, especially when compared with her previous performances in Mujhse Dosti Karogeand more so Saathiya. What makes this movie worth seeing is the presence of the two top Bollywood stars Shahrukh Khan and Rani Mukherjee in highly emotional scenes and dance. A musical dance fiesta around Athens University, Lycabetos Hill, the Olympic Stadium and Plaka culminates in a long romantic walk into the sunset on the picturesque island of Mykonos, as Cupid’s wound begins to heal.Ĭhalte Chalte, a modern romance, saw a return to mainstream popularity for Shah Rukh Khan, but it falls short of expectations and does not come close to his exceptional films Ashoka or Devdas. But when they eventually marry, new tensions threaten their relationship.
Middle class boy Raj ( Shahrukh Khan), who runs his own truck driving company, accidentally meets fashion designer Priya ( Rani Mukherjee), who was born in Greece, falls for her charms and fights against all odds, pursuing her all the way from India to Athens, to win her love. It focuses on a theme that is gaining popularity in India recently: life after marriage. Jatin-Lalit and Aadesh Srivastav composed the music, while the lyrics are by Javed Akhtar.Ĭhalte Chalte, which means “walking”, is an average “masala” (mix of spices) Bollywood movie, is a romantic story dealing with basic human emotions. The movie is directed by Aziz Mirza himself and stars Shah Rukh Khan, Rani Mukherjee, Jas Arora, Satish Shah, Jayshree T, Rajiv Verma, Lillete Dubey and Johnny Lever. Going by Bollywood’s track record, we can expect to see more films set in unfamiliar locations in the future.Ĭhalte Chalte produced in 2003 by the trio Shahrukh Khan, Juhi Chawla and Aziz Mirza’s venture Dreamz Unlimited, is perhaps the first major Bollywood movie produced partly in India and partly in Greece. But recent Indian directors have begun to look to new and less familiar locations, such as Hungary, Egypt and now Greece.
No doubt, there has been an emphasis on the major centres of Indian immigration such as London and New York, as well as the mountainous landscapes of Switzerland and the long tropical beaches of Mauritius. Enormous amounts are spent in majestic environments and foreign countries for the production of the three-hour movies that offer to millions of Indians time-honoured values, cultural interchange and the chance to escape from everyday pressures. Bollywood, the Indian moviemaking industry, traces its roots to Bombay (now Mumbai) to the 1930s, and since then has been producing as many as 1,000 feature films annually in a variety of cities and scenic landscapes all over India and the world.
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