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I quite like this film. It seems superficially like Saathiya but is also quite different. Shahrukh plays a self made small time transport business owner and is a very down to earth character. He meets a rich high society girl, played by Rani, and falls for her. He "misplaces" her and then after much searching finds her only to be told she is marrying an old friend in Greece. So off to Greece we go and by the end of the trip she is convinced she loves this man - she never did profess to love her childhood friend. They marry and then the story takes us into an inside look at the marriage between two opposites. Sparks fly, fights are followed by reconciliations until there is an irreconcilable misunderstanding over money and a major rift occurs. She goes off to her family, and he is left to pine... There is an inevitable happy ending, but do things resolve themselves as expected? Not really, and this is where I find Chalte Chalte most endearing. It is quite usual to show "reformed" characters, ideal solutions, in Hindi cinema. Chalte Chalte tells us that in relationships one must accept one's partner for what he or she is and not expect that they will magically be altered or reformed to fit our idealized version.

I found SRK's portrayal of Raj the transport biz owner very authentic. His romancing Priya (Rani) was sweet and never very over the top - yes I even liked the hokey feel of Gumshuda, and Suno Na Suno Na was divine in sound and picturization. The same old romantic dude? Perhaps, but much more vulnerable and real this time around. I liked his drunk act, his trashing the apartment. The one OTT moment was at the airport. Rani was fabulous as Priya, stunning in looks and in her conflicts with Raj. This movie was when I first felt that she was a serious actress. Taube Tumahre yeh Ishare - that was one sweet love ballad. Lillette Dubey was a little OTT but I like her so that was no big deal.

The music was good, and Prem Nagariya reminded me so much of Aisa Des hai mera (Veer Zaara) - but it came before!! Overall - I gave Chalte Chalte an 8 because I liked the story, the music, the acting and most of all the reality that it is hard for human beings to change what is their true nature.

Priya's (Rani Muherjee) performance as a controlling, dominating, "Nit picking" "Neat freak" wife was excellent +! Raj's(Shahrukh Khan)performance as a hard worker, responsible, faithful and romantic husband was Outstanding! Music, songs and dances were beautiful, lively and sexy. They looked like a lovely couple. They loved each other very much and were faithful to each other but it appeared that there were personality conflicts, and family class differences between them because Priya was from a upper class family and Raj was from a middle class family. According to Priya's family, Sameer was the ideal husband for pry, but Priya chose Raj as her husband.

Priya's aunt interfered in Priya's and Raj's marriage. She did not approve Priya's new friends whom she had met through Raj. She also did not approve Priya's life style and believed Priya was not leading a life style that her family had dreamed and had hoped for her.

Raj was positively proud of his hard work and his accomplishments as a business man. Knowing that how Priya's family felt about him, he felt inferior when he was around Priya's family especially aroungd Aunt Anna and Sameer as Sameer was the person Priya's parents had chosen for her as an ideal husband.

Priya did not compliment Raj in a party that was hosted by Sameer although she complimented Sameer. Feeling inferior and insecure, Raj had to ask a waiter about his suit and Watch while Priya was dancing with Sameer.

At home, Priya refused to eat dinner after Raj had complimented her cooking. She also refused to hug him after he had brought her flowers and vegetables and had washed the dishes after coming home working all day while Priya was a home maker.

Raj ran into financial difficulties with his business. He did not approach his father asking for help. He did not go to her relatives or friends asking for help. Priya did not approach her father for help. She did not go to her relatives and friends either. She went to Smaeer asking for help. He gave her 2.5 million rupees as a favior. Priya falsified to Raj about where she received the funds. When Raj had found out about from whom she got the money from, the hell broke loose. Later, Sameer made it look like only a loan.

Although Priya had admitted to Sameer it was wrong for her to accept money from Sameer, she never appolagized to Raj for accepting the money.

No one in the world is perfect. There are no perfect marriages in the whole world. Raj took all the blames. He fell on his keens and publicly appoligized to Priya, Aunt Anna and Sameer for every problems in their marriage.

Raj is a hard worker, family type of person, he loved Priya very very much and was a faithful husband to her.

After considering the type of person Raj is and if some like Raj was to be my husband, I would have eaten my dinner with him. I would have greeted him at the door with a hug or kiss when he had arrived with vegetables and flowers. I would not have nagged him every night about petty things until he had exploded. As a home maker, I would have put away his shoes and would have hung up his jacket after he had returned home from a hard day of work. I would have appoligized for being a nagging wife. I would have apolagized for requesting and accepting money from Sameer because it takes at least two to tangle

Chalte Chalte (`Walk Along') is a mainstream Bollywood romance that goes one better. Instead of leaving you at the altar to assume that `they lived happily ever after', Chalte Chalte takes you inside the marriage after Boy meets Girl, Boy wins Girl, to experience Man faces the realities of life with Woman.

Start with Raj (Shah Rukh Khan), a middle class guy who owns a small transport company. Raj is messy, impulsive, quick tempered: a guy who acts in haste and repents at leisure. One day he bumps into Priya (Rani Mukerjee), a beautiful, sophisticated upper-class fashion designer born in Greece and raised in luxury. Priya is organized and efficient; passionate, but always proper. Also a bit of a snob, she assumes Raj is merely a truck driver and snubs him accordingly.

Love blossoms, but the road to happiness is never smooth in Bollywood: Priya becomes engaged to her childhood friend, Sameer, a wealthy businessman from Priya's world of money and privilege. Raj, not wanting to spend the rest of his life regretting `if only' follows Priya to Greece to convince her that he, not Sameer, is the man of her dreams. Not so amazingly, he manages to succeed.

Your typical Bolly romance would be running the end credits about now, but we're just at the interval. The rest of the film switches from sun and sea drenched beauty of Greece to the mundane colors of Mumbai, and Raj's messy apartment. Now daily life intrudes, and Raj is left trying to keep the grand promises he so easily made when Priya was a prize to be obtained.

Chalte Chalte provides a mature look into a marriage, not of two movie stars, but of Mr. and Mrs. Anybody. The charm, or the drawback, depending on how you view it, is that the film has no real plot, no villains, no heros. Just real people doing the best they can with what they have, and with whom they've chosen. The problems Raj and Priya face are problems that all married people the world over face every day: disapproving in-laws, money problems, personality clashes, and on and on. The film works best for me on its most mundane level: arguments over wet towels on the bed, shoes on the floor, appointments missed, arguments about anything and everything, and then the making up, the kissing and cooing and apologies before starting another round.

Most of the performances in Chalte are solid. The supporting players, including Satish Shah and Lilette Dubay are wonderful, and though a handful of new-comers intrude on the flow of the film from time to time, their presence helps develop the story and provide narration and a bit of comic relief. The usually shrill and obnoxious Johnny Lever shows some welcome restraint this time, and creates an endearingly poignant character who helps tell the story in yet another way.

Rani Mukerjee, in my opinion one of India's best actresses, is stunning, both in appearance and in her acting. She exudes a warmth, a naturalness and a realness that makes you want to be her best friend, or her lover. With her exotic amber eyes and husky voice she is spellbinding in all her scenes, an intriguing mixture of sexy sophistication and little girl charm rolled into one.

But this movie belongs to Shah Rukh Khan, and no mistake. Coming after the opulent success of Devdas, and the larger than life Asoka, Raj is Everyman, a regular guy with money problems, wife problems, ego problems, problems, problems, problems. Khan is brilliant, and totally believable as a middle class business owner, struggling to keep up with everyday life. Usually prone to bursts of hammy over-acting, in Chalte Chalte he is restrained and controlled in every scene. Even in those moments when Raj is rampaging over his wife's well-intentioned betrayal, or on his knees humiliating himself in a crowded airport in front of Priya's snooty relatives, begging her not to leave him, Khan never goes over the top in his acting. Gone is the bratty charmer of Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge: this Raj is a mature, sensitive lover, and a bumbling husband, willing in the end to sacrifice even his male Indian pride for his love. Shah Rukh Khan has a definite gift for creating complex characters who don't fall easily into good-guy, bad-guy categories, and Chalte Chalte's Raj is one of those characters. The story has a definite (and intentional) been-there-done-that feel, but Khan is the reason to watch it all one more time.

There are those who say the movie has no ending, no resolution, and at first viewing I was one of them. But on second viewing I came away feeling that both Raj and Priya had in fact learned important lessons about each other and themselves. Priya, coming from the upper classes does not at first understand the inner demons Raj has to grapple with, knowing he is from a lower class, and that however successful he might become, to Priya's snobbish Anna Aunty he will never be more than a truck driver. Raj has to learn to put aside his ego if he wishes to remain with Priya, and respect her feelings and attachments, even though they are uncomfortable for him. In the end they both realize that life goes on, you do your best and forgive each other's flaws and mistakes, and love will get you through. Chalte Chalte.

The music of Chalte Chalte is a good mix. There are a couple of catchy tunes that will grab you immediately, a couple of ballads that might have to grow on you, and a couple of poignant numbers that I found to be hauntingly evocative during the sadder moments of the film. At times the background score does become a bit loud and intrusive, but on the whole I found it to be quite beautiful. The choreography was nice, if not overly exuberant (perhaps due to Khan's highly publicized back problems), the cinematography is gorgeous, and there are some dialogues and scenes that will stay with you long after the film has ended.

There are a couple of scenes that I would have trimmed, most notably the climax which starts out very movingly, but then lags a bit because of length, and the fact that the entire cast are in danger of drowning in glycerine. But Chalte Chalte is a thoughtful offering that will leave you pondering after the closing credits.

After a long time here is a film which entertains,delights and leaves one gasping at the brilliant acting. There are brief tedious patches when Shahrukh Khan and Rani are not on screen but those are few and far between. The story is very everyday -boy meets girl, falls instantly in love and wooes successfully this girl who is bit out of his world. But the Shahrukh charm is such that one wonders how she could have contemplated even for a week the thought of marrying some other chap even if she knew him from childhood. Delightful wooing scenes, lovely songs, very charming and sexy marriage episodes followed by quarrels. These are so believable that the audience is left gasping at the audacity of the rows. Luckily a happy ending and one is left feeling good and satisfied. I shall be very disappointed if SRK does not win every award for this year's best acting. Cant wait to see other Shahrukh films due this year.

I really liked this movie even if it's true in some scenes we feel bored and I think it could be better done.

Yet the songs are really nice. The landscapes also (especially the one in Europe). The story is simple but I think it was the intention of the producer (to produce something which relates the reality).

I give 7/10 to this movie especially for the songs and for the landscapes which take us miles away at least during 3 hours so we forget our problems and daily life to enter in the world of 2 "different" kind of lovers which 2 opposite personalities.

To watch more than one time because really enjoyable songs, musics and landscapes!

Although I had great fears that this film would not live up to my expectations, I am happy to say that in almost every way this film was outstanding.

First let me get my only quibble out of the way--the ending was too rushed, too abrupt and too unrealistic--we needed more closure.

Otherwise, this was an outstanding movie in every way--from SRK's acting to the supporting characters to Rani's clothes to the absolute realism of the couple's post-marriage fights--I cringed with every word they spoke, watching how two people who loved each other so much could tear themselves apart so easily.

I commend the writer for not making either SRK or Rani's character's perfect; they were both flawed and both to blame for what happened. This is indeed the truth of any marriage--there are two equal partners, and very rarely is it more one person's fault than the other's no matter what people think.

On a purely shallow note--SRK continues to look as good as ever (though he has lost weight, poor babe, due to his recent ill health) and continues to remind us why Gauri is one of the luckiest women on earth!!

It was also good to see an indian film in which the actress did not feel that a string bikini was adequate attire--Rani wore sexy, stunning clothes, and never felt the need to undress the way the actresses in, for example, Andaaz did-- costume directors take note--this is how real women dress- elegant, revealing when necessary, but never vulgar.

All in all, apart from the ending, I would give this movie easily 9/10

Go See!!!!!!!!!!!

I was expecting a good movie, but even with Shahrukh and Rani it was a complete disappointment.

I absolutely adore this movie! I've noticed that films produced by Shah Rukh himself tend to end up in my TOP-10 list -- Asoka, Main Hoon Na. And the same happened with Chalte Chalte -- it's definitely one of my favorites now, right up there with Kuch Kuch Hota Hai and DDLJ, if not better.

I really love the SRK--Rani jodi. They both gave great performances and looked really convincing and sweet as a couple. I was so rooting for Raj and Priya to be happy and together in this film that the viewing turned into a very emotional experience for me, which I didn't expect at all, having read some rather lukewarm reviews.

Rani looks absolutely stunning (well, as usual) and very feminine. Shah Rukh oozes charm and charisma in a really complex role. I personally just loved his character -- with all his flaws and insecurities. Together they are just way too cute.

I liked how realistic and unpretentious this film was, liked the drama in the second half, loved the music and all the songs. They are all outstanding.

Overall, I think it was a very well made film that really endeared itself to my heart. Not one boring scene (except for the very beginning -- I really thought that subplot could have been done away with), and Johnny Lever was great -- hilarious in most scenes (in an unusual role), serious and adding to the drama in others.

I'm just grateful that this film exists.

The story begins at a bowling alley. A man arrives and introduces his new fiancée to his friends and they sit to have drinks. During this time, they end up talking about a wonderful real life love story...the story of Raj (Shah Rukh Khan) and Priya (Rani Mukerji).

Raj owns a small trucking company and one day Priya passes him and then parks in front of his truck to tell him what an idiot driver he is. Well, she's obviously not the world's best driver, as she left her car in neutral without the parking brake engaged...and soon her car rolls away and down an embankment!

A bit later, Raj arrives at a friend's wedding. Soon Priya also arrives and begins telling her friends about the idiot truck driver she met. She doesn't realize he's standing behind her listening! When she realizes it, her anger cools and she realizes she's been a putz. Soon they are talking and hit it off.

Priya needs to go to her aunt's home and has no way to get there, so the gallant and love-struck Raj offers to drive her. They have a wonderful time during this drive and she gives him her phone number...which is soon lost when his clothes are washed with the number in his pocket! After 20 days of searching, he finds her...only to learn in the interim she's become engaged to a childhood friend back in Athens.

When she flies back to Athens, Raj follows...hoping to convince her and her family to let him marry her instead. Fortunately for Raj, the flight is diverted to nearby Mykonos due to weather problems*. During this time, they fall further in love and he eventually drives her home to Athens.

When her fiancé learns what has occurred, he's a real nice guy and agrees to break the engagement and so Raj and Priya marry. Now this is where the story from the bowling alley ends. Soon we see that Priya and Raj did NOT have a happily ever after...and their marriage is rocky, in part due to finances involving Raj's trucking company and Raj's inferiority complex because he's not rich. After all, he's a working guy and she's used to the finer things in life...and he wants to provide them to her. In desperation, Priya goes to her old fiancé, Sameer, and asks him for a loan. When Raj learns of this, he assumes the worst and the marriage is in even worse trouble. Is there any hope for this pretty couple? Well, considering it's an Indian romance, it's not hard to guess.

I found this movie very strange...like two different movies. The part before Raj and Priya married was wonderful...and I adored it. The other portion, however, was tough to like at times because several times Raj seemed like a real jerk in the way he treated his wife. I found this really made it tough to love...especially when he learns who provided the needed money and he yells at her and verbally abuses her. I'd give the first part a 9 and the last a 3 because Raj was so hard to like...to the point where I wanted them to divorce! And the ending...well, it really fell flat and I'll say no more.

*Nearly all the Indians who watch this film probably never traveled to Greece and never will. The filmmakers assumed this because the Mykonos in the film looks, at least at times, like Athens...because it IS Athens! Despite being a busy vacation spot, Mykonos is small...and Athens is enormous!! I recognized several places from my visit, including the Olympic stadium. Also, it is odd that Priya never speaks Greek even though she was born and raised there....and the locals all seem to know English or Hindi! I understand why they did this...it made watching the story easier.

Chalte chalte wasn't a Blockbuster Hit, but more of a Quite big Hit. It is a simple tale of a man who loves a girl about to get married to someone else. The main theme of the film is the second half where after marriage both couple have regular fights which lead to separation. Shahrukh Khan is One of the Best Actors of Bollywood, delivering a amazing role. Rani Mukherjee is the Best Actress of Bollywood. This movie is an example of the kind of superb actress she is. Originally Aishwarya Rai was suppose to play her part, Thank god she didn't. I don't think Aish has good acting skills enough to play a challenging role like Rani has played. Rani has given us Hit Movies with amazing acting in the past. Yuva, Hum Tum, Chori chori and Black are some of her Best work. Rani is a very charming, Beautiful Actress and looking at her interviews, she appears to be very Smart and Confident. I enjoyed this movie very much, Rani looked very sexy in the song Tauba. Recommended to all viewers.

I was very disappointed with this film. Besides playing every Bollywood cliché to the hilt, this film was nothing more than a rehash of the Manirathnam quiet hit "Saathiya".

Basic story - boy falls in love with girl, get married despite misgivings/objections from parents/coming from different backgrounds blah blah blah and then realising that life is not a bed of roses. Cracks appear, they get separated, but love conquers. They live happily ever after. Not really but I did not dwell on the open ending of the film - the whole film did not have an impact me.

SRK denied that the film was a lift off Saathiya but the basic premise was the same - only thing is Manirathnam handled it much better and with greater sensitivity.

Plus point is the music. I loved it.

The SRK stalwarts were there - Rani Mukherjee, Johnny Lever, Satish Shah, Lillete Dubey. What a waste of JL, I cringed every time there was a scene with him.

The 1976 Chalte Chalte was a classic. What a pity that in future when people mention CC, it's SRK's film that is being referred to.

I don't know why, but I get the feeling that a lot of the so-called critics mocking the way Hindi movies are done, are thinking it just isn't right.

I for one have come to accept the whole song and dance routine, the sometimes awful acting and outrageous production. (don't expect the song and dance routines to go away anytime soon guys, the companies make just as much money through their sales, as the movie, if not more than the movie takes in!)

But credit where credit is due. As I am writing this post at an early 4:30 on the 8th sept, the intro screen for the Chalte Chalte DVD is on repeat.

Having just watched (which always seems to make me apprehensive as to what I might be letting myself in for while I put any Hindi movie on) Chalte Chalte, I was totally blown away!

I never thought I was one for Hindi movies (I have a collection of over 400 Hollywood movies) because I believed that they were just silly! but, I have been proved wrong! Shah Rukh Khan is, as usual, fabulous, the story touches on a subject that most Asian families would rather sweep under the mat and put on fake smiles to!

But this is exactly what makes Chalte Chalte a cut above the rest movie, and where, in my opinion, is beginning to show how everything within these movies are progressing to higher levels.

Rani Mukherji has also put in a great performance as the trying to get blood out of a stone wife of SRK.

I would recommend Chalte Chalte to anyone whether you are die hard Hindi fans or not! My perceptions towards Hindi movies have completely changed after watching a string of titles... give it a bit more time, and I'm sure even western movie fans will be singing their praise! :)

I really enjoyed it.It was throughly enjoyable.The story was really good.It was a mature love story.It was very realistic and a typical one too.Scenes were really exciting.Dialogs and script were great.The first half was really enjoyable because of comedy and romance.Second half had drama but was still enjoyable.The chemistry was remarkable.The direction was very good.Acting was phenomenal.Shah Rukh Khan and Rani Mukherjee have given superb performances.Others are good.The comedy was very entertaining and funny.I don't know why Aziz Mirza made Kismat Konnection which was simply horrific after this.Songs are catchy and enjoyable.Any way,Watch this you will enjoy it

I don't know why Sharukh Khan does this to his production.

He works better with other producers and directors...

But with His own production... he is lost..

Make something that makes sense in 2003.

Very Bad movie indeed.

Wastage of very important resources for no meaning.

All movies made by Shahrukh Khan production has flopped at box office.

I like to know why he doing like this with his own money.

Good Luck in future.

Thanks and Regards.

Sam Rupani

Houston, Texas, United States of America.

Superstar shahrukh khan and rani excellent performance in this movie, abhijit bhattacharya and Sonu nigham sing excellent songs in this movie

I seriously am not a fan of Srk's films except some

His films mostly are too sugarcoated, larger then life.etc

This film is just a routine story and nothing great In fact SAATHIYA had a similar story which also had Rani in the same role but that is better

This is just an ordinary film with ordinary stuff

Of course Srk fans will find it great

It has SRK doing his usual comedy, romance, dance everything he has done before Even an airport scene

Direction by Aziz Mirza is ordinary Music is good

SRK does his usual stuff, Rani is as usual but looks gorgeous Jas Arora is okay Satish Shah and rest are okay

What can I say about Chalte Chalte?

The cast was excellent as were their portrayal of the individual characters, with Rani shining out the most. She has come a long way from her days in Ghulam, and with her last few performances, she is sure to take the place that Kajol held. She looks classic, acts flawlessly in both emotional and comedic scenes and seems natural. SRK, what is there to say about him hat has not already been said - he is on par with his other performances.

The story is entertaining and patchily scripted with a few flaws and surprises. I have to say that I expected a lot out of this movie, but inevitably it was a concatenation of a other bollywood movies with storylines being nicked from movies such as Saathiya, DDLJ and Hum Tumhare Hai Sanam. Never the less, the songs were good, direction was professional and it was good to see other locations apart from Switzerland.

I had to issues with this though: 1 - why did they not use Johnny Lever to his full potential?

2 - why is it necessary to have a happy ending? Priyas own words were: even though you love each other it is sometimes not possible for a couple to be together. This is a way of live. With their excellent portrayal of married couple squabbles, it was unjust to say that they would forget everything and go back to being a happy couple? IF they had separated as couples do, it would have being a truly realistic movie and a step for bollywood in acknowledging that all things are not lubby-dubby.

I watched this movie at first because of its poster (the other one) thinking it would be a fresh one. I wasn't disappointed. Actually it became one my favorite movies with its catchy songs and background music since the opening credits. The acting is one of the strongest points of the movie and the protagonists are never over the top (it's one of their best). Rani is delightful to the eye and SRK, what can i say about him? The cinematography is breathtaking with foreign locations. Story-wise; it's refreshing to see realist love stories that goes beyond the-guy-gets-his-girl sequence, which most of the movies end with. What happens after the assumed happy ending? That's what this movie shows.

This movie was very awful. The director seems had no mind set up on what he wanted to do. Movie starts as a comedy.. then becomes a Romance then a family drama. Mixing all these up is like mixing salt, sugar, vinegar and milk together. End result is BAD product.

• Shah Rukh Khan: Yet again he proves that he is totally non versatile actor. Once again he plays Raaj!! He is always SRK he never plays a character differently. His role has two dimension 1- The hyper SRK with his usual irritation when he wants to play a comic role and the shivering voice. 2- The OVERACTING romantic guy who tries desperately to make audiences cry. you will end laughing at the over acting he does rather than feeling pity for the character. One of his worst roles.

• Rani Mukherjee: She was nice at some parts when controlled and acted subtly. looked nice in the first half

• Music: Cheesy, bad, unnecessary. Songs were dumped here and there.

• Direction: TERRIBLE. Such directors should be sued for making such bad movies. Seriously doesn't Bollywood directors watch Hollywood Movies? or any international movies? I don't think so.

I love some of the Shah Rukh Khan movies. But this one was just another cliché love story with typical happy ending. Movie starts good as a comedy and some later parts are good as well. But later it changes to a family drama and romance. Overly acted scenes made me cringe in the last 20 minutes of movie. But I think SRK fans are going to enjoy it.

Chalte Chalte is no doubt a fully fledged Bollywood commercial venture with top stars, exotic foreign locations, expensive sets, colourful dances and melodious songs but at the same time it's a daring experiment in many ways. First of all, the story defies the set rules of development and plot construction: the boy and girl get married very early in the story and seemingly there is no emminent danger to their "living happily ever after" and at a time when you are expecting some external factors to pop up and spoil their happy marriage, the talented writer manages to create an effective and convincing internal conflict to keep the story within its logical confines. Secondly, the flash-back technique is used very intelligently: not merely for the sake of breaking the linear order of events, but to release the desired information in well calculated bits and pieces, inserted at the most appropriate places. Thirdly, the minor characters are so fully developed and so painstakingly dealt with that it reminds you of the great masters of characterisation in the Russian classics. It's a common observation in the Bollywood movies that the hero's friends or the heroine's female friends never match them in personality, performance or screen presence. The reason being two-fold: you can not financially afford to hire a good actor for a minor role and big stars are not available for minor roles anyway. The producer of Chalte Chalte however has manage to tackle this problem very successfully. He has hired a whole bunch of fresh faces...God knows from where?...and made them do exactly what was required. For the first time perhaps the status of a hero's minor friend has risen above an extra boy.

Finally I should pay tribute to Johny Leaver, who in his mellow role of a failed lover, has busted his own cliche of a jabbering clown.

After hearing that this movie is similar to 'Saathiya' i never had much expectations from it...also the promos never helped! However, after watching it, i was quite pleased with the film. Especially after the boring movies that are coming out lately! It was a similar story to 'saathiya' but it was treated in a completely different way. I thought the husband-wife arguments were more realistic in this movie than saathiya. The story really flowed well and the scene where Shahrukh drops Rani off to her home in Greece is a classic. It is so romantic and emotional. Overall i think the performances were excellent. Shahrukh khan really stole the show and he proved with this movie why he is no.1 The film is really worth watching and i assure you that you will not be dissapointed.

A lot has been said about the story line and stuff. I will confine myself to a few comments only: 1. Audiences go to the cinema hall for entertainment and any film that could hold them for 3 hrs is bound to be a hit. The one which has moments that could grip you in between does average business and rest are flops. Chalte Chalte with its music, acting, frames, screen play is one such film that grips you during the three hours of viewing and has all the ingredients of being a hit. 2. Shahrukh Khan once again shows why he rules Bollywood. Taking a wafer-thin plot all on his own to convert it into an Ace speaks volumes about the actors class. Anybody anywhere in hindi/urdu speaking communities can correlate himself to his role. After larger than life roles (and that too hits), the actor has managed to come up with a light film in a style and has shown why he is distinct in the best actor hall of Indian cinema. 3. This film might be the turning point of Rani Mukherjee's career and Aishwaria Rai might consider unlucky losing this film. 4. Aziz Mirza deserves full marks for keeping the story simple and executing it with style. 5. "Prem Nagarya" number reminds one of the 80's Yash Chopra or early 90's Rakesh Roshan numbers and is refreshing. 6. Chalte Chalte once again proves the fact that if a film is made keeping in view what audience wants, it will be a hit. Else, how could a film with a repeated theme, usual story line could be a hit.