Chalte Chalte (2003)

People are voting emotionally.

Highly Overrated But Still Good

The story-telling is good with flashbacks.The film is both funny and heartbreaking. You smile in a scene and get a soulcrushing revelation in the next.

Very good movie overall, highly recommended. Most of the negative reviews don't have any merit and are all pollitically based. Give this movie a chance at least, and it might give you a different perspective.

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.

I loved the message from the film that "Quarelling of sweethearts may express their love"! That should be a great lesson for the people who says "Marriage is a tomb of love" Keeping all respect to the privacy of SRK's personal life, I would like to say, there are some of things in the film what I have read about Shahrukh Khan's life. Why? In Chalte Chalte, one can see something similar to the following: SRK: I love Gaurima because she is so honest and she complements me. Gauri teaches me how to be diplomatic… She had taught me to… put my clothes in the proper place… (SRK Biography) And a lot of more... I think, because of this, this film is very very close to reality.It is my very personal feeling is that Ash Rai would play Priya's character better than Rani did. It is also my personal feeling is that Rani is not able to show her excellent acting ability especially, when she acts with SRK. Her emotions look somehow artificial. Even when she is crying, I see a little of light of smile on her face... But, I am sure she is one of the best actress of Bollywood.Everybody wants to describe the style of SRK in different level. SRK uses always one style! Non-repetitiveness!!!

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.

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.