Fresh
India is definitely Bollywood, ashamed of neither sentimentality nor predictability. Yet its sharp-eyed view of Indian society makes for a world of difference from old-style, sugar-coated Bollywood films.
Kirk Honeycutt, Hollywood Reporter
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Chak De! India
Overview
A team of rag-tag girls with their own agenda form Team India competing for international fame in field hockey. Their coach, the ex-men's Indian National team captain, returns from a life of shame after being unjustly accused of match fixing in his last match. Can he give the girls the motivation required to win, while dealing with the shadows of his own past?
Director and cast
- Shimit Amin Director
- Shah Rukh Khan as Kabir Khan
- Vidya Malvade as Vidya Sharma
- Sagarika Ghatge as Preeti Sabarwal
- Shilpa Shukla as Bindia Naik
- Chitrashi Rawat as Komal Chautala
- Tanya Abrol as Balbir Kaur
- Arya Menon as Gul Iqbal
- Seema Azmi as Rani Dispotta
- Nisha Nair as Soimoi Kerketa
- Sandia Furtado as Nethra Reddy
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
94%
Tomatometer
Fresh
Weaves its familiar story with some fresh textures and even manages to invest the conflict on the field with a resonance that transcends the tick-tock turnover of the numerals on the scoreboard.
David Chute, L.A. Weekly
Fresh
A patriotic heartwarmer that scores some old-fashioned entertainment goals despite its flaws.
Derek Elley, Variety
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