Chak De India

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Chak De India चक दे इन्दिया چک دے انڈیا
Directed by	Shmit Amin
Produced by	Aditya Chopra Yash Chopra
Written by	Shimit Amin Jaideep Sahni
Starring	Shahrukh Khan Vidya Malvade Saahil Luthra (Australia)
Music by	Salim Merchant Sulaiman Merchant
Cinematography	Vishal Sinha
Editing by	Shimit Amin
Distributed by	Yash Raj Films
Release date(s)	August,\ 2007
Country	India
Language	Hindi/Urdu

Chak De India (Hindi: चक दे इन्दिया, Urdu: چک دے انڈیا) is a forthcoming Bollywood film, to be directed by Shimit Amin starring Shahrukh Khan and Vidya Malvade in lead roles. The movie revolves around the story a hockey coach for a girl's team and a young Sikh girl who wants to join the hockey team but does not get the approval of her parents ^[1].

The film will be Amin's second directorial venture after Ab Tak Chhappan which was produced by Ram Gopal Varma.The film will be shot at the State Netball Hockey Centre in Melbourne, a media report said here. Chak De! India (Go India) follows the story of a disgraced playerplayed by Bollywood heartthrob Shah Rukh Khan who returns to the game as the coach of an Indian women's hockey team. Salaam Namaste was the first such film produced completely in Australia, and was shot at some popular locations including the Great Ocean Road with a budget of USD 2.5 millions. The first shot was done on athe spacious Sports Club of Bharat Petroleum in a suburb of Mumbai.

Shahrukh Khan will be seen sporting a beard in the film as his character in the film is a Muslim. According to him in a recent interview, Shahrukh plays a guy who is a little sad in life. He has just one aim, which is to see the Indian tri-coloured flag hoisted with all the other countries’ flags. He lives this dream and the story unfolds as he starts to coach a hockey team to bring fame to his country ^[2]. The girls are being put through a rigorous exercise regime and all their activities are being shot to be later telecasted in a reality show format playing a part in the film's promotion later on ^[3].The team arrives in Australia to play for the women’s world cup and that is when their struggle begins for dignity and self respect.

The film, produced by Yash Chopra, will have the duo, Salim and Sulaiman composing the music. The music of the film is said to in sync with the film. Editing will be handled by Amin himself who previously worked as an editor before venturing into direction. Cinematography is handled by Vishal Sinha who previously worked with Amin in Ab Tak Chappan. Jaideep Sahni writes the film ^[4].

To promote the film later on, Aditya Chopra, the producer of the film shot a few behind the scenes segments to be used as teasers during film promotions. Shooting for these scenes took place at Yash Raj Studios during the month of June 2006 ^[5].

The entire film will be shot at several locations in Australia including Melbourne, Sydney and Brisbane ^[6]. Yash Raj Films had previously shot Salaam Namaste in Australia. The shooting for the film has just recently begun. The first schedule of the film will be shot at studios in Mumbai, India. The team of the film will later head to Australia for the second schedule of the film ^[7]. Yash Raj Films plan to release the film on the month of August next year ^[5].