I also think Rohit Shetty is one of the few directors in the country right now who has a genre of his own which we call the Rohit Shetty genre.
Shah Rukh: We have these holiday period films, where the idea is for the whole family to come down, from the ages of seven to seventy. What is the unique selling point of Chennai Express? So it is not something which has decidedly been made to attract an audience from down south. The whole situational comedy and concept of this film is whether you understand the language and culture or not, love conquers all. Sometimes the people in the north do not understand the language of the south, as India is a vast country. Some of the finest films in the country are made from there. Shah Rukh: There is a whole culture of South Indian films – Tamil, Telugu and Malayalam films, which are brilliant.
Is Chennai Express aiming to capitalise on the growing influence of South Indian cinema and Bollywood remakes? With all that in mind BollySpice was eager to hear from the stars themselves what they had to say about Chennai Express and report that straight back to you all… Oh and not to forget in Shah Rukh Khan’s own words “My films belong here”.
Add to that the largest cinema release of any Hindi film in the U.K ever and potentially you have the biggest box office film here yet. Put the three of them together and you have perhaps the biggest Bollywood film of the year. Rohit Shetty delivered another superhit last year with Bol Bachchan. Shah Rukh Khan and Deepika were last seen together in 2007 superhit Om Shanti Om.