Shah Rukh Khan was immensely praised for his performance as the tainted Hockey captain.
One of the very few sports movies that have managed to impress the critics and audiences alike, ‘Chak De! India’ was also one of the best Shah Rukh Khan works till date. The critically acclaimed movie has completed eight years in Bollywood today and to celebrate this feat, SRK’s fans and followers joined hand and made the topic ‘8 Years of Chak De India’ trend on Twitter.
The topic has been trending for more than 12 hours now.
In the movie that released in 2007, Shah Rukh Khan played an Indian Hockey player and captain, who was alleged to have “thrown” the final match between India and arch-rival Pakistan in an act of sympathy towards Pakistan. Seven years later, the tainted player comes back and guides the underdog Women’s Hockey team to an unprecedented victory over world champions Australia and gain his dignity back.
The ‘Sattar minute’ sequence from the movie went on to become one of the most celebrated dialogues of that time and is famous till today. ‘Chak De! India’ taught important lessons about team building, team spirit, commitment, integrity and patriotism.
Shah Rukh Khan was immensely praised for his performance as the tainted Hockey captain.
SRK’s character named Kabir Khan in the movie draws parallels from former Hockey captain Mir Ranjan Negi. However, screenwriter Jaideep Sahni had reportedly denied this and said that the similarity was just coincidental.
SRK also thanked the crew members and his team of girls.
Chak De India.Thx Shimit Adi SudeepDa Jaideep Salim Suleiman Amitabh & whole crew. & most special my beautiful Girls. pic.twitter.com/yr9Vm8bgLJ
— Shah Rukh Khan (@iamsrk) August 10, 2015
Fans took to Twitter to share deleted scenes, some emotional moments and striking dialogues from the movie.
Perhaps the most inspiring scene pulled off perfectly by the most inspiring actor, SRK. 8 Years Of Chak De India https://t.co/44Y5jSIhFk
— SRK Universe (@SRKUniverse) August 10, 2015
8 Years Of Chak De India – One of Shahrukh’s best performance and deserves in his top-10 best movies! #CDI
— Vijay (@Vijay_SRK) August 10, 2015
COACH KABIR KHAN. #HappyMood… 8 Years of Chak de india @iamsrk pic.twitter.com/8FaB10sBde
— OCEAN OF LOVE™ (@sagar_kalariya) August 10, 2015
“You don’t need strength to make a team. You need team spirit.” 8 Years Of Chak De India @iamsrk pic.twitter.com/QijMxMxcXn
— SRKUniverse Malaysia (@SRKUniverseMsia) August 10, 2015
Deleted Scenes – Part 4 – Chak De India | 8 Years Of Chak De India #8YearsOfChakDeIndia http://t.co/EP0bs7see9 pic.twitter.com/cCpcePFqnF
— ♡♔SRKCHENNAIFC♔♡™ (@SRKCHENNAIFC) August 10, 2015
Shah Rukh Khan also took to Twitter to thank the whole team of the movie.
Chak De India.Thx Shimit Adi SudeepDa Jaideep Salim Suleiman Amitabh & whole crew. & most special my beautiful Girls. pic.twitter.com/yr9Vm8bgLJ
— Shah Rukh Khan (@iamsrk) August 10, 2015
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