Before I begin my actual point let me just say that while I'm an avid movie buff, I don't actually see a lot of movies(certainly not one every Friday), I watch movies only that i think may be exceptional or movies that everybody harps about and pushes me to watch.Which brings me to the reason I watched Chak De so late after it's release.
I finally did watch it yesterday, and what a movie it was!! We clapped at EVERY goal, uttered some expletives at the enemy team and screamed with delight every time we won.
OH MY GOD! It was totally amazing and soo real despite most of the girls being first timers. The movie wasn't specifically about Shahrukh Khan, and not even about the much hyped Mir Ranjan. It was about Hockey by girls in a nation obsessed with cricket and producing boys.
It was about overcoming obstacles and going all out, about declaring war, about going against the odds. It was about showing some male chauvinists what a team of "docile" girls can do.
It was about swallowing your pride for the country and playing as ONE.
I could still write more about the movie but I'm only going to say that Anyone who hasn't seen it should get up- right Now and catch the next show.
