'Chak de India' is reviving indian sports About the film

In the movie, released on Aug 10,2007, Shah Rukh plays the role of hockey coach Ka ir Khan, !ho turns a rag tag unch of hapless girls into a unit that goes on to !in the "orld #up on the silver screen$ %ovie #hak de India is a great success in India and in its first t!o !eeks this movie has earned more than 20 crore rupees$ &he story is ased on the real life story of former Indian goalkeeper %ir Ran'an (egi, !ho fell from grace after conceding seven goals against )akistan in the 1*+2 Asian ,ames final, after !hich he !as dropped from the side$ (egi, ho!ever, managed to e-tricate himself from disgrace y guiding the !omen team to #ommon!ealth ,ames glory in 2002$
In a country that eats, drinks and sleeps cricket, a movie on hockey certainly bucks the trend. So when Shah Rukh Khan waves the magic stick saying Chak De! India, the audience rises to cheer

Reasons in support
1$ .ormer hockey greats elieve the /olly!ood /adshah might 'ust score for the national sport in this regard 2$ 0ockey, !e all kno!, lags far ehind cricket, foot all and even tennis in the Indian popularity stakes$ 1$ 2ur sportsmen are making their mark internationally in other disciplines, ut the national sport is languishing 3$ there is all round appreciation that /olly!ood has decided to do something a out it$ 4$ SRK and Chak De India might 'ust e the shot in the arm that hockey so desperately needs, feel sports people !ho also follo! films 5$ It might encourage youth to take up hockey again$ 7$ .ormer Indian hockey captain 6hanra' )illai says positively , 7&his is the very first film ased on hockey and it is sure to pep up the youth$ +$ &alking of the status of Indian hockey currently, veteran player 8iren Ras9uinha says, 7Shah Rukh Khan:s film !ill definitely make this fascinating sport popular again$

*$ $ )arents push their children academically ut sports al!ays tends to take a ackseat$7 In Chak De India , the /olly!ood hero reportedly plays the role of former goalkeeper %R (egi !hose reputation !as tarnished !hen India lost the 1*+2 Asian ,ames final to )akistan$ 10$ &he film gives a push to !omen hockey players as it could revive pu lic interest in the dying game, !hich is also our national games,7 11$ &his film is a shift from a regular /olly!ood movie as it diverts from the usual and delves into the une-plored arena of sports$ 12$ .ilm ;#hak 6e<, in !hich /olly!ood superstar Shah Rukh Khan, !hile playing the role of the coach of national !omen=s hockey team, highlights the 9ualities of great nationalist and a genuine sportsman as %ir Ran'an (egi has een$ 11$ 7It is good to see that the culture of sports movies is gro!ing in our country$ It can do a !hole !orld of good to the sports culture in our society$ 13$ &he successes at the 15th A>lan Shah #up hockey tournament in %alaysia in %ay and at last month=s #hampions #hallenge #up in the (etherlands, !here India !on the ron>e, !ere a ray of hope for hockey lovers$ After !atching the movie, most people are sure that it !ill definitely attract more young people to the game$ 14$ Indian sports really need num er of such movies !hich can motivate players for higher performance$ 15$ #hak de India and its motivation are today not restricted to sports only, ho!ever large num er of Indian organisations are also sho!ing this movie to their employees to motivate them$ 17$ leading usiness school of #handigarh has added chak de India in its sylla us$ &hese are really great achievements y movie chak de India, its stars and its producers

Reasons against Its not about hockey at all? The multiplex audience will watch
Chak De India, enjoy their popcorn, show their pop-patriotism and quickly forget it all, says Amjad aruf !a former hockey player " #hak 6e India is a good film ut certainly not great, as is eing portrayed y the media$ &he film does deserve praise, ut let no one kid you into elieving that it !ould revive Indian hockey If films possessed so much po!er, India !ould have had a cycling champion in the years follo!ing Aamir Khan starrer @o @eeta "ohi Sikander$ "e !ould have een playing the .I.A "orld #up after 0ip 0ip 0ooray and our cricket team !ould have !on the "orld #up after !atching I9 al and Aagaan #learly, #hak 6eB !as made for commercial reasons, and not out of love for hockey .ollo!ing the success of the film, only three of its actresses C Sagarika ,hatge D)reeti Sa harvalE, Shilpa Shukla D/indiya (aikE, and 8idya %alavade D8idya SharmaE C have een hogging the limelight$ &hey are all over the place giving

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intervie!s and talking a out hockey$ /ut !hat are they doing to promote the sportF 7$ "hy don:t they tour the interiors of India and promote the film if they care a out hockeyF &he reality is that these actresses and the producers of #hak 6e$$$ are only interested in selling the movie$ +$ "ith numerous cinematic li erties, clichGs and an inconsistent script, #hak 6e$$$ is like any other /olly!ood flick *$ #hak 6e India !ill make no difference to Indian hockey simply ecause the producers don:t seem to have made enough efforts to promote the film in small to!ns and cities, from !here hockey players !ill emerge 10$ &he multiple- audience !ill !atch the film, en'oy their popcorn, sho! their popC patriotism and 9uickly forget all a out it$

Close on the heels of "Chak de India" is coming up another sports movie, "!oal". " #ohn "braham and "rshad $arsi starrer, this movie plays around the central theme of football Some other Indian movies based on sports that have done very well are "%agaan", "I&bal" and ""wwal 'umber", "(ip (ip (urray" and "Saheb".