Chennai Express Listen is a 2013 Indian romantic action comedy film directed by Rohit Shetty, and produced by Gauri Khan for Red Chillies Entertainment. The film features Shahrukh Khan and Deepika Padukone in lead roles; it is the second collaboration between Khan and Padukone after Om Shanti Om (2007). The film is about a man's journey from Mumbai to Rameshwaram, and what happens along the way after he falls in love with the daughter of a local don. Principal photography began on 27 September 2012, filming began in October 2012 and was completed by May 2013.
Chennai Express was released in the overseas markets on 8 August 2013, and a day later in India. Extensive paid previews were held in India on 8 August as well. Although the film received mixed reviews from critics, it broke several box office records in India and abroad, becoming the quickest film to collect INR1 billion (US$16 million) net domestically.
The film surpassed 3 Idiots to become the highest-grossing Bollywood film worldwide; a record it held until it was surpassed by Dhoom 3 in December, 2013. According to Box Office India, Chennai Express currently ranks as the third highest-grossing Bollywood film worldwide, and fourth in India.
Cast:
Deepika Padukone as Meenalochni Azhagusundaram
Shahrukh Khan as Rahul Mithaiwala
Sathyaraj as Durgeshwara Azhagusundaram, Meena's father
Nikitin Dheer as Tangaballi
Kamini Kaushal as Rahul's grandmother
Lekh Tandon as Y. Y. Mithaiwala (Rahul's grandfather)
Mukesh Tiwari as Inspector Shamsher Singh, in-charge of Komban area
Priyamani in an item song, "1 2 3 4 Get on the Dance Floor"
Mohan Raman as Vidamba village priest
Delhi Ganesh as Vidamba villager
Gobinath Chandran as Vidamba villager
Jasper as a henchman
Rakesh Kukreti as Bobby (Rahul's friend)
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