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CHENNAI EXPRESS
Chennai Express is a 2013 Indian romantic action comedy film[4][3] directed by Rohit Shetty and produced by Gauri Khan under the banner Red Chillies Entertainment.[7] The film features Shahrukh Khan and Deepika Padukone in lead roles. This is the second collaboration between Khan and Padukone after the 2007 blockbuster Om Shanti Om and the first between Khan and Rohit Shetty. Chennai Express 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.[8] Principal photography began on 27 September 2012. Filming began in October 2012 and was wrapped up by May 2013.[9]
The film released a day earlier in the United Kingdom[3] and the United States[4] on 8 August 2013 and worldwide on 9 August 2013. Extensive paid previews were held in India on 8 August 2013 as well.[10][11][12] Upon release, despite critical reaction being apparently mixed, the film enjoyed an excellent response at the box office and broke records for the opening weekend collections for a Hindi film in India and abroad.[13] Chennai Express became the fastest film to enter the coveted Bollywood 100 Crore Club.[14] The film surpassed Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani and is currently the highest-grossing Bollywood film of 2013. [15]
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Rahul (Shahrukh Khan) is a forty-year old bachelor and lives in Mumbai. Rahul's parents died in a car accident when he was eight years old and it was his grandparents who brought him up. His grandfather has a sweet-selling business - Y.Y. Mithaiwala - and he owns a chain of stores in Mumbai. Before his birth centenary celebration two of Rahul's friends suggest going to Goa for a vacation which he accepts. Right before the birth centenary, his grandfather dies. His grandmother tells him that his grandfather desired to have his ashes divided into two parts and have one part of it immersed at Rameswaram. She requests Rahul to go to Rameswaram and immerse the ashes. Rahul reluctantly

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