Chalte Chalte
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| Directed by | Aziz Mirza |
| Produced by | Dreamz Unlimited |
| Written by | Robin Bhatt |
| Starring | Shahrukh Khan Rani Mukherjee |
| Music by | Jatin Lalit Aadesh Shrivastava |
| Distributed by | Dreamz & UTV's |
| Release date(s) | June 13, 2003 |
| Running time | 167 min. |
| Language | Hindi |
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Chalte Chalte (Hindi: चलते चलते, Urdu: چلثے چلثے, English: While I Was Walking) is a 2003 Bollywood movie starring Shahrukh Khan and Rani Mukherjee, directed by Aziz Mirza. The film has songs composed by the duo Jatin Lalit and by Aadesh Shrivastava, with lyrics by Javed Akhtar.
[edit] Synopsis
Priya (Mukerji) is a fashion designer; Raj (Khan) owns a small trucking company. They meet on the road, quarrel, and then fall for each other. Priya, who is already engaged, must decide whether she will marry her fiancé or leave him for Raj. Love triumphs, Raj and Priya marry -- and then struggle against adversity. They quarrel, separate, then reconcile.
The plot is somewhat of a departure from the usual movie romance that ends in a lavish wedding. This movie touches on the difficulties of marriage. However, few critics considered Chalte Chalte a daring or ground-breaking movie.[citation needed] It has much the same plotline as Raja Hindustani (1996) and Saathiya (2002).
[edit] Trivia
- According to Shah Rukh, Rani was asked to play the heroine but she was booked for other films and had to turn it down. Aishwarya Rai was signed for the role, but had to leave the set after some problems with her then boyfriend, star Salman Khan. He is said to have disrupted filming. The film then got delayed. Rani happened to be free at this point and agreed to take over the role and save the film. [1]
- This was the third film produced by Shahrukh Khan and Juhi Chawla's company, Dreamz Unlimited. None of their first two films (Phir Bhi Dil Hai Hindustani (2000) and Asoka (2001) did well at the box office and Chalte Chalte only received semi-hit status. [2]
