I don't know how this movie managed to get the rating it has currently, but I can describe this movie easily in just one word - 'Disastrous'
But what is really wrong with the movie? Simple answer-'Everything'. Right from the beginning, the movie strives to appeal to the audience through its ridiculous and irrational humor. The movie has tried an approach of comedy through modification of old hit songs to use it as communication and fails miserably at achieving its target (assuming its target was to amuse the audience and not to be vexatious). Leaving out Deepika Padukone, the other characters start with a complete Tamil comprehension and gradually we find everyone can speak Hindi or English whenever they feel like. If the aspect of acting was to be examined, it was not difficult to conclude that both the stars were overacting and if anyone was doing his job well it was Mukesh Tiwari (which too was not very engaging). On another note, it would not be wrong to categorize Chennai Express as a Tamil movie taking into consideration that more than half the movie is Tamil and for the rest someone is acting as an interpreter. The language issue does not end here; the songs are mix of Hindi and Tamil which are hard to comprehend. Other songs which are recognizable felt drab and lack any meaningful lyrics with one or two exceptions which hardly compensate the negative subjects of the movie.
Unfortunately, I had to give a rating of 1 star to this movie because it isn't possible to give a zero. Rather in my opinion, this movie deserves a negative and could without a hitch serve as a benchmark for the worst movies made in Bollywood.
But what is really wrong with the movie? Simple answer-'Everything'. Right from the beginning, the movie strives to appeal to the audience through its ridiculous and irrational humor. The movie has tried an approach of comedy through modification of old hit songs to use it as communication and fails miserably at achieving its target (assuming its target was to amuse the audience and not to be vexatious). Leaving out Deepika Padukone, the other characters start with a complete Tamil comprehension and gradually we find everyone can speak Hindi or English whenever they feel like. If the aspect of acting was to be examined, it was not difficult to conclude that both the stars were overacting and if anyone was doing his job well it was Mukesh Tiwari (which too was not very engaging). On another note, it would not be wrong to categorize Chennai Express as a Tamil movie taking into consideration that more than half the movie is Tamil and for the rest someone is acting as an interpreter. The language issue does not end here; the songs are mix of Hindi and Tamil which are hard to comprehend. Other songs which are recognizable felt drab and lack any meaningful lyrics with one or two exceptions which hardly compensate the negative subjects of the movie.
Unfortunately, I had to give a rating of 1 star to this movie because it isn't possible to give a zero. Rather in my opinion, this movie deserves a negative and could without a hitch serve as a benchmark for the worst movies made in Bollywood.