He is over the top, especially as the inebriated Raj who confronts the estranged wife. Shah Rukh hams and haws his way through the film - biting his lip, crinkling his eyebrows - it is oh-so-familiar. And the blame lies entirely with the exasperatingly predictable screenplay and tacky dialogue. What could have been an interesting study of marital relations disintegrates into soppy fare. Chalte Chalte rides on a wafer-thin plot. Wait till the film's television rights have been bought to find out.
Will she return? Will love find a way to make her stay? That is enough to have her packing and moving in with Anna Mausi (Lilette Dubey), who never approved of Raj anyway.
Hubby's pride takes a beating and he breaks bottles, shoos off guests at a party, and embarrasses and insults Priya in front of Sameer. Though domestic squabbles see the marriage head for hell's highway, the couple kisses and makes up soon enough.īut matters reach the point of no return when Priya borrows Rs 15 lakh from Sameer to help Raj out of an impending insolvency.
Raj cannot handle the nagging or the fact that Priya's family keeps comparing him with the more successful Sameer. For whom do those wedding bells toll now? Priya, the perfectionist, cannot bear Raj's unpunctuality or his wet bath towel on the bed and shoes out of place. Mid-film climax - the engagement is called off and the two are hitched.Ī year later, marital bliss takes a hike. After the perfunctory jaunt through Mikanos amusement parks, Priya discovers she too cares for Raj. No regrets, for Raj will not let the woman of his dreams get away that easily. But Priya is to be betrothed to Sameer (Jas Arora), a childhood friend, in Athens and won't give in to Raj's charms. Chalk meets cheese, though Raj's losing of Priya's telephone number delays that a bit. Her character sketch is all the originality the film can boast of. Now, she is from Greece and working her way up as a fashion designer. Thanks to accidental coincidences - we mean that literally - he finds the lady of his dreams in Priya (Rani Mukerji) on a trip to the Maharashtra hill station Mahabaleshwar. Apart from getting in the driver's seat at the drop of a hat, he is also an ardent admirer of Sunny Deol's songs. Raj is the owner of Raj Transport Company. Unfortunately, the tale is as hackneyed as they come. Director Aziz Mirza begs to differ with his cinematic offering on matrimony and life thereafter with Chalte Chalte, starring Shah Rukh Khan and Rani Mukerji. Chalte Chalte: This journey heads nowhereĪll you need is love, sang the Beatles in the Swinging Sixties.Ĭut to 2003.
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