chennai express 2013 shahrukhh khan and deepika
Rahul embarks on a journey to a small town in Tamil Nadu to
fulfill the last wish of his grandfather: to have his ashes immersed in the
Holy water of Rameshwaram. En route, he meets a woman hailing from a unique
family down South. As they find love through this journey in the exuberant
lands of South India, an unanticipated drive awaits them.
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 accepts her
request. On the other hand he was eager to attend the Goa trip, so, he and his
friends make plans to dump the ashes at Goa. But, they were forced to change
their plan when Rahul's grandmother told him that she would be coming to see
him off at the station. This forces Rahul to travel by train and he booked a
single ticket on the Chennai Express. He plans to meet his friends after
commencing the journey at the Kalyan Junction station from where they would
travel to Goa by car. Right after commencing the journey from Mumbai railway
station, when the train was leaving the platform, Rahul sees a girl running to
catch the train. He helps her to board the moving train. Then he notices four
men are also running to catch the train. Rahul helps them all to get in. He
learns that those four men were actually kidnapping the girl whose name is
Meenalochini Azhagu Sundaram (Deepika Padukone) aka Meenamma. She was trying to
flee from a forced marriage to Thangaballi (Nikitin Dheer). Her father
Durgeshwara Azhagu Sundaram (Sathyaraj), is a powerful headman of the Komban
village in west Tamil Nadu. He wants her to marry Thangaballi so that he would
assume control of the neighboring village as well. Meena takes Rahul to her
father and introduces him as her lover. Thangaballi challenges Rahul for a
duel. Rahul accepts without knowing what he spoke in Tamil. On the night of the
fight, Rahul tries to escape with the help of a local Sikh policeman but in the
turn of events, ends up in Komban village again. Surrounded by sickle-wielding
henchmen of Azhagu Sundaram, Rahul then pretends to kill Meena and escapes in
her father's favourite car. When the jeep breaks down, they decide to break up
and go separately. But, Rahul not knowing which way to go, comes back to Meena
who takes him to the Vidhaata village where a wedding was taking place. Meena
lies to the people that they are a married couple and have eloped and needed
protection. The villagers grow fond of the couple and take care of them as long
as they stay while Meena realizes that she has fallen in love with Rahul. When
Rahul has plans of leaving secretly, Meena does not want to earn the distrust
of the affectionate villagers. As he tries to leave, he is caught by
Thangaballi but the villagers help him escape again. Meena who persuades him to
immerse his grandpa's ashes travels with Rahul to Rameswaram. There they complete
the procedures and on their way back, Rahul, realizing that he has also fallen
in love with Meena, does not tell Meena where they go. He takes Meena back to
her father again and tries to make him understand and honour his daughter's
wish. He also confesses for the first time that he loves her too. Rahul tells
Thangaballi and his goons that he has come ready for the fight this time. In
the fight that follows, Rahul though severely injured emerges the winner.
Meena's father and Thangaballi finally turn over a new leaf and accept that the
heart of a common man like Rahul is much bigger than their physical ability and
political clout. Azhagu Sundaram, allows Rahul to marry his daughter, the twist
that changed Rahul's life forever. When they finally unite, the film leaves a
message that love knows no barriers of region or language and that with a
strong heart, there is no limit to what a common man can achieve
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