Director Shimit Amin's Chak De India from the Yash Raj
banner is one of the most awaited releases this year.
Kabir Khan aka Shahrukh Khan is the ex Indian Captain. He is called
back as the Coach of the Indian Women's National Hockey team -
a team that exists more on paper and less in reality.
The team consists of a bunch of girls who have forgotten what
it is like to play for the love of the game or for the country.
They play due to their own hidden agendas of wanting a pensioned
job or a government flat. The sharp thrill of just holding the
hockey stick, keeping their eyes on the ball and playing for all
they are worth is either forgotten or not known to them. They
have played every game but hockey to make sure they get selected
every year in the Indian National team. But Kabir is all set to
remind them what does it really mean to play for the Indian National
team or the country.
The girls have never known the thrilling energy of being Team
India, of giving their all to see their country's name on a trophy.
But Kabir Khan, once a captain, now forgotten, does. He knows
what it takes to get there. And what it means to return empty
handed. This time, he wants to make sure that it's different.
He knows there are no second chances. Despite his past, he believes
that if only the girls played as one, anything would be possible.
Because Kabir Khan believes that it is not that we can't win.
It's just that we have never believed we can.
Chak De India is the story of a coach's fight of making
his team, Team India by overcoming their diverse backgrounds,
by learning to use everything that life hurls on them as a secret
weapon. It's a story about honesty, sincerity and integrity. A
story to remind the nation of its National sport.
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