Chak De! India(Movie, 2007)

Chak De! India (transl. "Go for it! India" or transl. "Let's go! India") is a 2007 Indian sports drama film directed by Shimit Amin, written by Jaideep Sahni, and produced by Aditya Chopra, under the banner of Yash Raj Films. It stars Shah Rukh Khan as Kabir Khan, the fictional former captain of the India men's national field hockey team and coach of the India women's national field hockey team, alongside a cast of 16 actresses, both professional and non-professional hockey players. The sports scenes were planned and choreographed by the Sports Action Director Rob Miller of ReelSports, and the soundtrack was composed by Salim–Sulaiman. Chak De! India explores religious bigotry, religious prejudice, and sexism. The film follows Kabir Khan, an exiled hockey player, ousted from the sport as a result of religious prejudice, following a disastrous loss to Pakistan. 7 years later, in an attempt to redeem himself, he becomes the coach of the Indian national women's hockey team, with the goal of turning 16 of its players into an award-winning team. Sahni was inspired to develop the Chak De! India's scr... ()