Chennai Express
Chennai Express is an upcoming 2013 Indian
action comedy film directed by
Rohit Shetty and produced by
Gauri Khan under her production banner
Red Chillies Entertainment.
Chennai Express is about a man's journey from
Mumbai to
Rameshwaram and what happens along the way after he falls in love with the daughter of a don.
Principal photography began on 27 September 2012. Filming began in October 2012 and was wrapped-up by May 2013 The film features
Shahrukh Khan and
Deepika Padukone in lead roles. This is the second collaboration between Khan and Padukone after the 2007 blockbuster
Om Shanti Om and the first collaboration between Khan and Shetty.

Development
Shah Rukh Khan and Rohit Shetty had originally planned to team up for a remake of the 1982 film
Angoor. After
Singham,Rohit Shetty had begun writing the script of the film but left it mid-way. Incidentally, he had the script of
Chennai Express ready to be narrated to Shah Rukh as a back-up due to the difficulty of obtaining the actor's filming dates.
Upon being narrated the script, Shah Rukh was impressed with the idea of
Chennai Express and agreed to star in it before the
Angoor remake. With this development, the remake of
Angoor was pushed back.
When Rohit was asked about the story of the film, he said, "It's a
hard-core commercial film with a romantic angle. The story is about this
man's travel from
Mumbai to
Rameshwaram and what happens during the journey.
Marketing
The first look of
Chennai Express was revealed on January 1, 2013.
A thirty-one seconds title track teaser sung by
S. P. Balasubrahmanyam was released on 23 May 2013
. The official trailer of the film was released at an event in
Mumbai on 13 June 2013

