Producer: Dreamz Unlimited
Director: Aziz Mirza
Cast: Shah Rukh Khan, Rani Mukherji, Satish Shah, Lilette Dubay, Jhonny Lever, Jas Arora
Music: Jatin-Lalit, Aadesh Shrivastav

Shah Rukh Khan dons the role of a producer with this film again and after tasting failure with two former productions, he is keeping his fingers crossed to excel with this. ‘Chalte Chalte’ is produced under the banner of Dreamz & UTV's and is directed by Aziz Mirza. It’s a sweet and lovely film that will do all good to Shah Rukh Khan. There’s not much you can complain after watching this film.

When Raj (Shah Rukh Khan) and Priya (Rani Mukherji) bump into each other on a highway sparks begins to fly. But they are not the made for heaven couple to fall in love. The combination is something like chalk and cheese. Raj is a middle class and hard-working guy who is emotional and hasty. Priya on the other hand hails from a sophisticated society and is proper about the things she does. That’s the reason she evades Raj initially but eventually falls in love with him. After the meetings, the affair, the love in the air episodes they marry. But soon love, romance and feelings take a back seat as more practical things that are handled by couples, come to fore.
 
‘Chalte Chalte’ takes a look at love and marital discord. Though there have been many such films time and again in Bollywood, this film has its moments that differs from them and stays with you. It’s the treatment, moments, Rumi Jafry’s dialogues and the performance of the lead actors that gets the film going and makes it above the ordinary through the simple plot. Director Aziz Mirza who has a penchant of making films in the middle class background, once again treads the same mould with this too. He puts the film in a middle class locality of Mumbai and puts in it a realistic touch with real life incidents that is very common with everyone. This film is his finest attempt as a storyteller. He maintains a fine balance and has extracted great performances from the cast too. The ultimate result is that the film becomes very relatable.

The first part and the emotional moments stay with you even after the show is over. But the proceedings go slow in the post interval portions and this is where when one tends to get a bit bored. As the couple moves on having fight and misunderstandings, it gets a bit tedious. A sharp editing is what the film needed at this moment. But again the well-executed and emotional sequences make up for it here. The music (Jatin-Lalit, Aadesh Shrivasatava) is functional and Ashok Mehta’s cinematography is fantastic.

Shah Rukh Khan holds the rein of the film in his hand and lets out as powerful performance. He is first rate and comes out with one of the finest acts of his career. His spontaneity and naturalness makes him very much likeable. Rani Mukherji follows him averring adjectives too as she emerges as one of the big actresses of the time. She gets into the skin of the character and looks gorgeous as well. Others like Jas Arora, Johny Lever, Satish Shah and Lillete Dubey are fine.

The film has strength to claim positions at the box office. It appeals with its light and emotional moments, good performances and well executed plot. It is surely not a film that you give a miss now and regret later.