Chennai Express Page #5

Synopsis: 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.
Genre: Action, Comedy, Drama
Director(s): Rohit Shetty
Production: UTV Communications
  28 wins & 55 nominations.
 
IMDB:
6.0
Metacritic:
45
Rotten Tomatoes:
54%
NOT RATED
Year:
2013
141 min
Website
5,886 Views


Careful!

Come here sit.

Sit, listen...

The station is

on the opposite side.

Tomorrow morning at 5:30 you

need to leaveby the first train.

Understood?

And don't tell anyone

that I helped you.

It's a secret.

Yes and let it remain a secret.

Else, the entire village

will cut me into pieces.

Okay?

The rest, the Almighty will

take care of. Now, go to sleep.

Oh my God! Earthquake!

Sir!

Life of Pi?

Hey! Look!

How did you come here?

From where have you come?

Where is this boat going?

Sri Lanka.

Sri Lanka! Why?

To get diesel.

Have you gone mad? Why are you

going to Sri Lanka to get diesel?

We're going to Sri

Lanka to smuggle diesel.

Smuggling! But that is illegal.

Everything is fair

when one has to survive.

If the Sri Lanka Marine

police catch us,we will be jailed.

If the Indian Marine police

catch us,we will be jailed here.

If police don't

catch us,all is well.

Oil is We||!!

Help me,I've gotten

on to the wrong boat.

Bring out the gun.Get me the gun.

Gun!

Why are you taking out a gun?

This is illegal.Don't do that!

Very good, sir, well done, sir.

Catch them and arrest them.

You're the first smuggler who

isso happy about being arrested.

No, sir.

I'm not a smuggler.

Smuggler and me'?I

am not with them, sir.

lam an Indian, sir.

Okay. Then show me your passport!

Passport! Why, sir?

To verify whether you

are an Indian or Sri Lankan.

These are international waters.

International waters!

But sir, I am not with them.

ltalk in Hindi, Sir, Hindi!!

We can also talk in Hindi.

Listen in Hindi!

What?

We all speak in Hindi!

Sir, he's one of our men.

And you are my woman!

What?

Shut up.

What are you looking at?Arrest him.

What does that mean?

They say if you suffix word,

Ji, ( Yes)to any other word...

you gain respect.

Reiu... M.

I did not gain anything!

Here my fate was being written

by my grandpa sitting in heavens...

whereas Meena's fatewas

being written by her father.

He decided to get hermarried

off to Tangaballi.

Meena was neither happy

with it nor was it her choice.

Who would have thought

that the tip of India...

would begin a new chapter

in Meena's and my life.

Brother, what are you

looking at with such fear?

ls this yours?

Yes.

I'm sure there is RDX in this.

He is... no he was!

I mean it was!

My grandfather is in it...

I mean my grandfather's

ashes are in that.

Allow me to show you.

Don't move.

Okay, Sir...

I have been telling you thatl

am not a smuggler, haven't l?

I'm an Indian.

My name is Rahul

and I'm not a terrorist.

You know, sir I came from Mumbai to

immerse my grandfather's ashes, that's all.

I told the police

everything truthfully.

My history.

The geography of my travel.

And my chemistry with

the people of Komban.

After hearing all this, allthe

Marine police officer said was...

So, the people of

Komban know you, right?

Hello sir!

Hello, dummy.

So nice to see you...

your fellow brothers

are droppingme to Mumbai.

Give me a hug!

You left me right?

Because of some smugglers

I went away to Sri Lanka.

You didn't go away.

You came back...

to Komban.

How can that happen?

Look...

Look there...

All the best.

Brother, me too.

Catch him.

What are you doing, man?

Please.

Sir, please leave

me for heaven's sake!

Namaste, sir.

Namaste.

Do you know him?

Know him?

We know him.

Periya.

Yes.

He is our family member, isn't it?

Yes, he is one of us.

Hey, where had you disappeared?

There's such tension

since you went missing.

Oh family! !

So you are an Indian after all.

I will release you here and leave.

Officer,

you cannot leave me here and go.

I am Sri lankan.

I am Sri... Devi

Ennama kannu...

referee?

No, sir I meant, Periyathale sir...

What... hanger?

I meant strong sir.

Michellin Tyre?

No, sir.

Chewing gum, huh?

Sweet, sir. I mean sweet.

Do not step forward.|

am warning you.

I will cut all bonds of friendship.

Hold this.

Nobody come forward.

If anybody comes forward, I will...

cut myself.

Okay, cut yourself.

Cut yourself.

I will cut Meenamma.

Stop.

I will cut Meenamma.

Meenamma, open the door.

Don't move any of you!

Move!

What do I do?

Sorry, Tingu sir.Sorry.

Catch him.

Come on, get out.

What?

First you get drunk and

run away all by yourself.

Then you get into

troubleand use me to...

get out of it and then

you say get outof the car.

Yes that's what I said.

Get out please.

I won't get out.

This car belongs to my father.

If you don't get out,

I will take you back there.

Then from Miss you will become Mrs.

Before that, from Rahul

you will become Late Rahul.

No! I mean, I don't think

there'sany parking here, lets go.

What happened?

Has the vehicle broken down?

No, who told you that?

What is with the smoke, then?

Smoke?

The car is smoking a cigarette.

And do you know why I came outside?

I thought to myself, that.

...I could wait andrelax

here and Tangaballi would come by.

And, when he does come,

the threeof us can play together.

Can't you see?

Your father's car is

even worse than your Hindi.

You have wrecked the car!

Don't call this a car,it'd

be a sin to call this a car.

This car has saved your life.

It's not a car, it's a wreck!

My father's favorite car!

Go...

Catch it, Rahul...

Catch it,

RahuLWhat are you... run.

It's Appa's favorite car,

RahuLCatch.

Oh no!

Here you go...

Here, Meenamma baby.

Your father's favorite car.

Actually the problem wasn't your father's,

neither was it his wrecked car...

the problem is yours.

You see wherever you go, you carry

a free trouble pack along with you.

Bad luck!

Actually you are like a black cat.

Worse than a black cat!

If you cross the path of the black

cat, the black catwill get cursed.

Then why are you with me?

Why am I with you?

Why are you with me?

Please, Meenamma. Stop stalking me.

From now on.l will go my way,

you go your way!

Alright.

Fine by me.

But by the way. You stole the car

and drove in the wrong direction.

Now we have only one way out.

You will have to cross

Komban again! Komban!

Don't scare me with Komban.

If you are not with me,

I will manage on my own, like this!

Impossible.

There's no word called

impossiblein my dictionary.

Really? From where did

you buy sucha rubbish dictionary?

Don't underestimate

the power of a common man.

Get lost.

I thought I would never

meet Meenamma ever again...

but fate had decreed

something else altogether.

Hello, sir.

I need to find the road.

Where... is... the highway?

0K8?'-

Why are you doing that?

I want to see the road.

Where is the highway?

Where is the highway?

0K8?'-

Meaning.

Meaning!

My child, quiet.

Don't take so much

trouble.l feel bad, then.

The two of us have

the same problem.

At this age there is

no need for a new language.

0K8?'-

0K8?'-

Excuse me brother.

Brother, stop.

Brother, hello

What do you want?What

is your work here?

I'm not Angelina Jolie.

I'm a boy, RahuLl need a lift!

Youre from Mumbai right?

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