They both gave great performances and looked really convincing and sweet as a couple. And the same happened with Chalte Chalte - it's definitely one of my favorites now, right up there with Kuch Kuch Hota Hai and DDLJ, if not better. I absolutely adore this movie! I've noticed that films produced by Shah Rukh himself tend to end up in my TOP-10 list - Asoka, Main Hoon Na. The music was good, and Prem Nagariya reminded me so much of Aisa Des hai mera (Veer Zaara) - but it came before!! Overall - I gave Chalte Chalte an 8 because I liked the story, the music, the acting and most of all the reality that it is hard for human beings to change what is their true nature. Lillette Dubey was a little OTT but I like her so that was no big deal. Taube Tumahre yeh Ishare - that was one sweet love ballad. This movie was when I first felt that she was a serious actress. Rani was fabulous as Priya, stunning in looks and in her conflicts with Raj. I liked his drunk act, his trashing the apartment. The same old romantic dude? Perhaps, but much more vulnerable and real this time around. His romancing Priya (Rani) was sweet and never very over the top - yes I even liked the hokey feel of Gumshuda, and Suno Na Suno Na was divine in sound and picturization. I found SRK's portrayal of Raj the transport biz owner very authentic.
Chalte Chalte tells us that in relationships one must accept one's partner for what he or she is and not expect that they will magically be altered or reformed to fit our idealized version. It is quite usual to show "reformed" characters, ideal solutions, in Hindi cinema. There is an inevitable happy ending, but do things resolve themselves as expected? Not really, and this is where I find Chalte Chalte most endearing.
She goes off to her family, and he is left to pine. Sparks fly, fights are followed by reconciliations until there is an irreconcilable misunderstanding over money and a major rift occurs. They marry and then the story takes us into an inside look at the marriage between two opposites. So off to Greece we go and by the end of the trip she is convinced she loves this man - she never did profess to love her childhood friend. He "misplaces" her and then after much searching finds her only to be told she is marrying an old friend in Greece. He meets a rich high society girl, played by Rani, and falls for her. Shahrukh plays a self made small time transport business owner and is a very down to earth character.
It seems superficially like Saathiya but is also quite different.
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