Raised by his grandparents from the age of eight, Rahul's grandfather Bhishambhar owns a chain of confectionery shops. Rahul Mithaiwala is a 40-year-old orphaned bachelor living in Mumbai. As of March 2018, it is the eleventh-highest-grossing Bollywood film worldwide.
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The film surpassed 3 Idiots to become the highest-grossing Bollywood film worldwide at that point. Regardless, it broke several box office records in India and abroad, becoming the quickest film to collect ₹1 billion (US$14 million) net domestically. The film received mixed reviews from critics.
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UTV Motion Pictures came on board as producer and distributor, marking its first active project with Khan, 9 years after Swades.Ĭhennai Express was released theatrically in overseas markets on 8 August 2013 and a day later in India. The soundtrack for Chennai Express was composed by Vishal–Shekhar, with the background score being composed by Amar Mohile. A large part of the film was set in Ooty, for which sets were constructed in Wai. Filming began in Mehboob Studio in October 2012 and was completed by May 2013. Conceived as a "commercial" romance, the film was originally titled Ready Steady Po. The script of Chennai Express, which was initially written as a backup project for Khan, was chosen instead.
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The first planned collaboration between Khan and Shetty was a remake of Angoor (1982). It was released with subtitles in English, French, Spanish, Arabic, German, Hebrew, Dutch, Turkish and Malay. Nikitin Dheer and Sathyaraj play supporting roles. The film stars Shah Rukh Khan as Rahul Mithaiwala, a man who accidentally boards the eponymous train and journeys from Mumbai to Rameswaram, falling in love with the daughter of a local don, played by Deepika Padukone. Subash, with a screenplay written by Yunus Sajawal and dialogues by Farhad-Sajid. This road is least preferred as it passes through the ghat section (between V Kota and Pernambut) and the road is not in good condition.Chennai Express is a 2013 Indian Hindi-language action comedy film directed by Rohit Shetty and produced by Ronnie Screwvala, Siddharth Roy Kapur, Gauri Khan and Karim Morani, based on a story by K. The third route is a shorter route between Bangalore and Chennai passing through Kolar-KGF-V Kota and Vellore. (Private vehicles desist using this road as they must pay multiple entry taxes). Though this route is comparatively shorter than Hosur Road (approximately 340 km), it is not so much preferred for two reasons one, it is a two-lane road and secondly, it passes through three states. The second route is the Old Madras Road traversing between Kolar and Chittoor. However, with many towns en route and off Krishnagiri, the travel is time consuming. As this road is four-lane and passes through only two states, it is excessively used. The most used road is via Hosur and Krishnagiri (golden quadrilateral) with approximately 380 km between the two cities. More than 9,500 PCUs travel from Bengaluru to Chennai on the existing roads every hour. The traffic volume between the two cities is high. Currently, there are three routes connecting the two cities. Incidentally, the new expressway will be the shortest distance between Bengaluru and Chennai. It is still in the initial days and needs to be finalised,” added the official. So, we are considering connecting the expressway to NH 207 ( Hosur to Dobbspet). Users may not like to pay at two toll gates simultaneously. The Bengaluru-Chennai expressway begins at this point. Meanwhile, the NHAI is planning to have an alternative road from Bengaluru city centre to the expressway, from Hoskote: “Right now, the Bengaluru-Mulbagal road’s toll gate is located near Hoskote. “As it is an access-controlled expressway, the toll will be higher though we have not finalised the rates yet,” said the officer. The toll on this road will be higher than the toll paid on the other NHAI roads.
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The NHAI estimates that it may have to spend Rs 15-16 crore to build a km of the road. The road embankment will be 3-6 m above the ground to avoid distractions. The project is set to have a world-class highway with roads designed to cater to the speed of 120 km ph. The officials feared it may not get the required clearance from the Ministry of Environment, so the road shall now bypass the Eastern Ghats. Incidentally, this will be the shortest distance between Bengaluru and Chennai with distance reduced to 250 km (Greenfield area) from Hoskote to Sriperumbadur.Īn officer said initially they had planned to reduce the distance further however, it was not possible as the road was to pass through Eastern Ghats. This will be the first Greenfield expressway in south India cutting across Hoskote, Malur (Karnataka), V Kota, Palamaner (Andhra Pradesh), Gudiyatam, Arakkonam and Sriperumbudur (Tamil Nadu). However, the work is yet to start in Andhra Pradesh or Tamil Nadu.