MOVIE ANALYSIS

WHAT IS A MOVIE AND MOVIE ANALYSIS

A film, also called a movie or motion picture, is a story conveyed with moving images. It is
produced by recording photographic images with cameras, or by creating images using animation
techniques or visual effects. The process of filmmaking has developed into an art form and industry.

Films are cultural artefacts created by specific cultures,

which reflect those cultures, and, in turn, affect them. Film is
considered to be an important art form, a source of popular
entertainment and a powerful method for educating — or
indoctrinating — citizens. The visual elements of cinema give
motion pictures a universal power of communication. Some
films have become popular worldwide attractions by using
dubbing or subtitles that translate the dialogue.

Films are made up of a series of individual images

called frames. When these images are shown rapidly in succession, a viewer has the illusion that
motion is occurring. The viewer cannot see the flickering between frames due to an effect known as
persistence of vision, whereby the eye retains a visual image for a fraction of a second after the
source has been removed. Viewers perceive motion due to a psychological effect called beta
movement.

The origin of the name "film" comes from the fact that photographic film (also called film
stock) has historically been the primary medium for recording and displaying motion pictures. Many
other terms exist for an individual motion picture, including picture, picture show, moving picture,
photo-play and flick. A common name for film in the United States is movie, while in Europe the
term cinema is preferred. Additional terms for the field in general include the big screen, the silver
screen, the cinema and the movies.

Film theory seeks to develop concise and systematic concepts that apply to the study of film
as art. It was started by Ricciotto Canudo's The Birth of the Sixth Art. Formalist film theory, led by
Rudolf Arnheim, Béla Balázs, and Siegfried Kracauer, emphasized how film differed from reality,
and thus could be considered a valid fine art. André Bazin reacted against this theory by arguing that
film's artistic essence lay in its ability to mechanically reproduce reality not in its differences from

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reality, and this gave rise to realist theory. More recent analysis spurred by Jacques Lacan's
psychoanalysis and Ferdinand de Saussure's semiotics among other things has given rise to
psychoanalytical film theory, structuralize film theory, feminist film theory and others. On the other
hand, critics from the analytical philosophy tradition, influenced by Wittgenstein, try to clarify
misconceptions used in theoretical studies and produce analysis of a film's vocabulary and its link to
a form of life.

FILM ANALYSIS

Film criticism is the analysis and evaluation of films. In general, these works can be divided
into two categories: academic criticism by film scholars and journalistic film criticism that appears
regularly in newspapers and other media.

Film critics working for newspapers, magazines, and broadcast media mainly review new
releases. Normally they only see any given film once and have only a day or two to formulate
opinions. Despite this, critics have an important impact on films, especially those of certain genres.
Mass marketed action, horror, and comedy films tend not to be greatly affected by a critic's overall
judgment of a film. The plot summary and description of a film that makes up the majority of any
film review can still have an important impact on whether people decide to see a film. For prestige
films such as most dramas, the influence of reviews is extremely important. Poor reviews will often
doom a film to obscurity and financial loss.

The impact of a reviewer on a given film's box office performance is a matter of debate.
Some claim that movie marketing is now so intense and well financed that reviewers cannot make an
impact against it. However, the cataclysmic failure of some heavily promoted movies which were
harshly reviewed, as well as the unexpected success of critically praised independent movies
indicates that extreme critical reactions can have considerable influence. Others note that positive
film reviews have been shown to spark interest in little-known films. Conversely, there have been
several films in which film companies have so little confidence that they refuse to give reviewers an
advanced viewing to avoid widespread panning of the film. However, this usually backfires as
reviewers are wise to the tactic and warn the public that the film may not be worth seeing and the
films often do poorly as a result.

It is argued that journalist film critics should only be known as film reviewers, and true film
critics are those who take a more academic approach to films. This line of work is more often known

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as film theory or film studies. These film critics attempt to come to understand how film and filming
techniques work, and what effect they have on people. Rather than having their works published in
newspapers or appear on television, their articles are published in scholarly journals, or sometimes in
up-market magazines. They also tend to be affiliated with colleges or universities. Movie reviews are
an excellent way of communicating information about different types of movies. They are a
wonderful way of evaluating movies. Regardless of the type movie or the age of the movie, movie
reviews allow people to determine whether or not they think they might like a movie before ever
seeing it.

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STORY OF THE MOVIE

Chak De! India is a 2007 Bollywood sports film about field hockey in India.The film's story
is simple and yet it carries so many undercurrents .Kabir Khan (Shah Rukh), is the best centre-
forward in Indian hockey team. The movie begins with Kabir Khan (Shahrukh Khan) playing Hockey
at the World Cup finals as the Indian team captain against Pakistan. The Indian team was lagging
behind Pakistan and gets one penalty opportunity. Kabir Khan misses the crucial, last-minute penalty
stroke against Pakistan and is blamed for the Indian team's defeat in the finals. So much so, he is
labelled gaddar (betrayer) by his own fellow countrymen.

Disgraced and dishonoured for one momentary failure, Kabir Khan leaves his parental house.
Seven years later he appears again, not as a player but as a coach of a bunch of girls in whom even
the Hockey Federation has no confidence. Kabir Khan (Shah Rukh Khan) is a man who overcomes
the problems in life without being skeptical and disturbed.
Kabir Khan has just three months to coach and train these girls for the Hockey World Cup in
Australia.

Sixteen state champions come together to form a national team, but none of them had enough
practice or zeal to win the tournament. The girls come from all over India - Haryana, Chandigarh,
Punjab, Jharkhand, Andhra Pradesh, North East and other states. The team members are introduced to
us (a brief, crisp, and funny take) one by one. There is Balbir Kaur (Tanya Abrol), the hefty, loud,
always-angry girl from Punjab, Komal Chautala (Chitrashi Raut), delightfully brash, and very
haryanvi, Soimoi Kerketa ( Nisha Nair), the shy girl from Jharkhand, Preeti Sabharwal (Sagarika
Ghatge), the pretty captain from Chandigarh, Bindiya Naik (Shilpa Shukla), the arrogant senior
player from Maharashtra, to name a few of the main characters. These intros are shot very well, and
define the characters once and for all.

The team is assembled, and they must go through a rigorous training. They are made to run
ten miles at 5 am and practice hockey with a vengeance. The coach is, of course, hard-as-nails, and
will not give any concession whatsoever. The girls love to hate him, but are unsure about that. A
couple of cat fights, and attitude-throwing, they eventually come together, and work harder. A few
disputes occur between the girls from different regions and languages until finally team spirit is
ignited within them by Mr. Kabir Khan . Kabir Khan is very strict with the girls. Through his

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toughness he wants to instil discipline and integrity in the team, something which is significantly
missing. Within the team, there is hardly any
camaraderie. There are usual girlie fights and
arguments. Somebody is egoistic, somebody too self-
centred, somebody is hot-tempered and somebody
is simply naive.

Using very unconventional methods, Kabir

Khan manages to create a team spirit among the
girls. When the team was ready to perform it had a
match against the men’s team where the women’s
team was undermined. The sponsors are not willing to back up the Women's team, and the girls must
beat the boys team, to ensure a sponsorship. That does not happen, but the board has to give in, and
the girls are off to Australia. Finally, when the girls arrive in Australia, they are quite taken aback by
the facilities provided to their foreign counterparts. The expression on the girls faces are genuine,
amusing, and sometimes touching. But some differences remain, only to be sorted out in the World
Cup tournament in Australia, which the team must win to make India proud.

On the first match in World Cup Tournament, Australia beats India 7-0. But again it’s the
coach who comes to rescue girls' team with inspiring words about team spirit. The following matches
with England, Spain, New Zealand, and South Africa, India is victorious.

The team wins the heart of the audience not only with their performance in the matches, but
also in the step by step progress from a bunch of disjointed, selfish and individuals without a
common purpose to a word class team.  Team dynamics like Interpersonal rivalries, regional
affiliations, seniors who block the way of talented newcomers, the rural-urban gap, have all been
presented in a simple, realistic manner.   So is the portrayal of the unwarranted hype for cricket and
the second rung treatment meted out to women teams.

Then came tougher matches against Argentina, who plays rougher than what the Indian team
is used to. South Korea, is their next opponent and using the strategy of Bindia Naik, the team’s
rebel. Their victory against South Korea takes them to the finals, where they once again face off
against Australia.

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During the finals two of the players rival to get highest score, but Kabir once again preaches
team spirit, and how they should play on the field. In the final match the team plays as suggested by
the coach leading to a tie with Australia.

With the shootout, India misses the first two shots, while Australia scores both. Tension rises.
India’s keeper manages to save all of the following Australian shots leading to India's victory. Yes,
the girls do win the World Cup. We all knew it from the beginning, yet we all were waiting for that
one final nail-biting-tense moment where the girls would be about to lose, and one singular hand-of-
god action would save them. Yes, it was predictable, but the build-up to that one moment is so well
done, that you can't help and let out a clap or two.

But Kabir Khan is fighting for more than

pride for India. For him the victory would bring
redemption (for his momentary failure 7 years ago)
and reclamation of his lost honour. And when that
moment of reckoning does come, he looks on with
disbelief in his teary eyes.
'Chak De India' is not just a sports film. It is replete
with myriad emotions. And the best part is that
Shimit Amin tells the story very realistically,
making it all the more believable. He also doesn't
bring any unnecessary dramatization into
the story.

Each one of these girls deserves an award. Yes, there was one particular scene when Khan
goes back to his place, and people crowd around in (visibly poor) amazement, he handing a kid his
hockey stick and the kid in turn shouting Chak De! I suspect the director put them there so as to
bring a conclusion to Khan's character. Thankfully, it stays away from the 'nationalistic' feel, and
concentrates more on the sport. Also, the movie takes subtle and effective pot-shots at cricket, and
the general feeling towards Indian players in a foreign country

At the end of the day, 'Chak De India' is a deeply touching film that offers plenty for you to
carry home with.

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CAST AND CREW OF THE MOVIE- CHAK DE INDIA

 Director: Shimit Amin

 Genre: Drama
 Movie Type: Sports Drama
 Themes: Hockey Players, Coaches and Players, Underdogs
 Main Cast: Shah Rukh Khan, Sagarika Ghatge, Chitrashi Rawat, Shilpa Shukla, Vidya
Malvade
 Release Year: 2007
 Country: INDIA
 Run Time: 148 minutes

Cast

 Shah Rukh Khan - Kabir Khan

 Sagarika Ghatge as Preeti Sabarwal , the Chandigarh team captain.
 Chitrashi Rawat as Komal Chautala from Haryana. Komal's character is based on Mamta
Kharab, the current captain of the Indian Women's Hockey
 Shilpa Shukla as Bindia Naik a senior player from Maharashtra.
 Vidya Malvade as Vidya Sharma. Former goalkeeper for railways and in Indian team a
Goalie and Captain
 Tanya Abrol as Balbir Kaur from Punjab.
 Anaitha Nair as Aliya Bose senior player, from West Bengal.
 Shubhi Mehta as Gunjan Lakhani a senior player from Andhra Pradesh
 Seema Azmi as Rani Dispotta from Jharkhand.
 Nisha Nair as Soimoi Kerketa a substitute from Jharkhand.
 Sandia Furtado as Nethra Reddy from Andhra Pradesh.
 Arya Menon as Gul Iqbal from Uttar Pradesh
 Masochon V. Zimik as Molly Zimik from Manipur.
 Kimi Laldawla as Mary Ralte a substitute and Penalty Stroke specialist from Mizoram.
 Kimberly Miranda as Rachna Prasad from Bihar.
 Nichola Sequeira as Nichola Sequeira from Maharashtra
 Raynia Mascarenhas as Raynia Fernandez

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 Anjan Srivastava
 Javed Khan
 Vibha Chibber
 Mohit Chauhan
 Nakul Vaid
 Joyoshree Arora
 Vivaan Bhathena

Credit

 Sukant Panigrahy - Art Director,

 Mandira Shukla - Costume Designer,
 Shiraz Siddique - Costume Designer,
 Ashima Chibber - First Assistant Director
 , Shimit Amin - Director,
 Aashish Singh - Executive Producer,
 Salim-Sulaiman - Songwriter,
 Sudeep Chatterjee - Cinematographer,
 Aditya Chopra - Producer,
 Manas Choudhary - Sound/Sound Designer,
 Ali Merchant - Sound/Sound Designer,
 Jaideep Sahni - Screenwriter,
 Red Chillies VFX - Visual Effects,
 Sahni - Lyricist,
 Karan Kashyap - Associate Director

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INSPIRING SCENES

1. ASSOCIATION TAKES ON WOMEN’S HOCKEY TEAM:

UTTAMJI: So what have you decided?

ASSOCIATION: Uttamji you are always harping on the same thing. What should we do about the
coach? Hey why don’t you become their coach?

UTTAMJI: The Women’s hockey World Cup is just three months away. The team cannot just go
without any training.

ASSOCIATION: No matter how much you train them they will loose. The Indian Women’s Hockey
team has never achieved anything and it never will. It is a government trip. Why do you not go as
their coach? The team will be out in a couple of matches. Exit! You and your wife could enjoy a
holiday.

UTTAMJI: I do not get it. Why do you not take Women’s Hockey seriously?

ASSOCIATION: And we do not get why you take so seriously. Uttamji, Indian women are born to
cook and clean. They cannot run around in short skirts.

UTTAMJI: How can an association member say such things?

ASSOCIATION: It is because we are in the Association and have travelled around the world, that we
can say such things. Look you have done your part and selected the top 16 Indian players from
Punjab, Tamilnadu, Jharkhand, Andhra Pradesh, Railways. You have even been to remote Manipur
and Mizoram. But now where will you find a coach? From the moon?

UTTAMJI: Is this also the girls fault?

ASSOCIATION: No it is not the girls fault. It is the fault of people like you with expectations from
them. No sponsors... no viewers... no TV coverage, nor media. Now which coach will want to jump
into this mess to ruin his career? Is there anyone? No one.

UTTAMJI: There is one man.

ASSOCIATION: Who?

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UTTAMJI: Kabir... Kabir Khan.

ANALYSIS: This scene shows that Association members are not bothered about women hockey
players. They are not ready to spend money on them. For them Indian women cannot play hockey.
This shows the mentality of some Indian people. They sit in a high position and do not give
opportunity for women to develop. This is one of the reasons why India is not developing. This
situation is seen some times in an organisation also. There should be equality in organisation.
Opportunities should be given equally to both men and women. This would help in improving the
employee satisfaction and also the image of the company.

2. KABIR KHAN APPOINTED AS COACH

Kabir Khan is sitting in reception waiting for being called inside. He is playing hockey in the table
using cap of a water bottle , match sticks and coins. He makes a goal and....

KABIR KHAN: Do not attack the opposing team’s goal but their minds. You will win the goal
automatically.

He enters the conference room and is introduced by Uttamji to all.

ASSOCIATION: How many years has it...

KABIR KHAN: Seven years three months ten, eleven, twelve, thirteen.... 7 years, 3 months, 14days.

ASSOCIATION: What... What were you doing all these years?

KABIR KHAN: I was preparing for this meeting.

UTTAMJI: He wants to be the coach of the Indian Women’s hockey team.

ASSOCIATION: You are not a child Mr Kabir Khan. You know in a country like ours a women’s
team exist just as a formality not a reality. Your reputation is already.... and you wish to redeem your
name by coaching this team. A team that is not fit to play against European high schools.

KABIR KHAN: This is exactly the team I want.

ASSOCIATION: I did not understand.

KABIR KHAN: I do not think you would. So shall I consider myself hired? In any case, you do not
have another coach.

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ANALYSIS: This scene is a very important scene of the movie. This scene shows the determination
that Kabir Khan had to face people after seven years of his dismissal from hockey. He had some
mission in his mind. He wanted to prove to India that he was right and all others were wrong. He was
never a traitor. For proving this he wanted to coach the women’s team, which was not a good team. It
was his challenge that he would coach them and motivate them to win the world cup. From this
scene we learn, that in business also we must be positive like Kabir Khan and never leave hope. We
must face the difficulties with full determination. In business we will face various obstacles. The
ability of a manager to handle them will decide the success of the organisation.

3. FIRST DAY OF COACHING

All the players are called on ground at 5.00am in the morning and they are made to stand in a single
line. Then the coach speaks to them...

KABIR KHAN: I am told that from the 250 million girls in this country you are the 16 best Hockey
players. You’re lucky, but also unlucky because now I’ll be the judge. For me you are only 16 girls
who dabble in Hockey. Don’t expect anymore you’ll regret it.

Ten kilometres everyone come on!!

ANALYSIS: This scene shows that coach wanted the players to concentrate on training for which
they had come there. They should not have overconfidence of being the best players of the country.
On the first day itself the coach makes it clear that they will not be getting any extra treatment for
being state players. Even in the business world, the employees should do their work with full
dedication and should not always try to get recognition because your work should talk for you and
not your mouth.

4. KRISHNAJI AND KABIR KHAN CONVERSATION

Kabir Khan gave regress training to the players. Many of them were injured, some of them became
unconscious. But they didn’t get any sympathy from the coach. He was very strict on that day. In the
night Krishnaji and Kabir Khan were eating food and Krishnaji said...

KRISHNAJI: Sir wasn’t that too much. They are girls after all. How much can you push them if you
look for the strength of the boys?

KABIR KHAN: I am not looking for strength. I am looking for team spirit. You do not need strength
to make a team, you need team spirit.

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KRISHNAJI: But Sir at this rate you will become their enemy.

KABIR KHAN: If by making me an enemy they can become a team it is a small price to pay
Krishnaji.

ANALYSIS: This scene shows that it is not always easy to achieve goals easily. Some times we have
to change our strategies according to the situation. Here the coach saw that players were not using
their potential to play the game. So he gave them strict coaching so that due to stress they would
come together and start playing not against one another but being together. So even in the business
world, the leader of the team should first take some steps to bring the team to work together. There
must be synergy in the team. This is the first step towards building a good team.

5. COACH’S RESIGNATION SCENE

KABIR KHAN: Why are you not on the field? What is the matter?

VIDHYA: The team does not want to practice with you.

KRISHNAJI: What rubbish?

VIDHYA: We want a new coach.

KRISHNAJI: I will give you a slap!!!

BINDYA: Why Krishnaji? Why will you hit us? We are not the ones who sold our country!

KABIR KHAN: Quiet! 7 years, After 7 years I came back to Hockey with the belief that this time I
would beat the one thing that defeated my team once. I have lost it. You do not have a problem with
me. You have a problem with the fact that instead of making you play against each other, I am
forcing you to play with one another. Because I have forced you to think about your team before you
think about yourself. Forced you to play for India before you play for your own state. Fine you have
won. I have lost but I am not sorry loosing to you. I am sorry I have lost to my country which even
after taking my blood sweat my love my life does not believe that I played for it once and I will play
for it all my life. I resign as the coach of this team.

ANALYSIS: This scene is a very interesting scene. First it shows that how a person’s history affects
his present and future though he is not a bad person or he has not done any mistake in present
situation. Then this scene tells us about the mentality of people when they reach a high position.
Here the girls knew that they were the best players of the country and they wanted the coach to treat

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them with respect and not force them to do anything which they do not want to do. So when the
coach was harsh on them and did not give them the freedom to play as they wanted to play, they all
decided to remove him. Each human being has the tendency to resist change. Same thing is
applicable here also. Even in the business world it is seen that to bring any change in any process is
very difficult because everyone will not be willing to accept it. It is the tactics that the manager uses
to convince all the people so that all of them agree to bring that change. It is not at all easy but it is
very important also because to survive in this world we must try to be adapt the technology and the
procedure that is changing day to day.

6. KABIR KHAN’S WARNING TO TWO PLAYERS

Kabir Khan calls Komal Chautala and Preeti Sabarwal to tell them how important it is that in finals
both of them have to play together...

KABIR KHAN: I called you both.

KOMAL: You, why did you call us Sir?

KABIR KHAN: To tell you that tomorrow we are going to lose the finals.

PREETI: What? Why?

KABIR KHAN: Why? Because tomorrow two of our players are going to play for Australia.

KOMAL: No, No Sir it is not like that.

KABIR KHAN: What do you think that the Australian coach and team are blind? You think they
haven’t figured out that India’s main forwards do not pass to each other? You think they will not take
advantage of this fact?

KOMAL: Sir whatever I do is for the team.

KABIR KHAN: Komal you cannot fool me, at least do not try and fool yourself. You fought with
your father, mother, brother and your village to come here and play Hockey. But now you are
playing at something else. Even you know this.

KOMAL: Tell her Sir. She’s the one who started it all.

KABIR KHAN: And you are the one who will finish it tomorrow? Is that the plan? And you, Preeti
Sabarwal, Captain of Chandigarh team. You lost your senses to join this team. But now you have lost

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all sense.. Why? Neither of you is a child. You know very well that if you do not play together for
the same side tomorrow we will never win the finals. Once upon a time an Indian team had lost a
final. You don’t know what it is like to bear that cross. But when you do it, it will be too heavy to
bear. Neither of you have the strength to bear it. Nobody has the strength to bear it. You both know
what the problem between you two is. All I know is that whether you both play on our side or not the
rest of my team will play together against Australia and if necessary against both of you as well. The
ball is in your court. Do you want to play with your team or against it.

ANALYSIS: This is the scene where the coach is trying to make the players understand the strength
of unity and team spirit. It shows that how, just because of small fight between two main players of
the team the whole team was facing the tension of loosing the finals. The coach wanted the girls to
realise the pain of loosing the final match so that they will play properly and win the match and they
will not have to face the problem that he faced. It is necessary to match the individual goals with
organisational goals. Otherwise as shown in movie we will be facing the problems of conflicts in the
business world. Manager must know how to make the environment free from any negative energy.

7. MOTIVATION BY COACH BEFORE FINALS

KABIR KHAN: Seventy minutes! Seventy minutes is all you have. Perhaps the most important 70
minutes of your life. Today whether you play well or badly you will always remember these seventy
minutes for the rest of your life. Today I won’t tell you how to play. All I will say is: Go! And play
for all you’re worth in these seventy minutes because, in the days to come, whether life goes well for
you or not, whether you have something to call your own or not, whether you win or lose, these 70
minutes is something that nobody can ever take away from you. So I thought I will not tell you how
to play today’s match. You will by playing it because I know that if in these 70 minutes each player
of this team plays the best Hockey of her life, then even God cannot take away your 70 minutes. So
go! Go and steal those 70 minutes from yourself, from your life, from God and from anyone who did
not have any faith in you. Go and steal your 70 minutes.

Chak de!!!

ANALYSIS: This scene is the best example of motivation. The coach is motivating the players
before they enter the ground for playing the finals match. He makes them realise, how important the
final match is for all of them and also for India. The importance of 70 minutes is explained by him to
all. In the same way manager must try to motivate the employees to perform their best to increase the
productivity of the company. It is very essential that employees must like the work they are doing.

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They must feel that they are important for the company. Then only, they will work with full energy.
This will ultimately result in high productivity.

ANALYSIS OF THE MOVIE- CHAK DE INDIA

Chak de India stands apart from many movies because of following reasons:

o The movie is very gripping - and the script is tightly coupled with the characters. I
promise, you will be glued to the screen.
o Choice of characters - Every player in the team truly represent their state, and their
culture. Somehow, somewhere you will identify someone with each of these “next-
door” characters
o Attention to detail - Great amount of attention has been paid to the players, the
diversity in culture, and their language and team dynamics.
o Where are the trees? - Chak de India is probably one of the few Yash Raj films with
a very low nonsense level. No unnecessary drama, no foreign site seeing. Its all about
the game. Very focused.
o No Godness factor - Unlike the regular Bollywood movies, Chak de has stayed close
to the ground and there is no attempt to make a God out of any actor (SRK included).
They all fail; they all fight and lose out too.
o Most importantly, SRK is not SRK in Chak de India- he has tried to get out of his
comfort zone (i.e. the usual love story); and must say that he has done an awesome
job.

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Leadership qualities of Chak De India!

• The Leader should be fair and impartial while dealing with the team members .The way the coach
Kabir Khan selects as the Captain of the team shows this. He does not choose the senior player as
captain. He observes all the players and chooses Vidhya Sharma as Captain because she was cool
headed and mature enough to control all the girls.

• Individual goals and agendas are always counter-productive as proved by the way two forward
players try to become the highest goal-scorers at the cost of the team’s fortune. They were keeping
the target of becoming World Champions aside and concentrate on themselves. The coach had
instructed all girls on the first day of training that all of them would be playing first for India then for
the team and if any life remains then for themselves. The girls were doing just the opposite of that.
They were playing for themselves. It is seen that even in the business world if the employees work
towards individual goals then the organisational goal cannot be achieved.
• Those who do not play for the common goal should be ruthlessly dealt with and kept OUT of the
team. The way coach Kabir Khan orders players OUT of the team is a memorable scene. The players
are not allowed to play till they agree to what the coach says and till they are not sorry for what they
did.
• The leader should not hesitate in taking hard-decisions of selecting and retaining the members of
the team. In the business world he manager or a leader has to handle different people. He has to
approach different people in different ways in order to get the work done. For that sometimes he has
to be harsh to them so that the people do not take undue advantage of the manager.
• Nothing unites and inspires a team like a common goal .The bashing episode at Mc Donald’s in the
film is a very good example of this. When the team works with a common goal then it is sure that
they would be victorious.
• Knowing the strengths, weaknesses and strategies of competitors (of the organization / team) is
essential to fully exploit the strengths of the organization/team, to overcome its weaknesses and
formulate appropriate strategies to exploit the weaknesses of the competitors and to win.
• If you have the talent, passion and commitment, you can make underdogs win. This is the main
message given by the movie.

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• Unless pushed to limits, your team will not perform at its best. It is very important that full
potential should be used. For that the leader must find out what potential his subordinates have and
enrich them. He must make them believe that they have the talent and help them to develop it. This
was done by Kabir Khan also. He trained them to utilize their full potential and win the matches.
This is applicable in business world also. When a manager trains and handles the employees properly
they become capable of using their full potential.
• People always want easy things, and it is difficult to overcome sarcasm. That is why when the
coach started training them strictly.
• Be strict and straight with your team. You don’t have to be nice to them always. In short, be
ruthlessly compassionate!
• Strategy is important - know the team members individual strengths and weaknesses
• There is no alternate to hard work, it is smart work!
• If you are after a cause big enough, you will always have people to support you, Follow your heart!
• Success is difficult. You must overcome each and every hurdle in front of you for a prolonged
period of times. You must have each and every team member working unselfishly towards a
common goal.
• Failure is easy. All you need is one selfish person to ruin the whole project for everyone. All you
need is to fail one hurdle at any one time.
• Understanding and respecting each other’s role and contribution is the important first step to
cooperation.

Leadership with Ethics:

• Leadership means leading the team in a direction to achieve the goal; it can be a right direction or
bad direction. But if it is with Ethics means, we should be true from our conscience and do all the
right things and positively achieve the goal.
Example: Vidya Malvade lead the team in a positive direction and then later without any biasness
she was selected as the captain of the team. She was supportive, loving, kind but at the same time she
is very strong and determined.
Leadership without Ethics:
• It means trying to lead the team in a wrong direction by deceiving people. It is taking the role of a
leader in a hazardous way. You might succeed initially but later on, fail in a very bad way.
Example: Bindiya Naik the senior, tried to lead the team in a wrong direction by saying wrong things
and create misunderstandings with Vidya as well as with the Coach. Though everyone believed her

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initially, later on everyone knew her originality and because of some unforeseen reasons she was not
allowed to play in the team.

RELATIONSHIPS

I-It Relationship:
Initially, when their coach interacted with the players, as they didn’t have any personal relationship
or good understanding, the relationship was I-It because they were not obeying or respecting the
views of their coach. The communication was only in one side.
I-You Relationship:
It is the relationship between the team members. They believed each other and were very friendly.
I-Thou Relationship:
It is the relationship between the coach and captain, because they shared the emotions with each
other. The coach was the navigator for her. If the couch would have misguided during the last
penalty they wouldn't have won the match and belief would have broken. Because in this relationship
people gets vulnerable.
Individual Differences
As we know, All fingers are not alike, it was always expected that they will different
opinions. When everyone is having different opinions then that means they had Individual
differences. When participants came from their respective states, everyone had their own mother
tongue influences, their own ideas, their respect for only their state, etc. But the coach managed to
keep all the differences at one place and made it from individual players to a synergy team. Because
during work everyone should have one goal and should be one.
Model of End Relationship or Terminating Relationship
When you are not maintaining a good relationship with people, show ego, etc then surely you
are going to end the relation one day. Attitude of a person is very important in creating relationship.
The attitude of the most senior player (Bindiya Naik) in the team. She took everything for granted -
she just knew that she was right. She had her own glorious past, lived in her own world and never
cared about the game. The problem with most organizations is the inflated egos that come free with
most of the senior workforce. The result: ego tussles, team friction and a lot more. So, at the end she
was avoided by each and everyone in the team.

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TEAM WORK

The Benefits of team work are as follows:

 Increased Productivity
 Improved customer service
 More flexible system
 Employee empowerment
 Competitive advantage
 More ideas
Examples of team work
1. The first team work success was obviously their win.
2. The tricky match against South Korea.
3. The McDonald's scene where the entire team shows team spirit by entering into a physical fight
with the eve teasers.
4. Negative intention team work made bound to the coach to resign.

RELATING EACH ‘C’ OF TEAM WORK TO “CHAK DE INDIA”

Team building process in the film is very significant. Sixteen players from different parts of
the country with different backgrounds and diversity meet for the first time for a common cause.

1) Commitment

The initial entry of the players of the team is interesting. The players introduce themselves as
representative of their respective states in the introductory session, except Vidya Sharma, who says
that she is from India, which subsequently makes her way to be captain of the team. Mujhe Sirf ek
mulk ka naam sunaai deta hai – I..n..dia This shows that the leader wants the team to be aware of
their goal and be committed to it. The coach is committed to achieve the goals and he wants every
members commitment · There was emergency derailment or rerouting, when they go abroad to play
for the world cup.

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2) Contribution

Team also need self-leaders who takes responsibility for getting thing done .This quality can
be observed in Vidhya Sharma. Bindia naik is senior player, however work team need people who
have strong technical and intrapersonal skills and willing to learn. She was not at all willing to learn
and lacked in interpersonal skills. At the end, when team was in need of Bindia Naik, the coach
empowered her and she was motivated to play well and the team had won against Argentina. She
was the only player who could break back to back manning of the opponent.

3) Communication

The goals are clearly communicated to the team by their coach. The coach’s approach in
training the team is not friendly. It has been observed that the coach communicates with the team in a
negative for e.g. Women can not play hockey, however this motivates the team to play much better.
Open communication can be observed when the coach is training all the girls and pointing out their
mistakes. He was giving a fair feedback, so that the team would improve.

4) Cooperation

“We do it right the first time” this has been lacking in the movie cause they had lost very
badly in their match with Australia. Preeti and Komal are the girls who play for them selves, not for
the country. They hardly cooperate with each other. How ever, in the crucial final match, they come
together and work together to ensure that India wins. Creativity can be observed when all the team
members forgive mistakes , respect differences and cooperate with each other to achieve the goal ·
Gunjan the senior player puts her ego aside, and develop a generous spirit (You cant have your way
all the time and –to add value develop a generous team spirit)

5) Conflict Management

The Coach changes the sleeping position of the girl to resolve conflict and encourage team
spirit. He also passes a rule that no staying with a girl of your own state. Komal Chautala (Chitrasi
Nayak), the ace center forward of Haryana state gets punished for entering into an argument with
Preeti and punished for a week with 5 similar offenders. In the same way Balbir Kaur, Aliya Bose,

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Bindia Nayak and one more girl from Darjeeling gets punished for misbehaving. At the end Komal
& Preeti resolve their conflict and the team wins the final match against Australia.

6) Change Management

Bindia Nayak, the right half senior most player for her lifetime from Railways is dormant for
her cool reaction in the field and become water –girl for the team during the world cup .She is
neutralized several times in the film for her ego. Even if she is the most professional player of the
team, she is not allowed to play because of her undisciplined behaviour. Her position was changed
from forward to center· When you need the best, by pass all your rules and call her. SRK goes and
requests her to play when India has to confront Korea. She was the need of the time. Punch word-
Compromise with the ego.

7) Connections

Coach tries to develop a connection between the team to encourage team spirit. Some times
crisis and conflicts help in team building. The show down with the street Romeos in the McDowell
outlay was the foundation of team building and confidence building. Punch point-When there is a
crisis, the team members come together. In the finals all team members develop a sort of connection
including Preeti & Komal.

8) Competition

The top scorers (Preeti Sabharwal and Komal Chautala) competing to bag the highest scorer
tag. What really happens is that they start competing with each other which eventually turns out to be
advantageous for the opponents.

Behavioural Communication

The behaviour of the girls from Jharkhand clearly revealed their exposure and their introvert
nature. Balbir Kaur(Punjabi)’s behaviour clearly communicated that she is very healthy, strong and
straight forward. Preeti Sabarwal‘s behaviour showed that she is from a good family and she is very
cool and also she is determined and focused about her career. Bindia Naik’s behaviour proved that

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she is aggressive and egoistic. Thus, what ever their individual behaviour may be portrayed as, the
one thing all had in common was that, they were the most deserving candidates and had a burning
passion in them to win the World cup.
Self Esteem

There were a few participants who maintained a self esteem in them. Preeti Sabarwal
portrayed that though she is a girl she had all the capabilities and then to maintain her self esteem she
even challenged her fiancée. Bindia Naik had a high self esteem. She had her own glorious past,
lived in her own world and never cared about the game because she was a senior player and had a
negative self esteem. The cold war between Preeti and Komal to be the best and have a good self
esteem. Girls to have their self esteem at the zenith point; they wrestled with some boys when they
commented on them at McDonald’s.

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LEARNINGS FROM THE MOVIE

"Chak De" is an excellent movie and teaches us things like team spirit, leadership qualities,
life skills etc. Some of my observations are:

1. First of all media (newspaper, TV, web etc.) can be a double edged sword. It can bring lots of
popularity in short time as well as lots of bad name irrespective of your work or intentions. So, be
careful of any media.

2. One has to prepare for many years to reach to a certain level. Nothing happens overnight. You
have to have a firm commitment within yourself to do something and keep doing it for many days or
may be years. (Shahrukh khan says that - I was practicing since last 6 years for hockey team
coaching).

3. Be strict to others when coaching is going on. Time management is very important as well.
Balancing the time between work, family, friends, and self-development is becoming crucial, and
one has to master at it.

4. Think large. (I am from India - not from Gujarat or anything.). May be we should say – I am from
earth when inter-planet matches will happen in future?

5. Respect diversity (means different languages, different people, different attitude, and different sex
and so on). Manager must leverage diversity and try to get maximum benefits for his own team.

6. Ego is important and it’s good to have it up to certain limit. The best programmers & successful
business people manage their ego in a positive way and achieve amazing results.

7. Its really tricky to satisfy each and everyone in a team. Sometimes the manager has to layoff
people from the team if they are arrogant & not working for the success of the team.

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8. Anger is good to a certain extent and everyone (especially managers!) must drink lots of cold
water when they are angry.

9. Never give up and keep dreaming because the one who dreams the most, does the most.

10. Sometimes the best thing to do is, just do it and not talk a single word about it. If you have it in
you, just challenge and show it that you can do it or something can be done.

11. Be a student and keep learning. You never know what learning lesson will help you in life.
Personally, I have always felt that - whatever we learn never goes out of our mind. That's why
always be in touch with, or in the company of people where you can learn something new everyday.
Life is a learning process. Life is a multiversity.

12. In business, your competitors are watching all your moves. Don't be afraid of competitions and
do not under estimate anyone.

13. You can only see the reality if you have seen it first in your dreams (day dream & night dream).
This seems crazy, but its the real truth and I have experienced it.

14. Communication is extremely important - in personal life & business life. Keep learning this great
art. Communication is useful for everyone in any field of profession. Confusion and non-
coordination can be solved with open and transparent communication only.

5. Sometimes you have to lose to win in the long run. Very true in business & life. Both!!!

16. Time Management is very important. Otherwise, it is very difficult to achieve the goals that we
have set. It is rightly said ‘time and tide never waits for man’. Every person has just 24 hours. But a
person who manages all his work in these 24 hours will be a successful person. We have to plan and
make strategies taking into considerations the time constraints. It is difficult to do all jobs in time in
this unpredictable world but the person who is able to do it is a successful person.

17. Decisions are very important in Life. More than, just taking decisions, taking the right decision is
very important. Decisions should be such that it should be fair for everyone, no one should be hurt
due to that decision and also you must also be benefitted from that.

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18. Forgot your past. Each and every person has some past. A person’s ability to learn from his past
experiences and to forget about bad things and to go on in life keeping only good memories helps
him to achieve all goals and to succeed in life.

19. Self Analysis is very important not only for an individual but also for an organisation. Each
member of the company must know about the limitations and good things about the company and
their employees. This makes the working of the company very easy and less wrong decisions will be
taken by the management. It helps in formulating the strategies also.
20. Team Sprit is a must in any company. Without that a company cannot succeed. So managing a
team needs a good manager and he should have all the qualities of a perfect manager.
21. Flexibility is very essential in the unpredictable business world today. We have to change our
attitude or behaviour according to the circumstances. We should be ready with some alternate
strategies to adapt to changing environment.

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Conclusion

‘Chak de India’ is a beautifully made film which makes you laugh, makes you cry, gives you
goose bums and fills patriotism inside you. 'Chak De India' keeps you on the edge of your seat, even
though it is a sports-based film and not a thriller. "Chak De" helps us understand concepts like
human resource management, strategy, motivation, determination, leadership skills and to be
ambitious. The movie also teaches us how to get the best from the worst. We have our chance till the
last moment, so never to lose hope till the last moment. There a lot of things to be learnt from the
movie to develop our skills. It’s a kind request to everybody that please watch the movie as the
movie rocks.

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