Chak De! India

Chak De! India (transl. "Go for it! India" or transl. "Let's go! India") is a 2007 Indian sports drama film directed by Shimit Amin, written by Jaideep Sahni, and produced by Aditya Chopra, under the banner of Yash Raj Films. It stars Shah Rukh Khan as Kabir Khan, the fictional former captain of the India men's national field hockey team and coach of the India women's national field hockey team, alongside a cast of 16 actresses, both professional and non-professional hockey players. The sports scenes were planned and choreographed by the Sports Action Director Rob Miller of ReelSports, and the soundtrack was composed by Salim–Sulaiman.

Chak De! India explores religious bigotry, religious prejudice, and sexism. The film follows Kabir Khan, an exiled hockey player, ousted from the sport as a result of religious prejudice, following a disastrous loss to Pakistan. 7 years later, in an attempt to redeem himself, he becomes the coach of the Indian national women's hockey team, with the goal of turning 16 of its players into an award-winning team.

Sahni was inspired to develop the Chak De! India's script after reading about the India women's national field hockey team's win at the 2002 Commonwealth Games in a newspaper. Although Kabir Khan's struggles bore resemblance to those faced by real-life hockey player Mir Ranjan Negi, Sahni was unaware of Negi's tribulations while writing the script. His screenplay is a work of fiction, and the characters, while inspired by the real team and coaches, were invented by Sahni. On the suggestion of Maharaj Krishan Kaushik, then coach of the women's hockey team, Sahni invited Negi to join the film's production team. They conducted workshops for training the actors in hockey, and the players in acting. Kaushik and Negi would train Sahni, Khan and the other cast members over a period of six months.

Chak De! India released worldwide on 10 August 2007, coinciding with the country's 60th Independence Day, and grossed ₹109 crore (US$26.36 million) on a ₹20 crore (US$4.84 million) budget, thus becoming the third-highest grossing Hindi film of 2007. It received widespread critical acclaim upon release, with praise for its direction, story, screenplay, dialogues, feminist themes, and performances of the cast, with high praise directed towards Khan's performance. A recipient of numerous accolades, Chak De! India won the National Film Award for Best Popular Film Providing Wholesome Entertainment at the 55th National Film Awards. It received a leading 10 nominations at the 53rd Filmfare Awards, including Best Film, Best Director (Amin) and Best Supporting Actress (Shukla), and won a leading 5 awards, including Best Film (Critics) and Best Actor (Khan).

Shah Rukh Khan's portrayal of Kabir Khan is considered one of his best to date. In addition, the title song is played regularly at sports events in India.