The problems Raj and Priya face are problems that all married people the world over face every day: disapproving in-laws, money problems, personality clashes, and on and on. Just real people doing the best they can with what they have, and with whom they've chosen. The charm, or the drawback, depending on how you view it, is that the film has no real plot, no villains, no heros.
Now daily life intrudes, and Raj is left trying to keep the grand promises he so easily made when Priya was a prize to be obtained.Ĭhalte Chalte provides a mature look into a marriage, not of two movie stars, but of Mr. The rest of the film switches from sun and sea drenched beauty of Greece to the mundane colors of Mumbai, and Raj's messy apartment. Your typical Bolly romance would be running the end credits about now, but we're just at the interval. Raj, not wanting to spend the rest of his life regretting `if only' follows Priya to Greece to convince her that he, not Sameer, is the man of her dreams. Love blossoms, but the road to happiness is never smooth in Bollywood: Priya becomes engaged to her childhood friend, Sameer, a wealthy businessman from Priya's world of money and privilege.
Also a bit of a snob, she assumes Raj is merely a truck driver and snubs him accordingly. Priya is organized and efficient passionate, but always proper. One day he bumps into Priya (Rani Mukerjee), a beautiful, sophisticated upper-class fashion designer born in Greece and raised in luxury. Raj is messy, impulsive, quick tempered: a guy who acts in haste and repents at leisure. Start with Raj (Shah Rukh Khan), a middle class guy who owns a small transport company. Instead of leaving you at the altar to assume that `they lived happily ever after', Chalte Chalte takes you inside the marriage after Boy meets Girl, Boy wins Girl, to experience Man faces the realities of life with Woman. Will they reunite or will the discord never be set straight? - SoumitraĬhalte Chalte (`Walk Along') is a mainstream Bollywood romance that goes one better. This is too much to take for Priya and she leaves their home. When Raj finds out, all hell breaks loose and in an angry fit he accuses Priya of infidelity. Raj runs into financial problems and Priya borrows money from Sameer without telling Raj. But after a year of their marriage, things are not quite rosy as the once-lovestruck couple faces the harsh realities of marriage. During the journey Priya realizes that Raj is her true soulmate and decides to marry him. Raj follows her all the way to Greece to woo her. Raj has fallen for Priya but Priya is already engaged to marry her childhood friend Sameer. But when a chance encounter brings them together, they are drawn towards each other. While Raj owns a small-time transport business and belongs to the economically middle class section of society, Priya belongs to the affluent class and is on the road to becoming a famous fashion designer. Raj and Priya come from two different strata of society.