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2013 · Hindi · 2h 21m · Romance, Comedy, Action · CBFC U/A
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Good
6 reviews
51
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Summary

Chennai Express (2013, Hindi) has a Filmi Score of 51 from 6 critic reviews, is rated 12+ by Filmi (CBFC: U/A), and streams on Netflix in the US.

Rahul embarks on a journey to a small town in Tamil Nadu to fulfill the last wish of his grandfather: to have his ashes immersed in the Holy water of Rameshwaram. En route, he meets a woman hailing from a unique family down South. As they find love through this journey in the exuberant lands of South India, an unanticipated drive awaits them.

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Summary

Rahul embarks on a journey to a small town in Tamil Nadu to fulfill the last wish of his grandfather: to have his ashes immersed in the Holy water of Rameshwaram. En route, he meets a woman hailing from a unique family down South. As they find love through this journey in the exuberant lands of South India, an unanticipated drive awaits them.

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What the critics said

6 reviews · the critic’s own number where they gave one
Five of 6 · the critic’s own number where they gave one
Rachit Gupta · 9 Aug 2013
Movie Review: Chennai Express | Filmfare.com Read it there →
Published · 3.5/5 Filmi’s reading 80
70
8 Aug 2013
Chennai Express Movie Review {3.5/5}: Critic Review of Chennai Express by Times of India Read it there →
Published · 3.5/5 Filmi’s reading 68
70
Aseem Chhabra · 9 Aug 2013
Calls the film loud and mindless with a plot full of holes, but concludes it is harmless masala entertainment that delivers exactly what it sets… Read it there →
Derived by Filmi
65
Movie Review: Chennai Express,starts off well but turns into the same old story Read it there →
Published · 2.5/5 Filmi’s reading 35
50
Sukanya Verma · 9 Aug 2013
Praises early laughs and the leads' charisma but says the film abandons droll comedy for contrived sentimentality and 'dreadful drama' by the… Read it there →
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32
Ronnie Scheib · 10 Aug 2013
Finds the humor one-note and Khan's cowardly comic persona reading as moral laxity rather than funny, with the leads' antipathy feeling gratuitous… Read it there →
Derived by Filmi
28
How this number was made. We read every review and derive a 0–100 reading from each — including where the critic printed a number, which stays first on its row, because it’s theirs. The Filmi Score is the mean of 6 readings; 3 of those rows also carry the critic’s own rating, shown beside ours. Rubric v2.1, computed 26 Oct 2026. Any critic can ask us to remove a derived reading.
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Chennai Express: quick answers

Box office, where to watch and what critics said — from the same data as the page.

Where can I watch Chennai Express?

Chennai Express is streaming on OTT: Netflix (India, the US, the UK and Canada). It can also be rented or bought on Apple TV (India, the US, the UK and Canada), YouTube (India, the US, the UK and Canada) and Google Play Movies (the US). Availability comes from JustWatch and is checked every Friday.

What did critics say about Chennai Express?

Chennai Express has a Filmi Score of 51 (Good), the mean of 6 readings of critic reviews, one per review. Readings run from 28 (Variety) to 80 (Filmfare). Every review and how it was scored is listed below.

What readers say

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