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Released
2013 · FILM

Chennai Express

A carefree businessman races across India to scatter his grandfather’s ashes in sacred waters, only to be thrust into a high‑stakes clash with a powerful crime family while falling for the daughter he meets en route.

“Ready... Steady... Po!”

Directed by
Rohit Shetty, Surender Dhavle
Written by
K Subhash, Yunus Sajawal
Rated
MPA · PG-13
Runtime
141 min
Language
HI
ActionComedyRomance
Streaming on
  • Netflix

Synopsis

Rahul sets out on a journey to a small town in Tamil Nadu to fulfill his grandfather's final wish: to have his ashes immersed in the holy waters of Rameshwaram. Along the way, he meets a woman from a distinctive family in South India. As they travel together through the vibrant landscapes of the region and develop feelings for each other, they are soon faced with an unexpected challenge.

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How many hands made this film

The scale of the collaboration

A crew of 350+ credited

Why a floor?

This is a minimum, not a total. We only count the credits we’ve captured so far, and coverage is uneven — a blockbuster might show a few hundred names while another of the same size shows a couple dozen. The real crews all ran into the thousands. The number here only grows as full credits are enriched — so we frame it as a floor, never a headcount.

Craft leads on file

Edited by Sapna AgrawalShot by DudleyScored by Vishal DadlaniDesigned by Narendra RahurikarSound by Anup DevCostumes by JimmyStunts by Sharad Vittal ShettyVFX by Nayeem Akhtar

Box Office

2013 · Box office

✅ Made its money back — grossed 3.4× its budget

Why 2.5×?

Cinemas keep roughly half of every ticket sold, and a wide release’s marketing often costs about as much again as the film — so a movie needs to gross around 2.5× its production budget just to break even theatrically. It’s a rule of thumb, not the studio’s ledger (home video and streaming come later).

Worldwide gross

$62.0M

Budget$18.0M
Worldwide gross$62.0M
break-even (2.5×)

Opening week (7-day): $196K

Peak 144 theaters

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