Chennai Express Tamil Movie
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Chennai Express Tamil Movie
The film features several other Tamil actors, including Delhi Ganesh , Mohan Raman , and Yogi Babu .
The veteran Tamil actor made his Bollywood debut as Durgeshwara Azhagusundaram, Meenamma’s father and a formidable don.
While Chennai Express is technically a Hindi (Bollywood) movie, it is deeply rooted in Tamil culture and geography, making it a unique crossover film. chennai express tamil movie
No discussion of Chennai Express is complete without addressing its controversial use of language. Deepika Padukone’s Meena speaks a broken, exaggerated Tamil-infused Hindi. Her dialogue—“Aaj mere pati, kal tera pati, ek din sabka pati” (Today my husband, tomorrow your husband, one day everyone’s husband)—became iconic for its absurdity. Yet, the humor is built on a power dynamic. Rahul, the Hindi speaker, is the linguistic norm; Meena, the Tamil speaker, is the comic deviation. The film rarely attempts to translate or validate Tamil as an equal language. Instead, it uses the "South Indian accent" as a performative gag, similar to how older films caricatured Parsis or Anglo-Indians.
Shetty’s vision of Tamil Nadu is a deliberate, stylized caricature. It is a land of thunderous waterfalls, rolling tea estates, and villages frozen in a feudal time warp. The men are either stoic, lungi-clad henchmen or verbose, philosophizing dons. The women are fiery, traditional, and speak in a rapid-fire, heavily accented Hindi that is often unintelligible to the hero—and, by extension, to the North Indian audience. The film’s most celebrated character, Meena, is a paradox. She is fiercely independent, capable of knocking out four men with a single blow, yet her entire existence is defined by the men in her life: her dead father and her intimidating grandfather. The film features several other Tamil actors, including
A song celebrating the diverse geography of India, contrasting the North and the South. Box Office and Regional Reception
Rahul’s character arc is one of reluctant transformation. He lies, schemes, and tries to flee from the “dangerous” South, embodied by the ferocious don, Thangaballi. His eventual embrace of Tamil culture—learning to fight with a aruval (mace), respecting local deities, and falling for the dialect-smashing Meena (Deepika Padukone)—mirrors the colonial trope of the “civilized” outsider being “tamed” by the “exotic” native. The film’s comedy derives almost entirely from this linguistic and cultural dislocation: Rahul mispronouncing “Meenamma” as “Mini-amma,” mistaking a funeral procession for a wedding, and failing to understand the local custom of not serving tea in a hotel. While played for laughs, these moments highlight a deeper, uncomfortable reality of cultural chauvinism, where the Northerner’s ignorance is the punchline, but his eventual “saving” of the damsel is the plot. No discussion of Chennai Express is complete without
If you are watching closely, catch these references that make the film a delight:
Released in 2013, Chennai Express was a game-changing film in Rohit Shetty's filmography, marking his foray into the Tamil film industry. The action-comedy-drama film starred Shah Rukh Khan, Deepika Padukone, and Sathyaraj, and it was a massive hit among Tamil cinema audiences. Even years after its release, Chennai Express remains one of the most beloved and iconic Tamil films of all time.
@rahuldw181 said:
it would be better to suggest any method ( like icon packs) to use another fonts without rooting the device. can u tell me how to use them on stable os without rooting?
OnePlus just introduced this Font engine in their latest Open Beta. Perhaps in a future update they will provide an option for custom fonts, but for now, root is the only way to go.
@rarog said:
Could you please attach a screenshot of this, as I don't have latest OpenBeta installed? If OP indeed explicitly licensed them under Apache v2.0, then you're good to go.
I see you "like"d my reply, am I good to go? Can I re-add the GDrive link?
Edit: woops, you replied just as I was typing this up. My bad.
ZeevoX
@Sun90 said:
Thanks zeevoX@elangloisYou were wish fulfilled.
You ROCK!
Thanks
@rarog Glad this is resolved.
@rarog said:
Could you please attach a screenshot of this, as I don't have latest OpenBeta installed? If OP indeed explicitly licensed them under Apache v2.0, then you're good to go.
It's a really long screenshot, because it's a list of
all the files in OxygenOS licensed under Apache v2.0, but here it is:
https://goo.gl/photos/Hre9buYDQspMMeAKA
@ZeevoX said:
I've just checked in Settings > About Phone > Legal Information > Open source licences and the following files are licensed under the Apache v2.0 License:/system/fonts/SlateForOnePlus-Black.ttf /system/fonts/SlateForOnePlus-Bold.ttf /system/fonts/SlateForOnePlus-Book.ttf /system/fo...
Could you please attach a screenshot of this, as I don't have latest OpenBeta installed? If OP indeed explicitly licensed them under Apache v2.0, then you're good to go.
@camohan said:
@ZeevoX I have currently removed the Google Drive link. I am getting this checked if it can be shared.
I've just checked in
Settings > About Phone > Legal Information > Open source licences and the following files are licensed under the
Apache v2.0 License:
/system/fonts/SlateForOnePlus-Black.ttf
/system/fonts/SlateForOnePlus-Bold.ttf
/system/fonts/SlateForOnePlus-Book.ttf
/system/fonts/SlateForOnePlus-Light.ttf
/system/fonts/SlateForOnePlus-Medium.ttf
/system/fonts/SlateForOnePlus-Regular.ttf
/system/fonts/SlateForOnePlus-Thin.ttf
Therefore I am permitted to distribute these files with reference to the owner, as long as I generate no profit from doing so. I have uploaded these fonts to Google Drive, which does not pay me, so surely I have permission to share these fonts. I have clearly stated that
I do not own these fonts, and that their creator is indeed Rod McDonald.
Full licence of these font files available here: https://hastebin.com/raw/wibazoluja
@ZeevoX said:
OnePlus have just released Open Beta 8/17 for the OnePlus 3/3T, which comes with the feature to change the font between the default Google Roboto font and OnePlus' new font, OnePlus Slate™.I thought I'd share the new font's TTF files if anyone is interested.Content removed by Mode...
Thanks zeevoX
@a1759109403902
You were wish fulfilled.
For those that have tried flashing a different font with this new beta, does it break the lockscreen clock (it replaces the ":" with a box and the usual fix doesn't work)? Tried flashing Product Sans but it broke the Lock screen clock.
@ZeevoX said:
I see you "like"d my reply, am I good to go? Can I re-add the GDrive link?Edit: woops, you replied just as I was typing this up. My bad.ZeevoX
Just a note - if there will come an update and the font will be modified, please check, if the license is still Apache v2.0. If yes, you can of course upload them, too. If they won't be under a free license, don't upload the updated versions.
@ZeevoX said:
It's a really long screenshot, because it's a list of all the files in OxygenOS licensed under Apache v2.0, but here it is: https://goo.gl/photos/Hre9buYDQspMMeAKA
1) You're good to go.
2) OP put OPMusic.apk under Apache v2.0? Well, while I don't think they published their sources, anybody is allowed to hack the app anyway. I fear some devs don't know what they are doing in terms of license. The only sad thing - I don't think you can demand to get the source code.
@ZeevoX I have currently removed the Google drive link. I am getting this checked if it can be shared.
@ZeevoX said:
I don't, but they are in /system/fonts/ in OxygenOS Open Beta 8 / 17, and I never claimed them. They are clearly referenced with their source, and I *never* stated I own them.
that's ok ... just shot an email to the owners. hate to see them lose out on $$$, specially if OP just stole it and modified the fonts
@ZeevoX said:
OnePlus just introduced this Font engine in their latest Open Beta. Perhaps in a future update they will provide an option for custom fonts, but for now, root is the only way to go.
ok
it would be better to suggest any method ( like icon packs) to use another fonts without rooting the device. can u tell me how to use them on stable os without rooting?
Worth noting that this font is probably still quite WIP (if you go over Bug Report section of the forums you'll see)
Otherwise it looks good being not too thick but not condensed
@Account Deactivated said:
How do i implement these fonts?is it only available for beta users?
If you have a customer recovery and a suitable .zip you can flash any font you like (also needs root).
There are plenty of them around in a huge XDA topic, unfortunately Slate for OnePlus isn't there yet (that's why I asked if anyone's aware of a flashable zip for it...)
On Open Beta 9 the problem with flashing another font and the lockscreen breaking continues
