Shah Rukh as a hockey coach in Chak De
Shah Rukh as a hockey coach in Chak De

Chak De! India is one of the best movies to have come out of Bollywood. Every scene of the film is considered iconic, but sadly, it seems like on of the most important scenes from the film is inspired by a 2004 Hollywood film – Miracle. In the introductory scene where the girls who want to play hockey for India have to introduce themselves. Many girls say their names and the state they come from and Shah Rukh Khan rejects them, till Vidya Malvade‘s character introduces herself as – Vidya Sharma, India.

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Now here’s the scene from Miracle, which released 3 years before Chak De! India –

H/T – Raghavendra Gururaj from Quora.

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