To the Forest of Firefly Lights
Rahul Mithaiwala (Shahrukh Khan) is a forty-year old bachelor who lives in Mumbai. His parents died in a car accident when he was eight years old and was brought up by grandparents. His grandfather ha…
To the Forest of Firefly Lights
Rahul Mithaiwala (Shahrukh Khan) is a forty-year old bachelor who lives in Mumbai. His parents died in a car accident when he was eight years old and was brought up by grandparents. His grandfather has a sweet-selling chain store - Y.Y. Mithaiwala. Before his birth centenary celebration, two of Rahul's friends suggest a vacation in Goa which he accepts. On the eve of the celebration, his grandfather dies whilst watching a cricket match. His grandmother tells him that his grandfather desired to have his ashes divided into two parts - to be immersed in the Ganges River and Rameswaram respectively. She requests Rahul to go to Rameswaram and immerse them. Rahul reluctantly accepts her request but was also eager to attend the Goa trip. He and his friends thus make plans to dump the ashes at Goa. But they were forced to change the plan when Rahul's grandmother wanted to personally see him off. This forces him to travel by train; he booked a single ticket on the Chennai Express. He plans to meet his friends at the Kalyan Junction station from where they would travel to Goa by car. Rahul forgets to take his grandfather's ashes on reaching the station and when he comes back to get it, the train started to roll on its wheels. While trying to step out of the train, he notices a girl (apparently South Indian) running to catch the train. He helps her board the moving train. He then sees four people running behind to catch the train, helps them all to get in and himself misses the platform to get off. He tries to flirt with the girl assuming she does not know his language. To his surprise, she starts communicating by singing parodies of Hindi film music, so that the others don't understand. Rahul, on her demand, lends his mobile phone so that she can contact her friends; but the men with her throw it away from the moving train. He gets annoyed by this, however keeps quiet seeing that they carry weapons and guns along. He informs the ticket examiner about them but they push the man into a lake below the railway bridge. Extremely panicked, Rahul learns that those men were actually kidnapping her and that her real name was Meenalochni Azhagusundaram (Deepika Padukone) a.k.a. Meenamma. She was trying to flee from a forced marriage to Tangaballi (Nikitin Dheer). Her father Durgeshwara Azhagusundaram (Sathyaraj), is a powerful headman of the Komban Kaum (an anagram of Kumbakonam) in Tamil Nadu. He wants her to marry Tangaballi so that he would assume control of the neighboring village as well. Meena takes Rahul to her father and introduces him as her lover. Tangaballi challenges Rahul for a duel which he accepts in sign language. On the night of the fight, Rahul escapes with the help of a local Sikh policeman but in the turn of events, ends up in Komban Kaum again. Surrounded by sickle-wielding henchmen of Azhagusundaram, Rahul then pretends to take Meena as hostage and escapes again in her father's favorite car. When the jeep breaks down, they quarrel and go separate ways. But Rahul not knowing which way to go, comes back to Meena who takes him to the Vidhamba village where a wedding was taking place. Meena lies to the people that they are a married couple who have eloped and needed protection and rest. The villagers grow fond of the couple and take care of them as long as they stay while Meena realizes that she has fallen in love with Rahul. When Rahul has plans of leaving secretly, Meena does not want to earn the distrust of the affectionate villagers. As he tries to leave, he is caught by Tangaballi but the villagers help them escape again. Meena who persuades him to immerse his grandpa's ashes travels with Rahul to Rameswaram. There they complete the rites and, on their way, back, Rahul, realizing that he has also fallen for Meena, does not tell her where they're going. He and Meena arrive back at the village to face the wrath of her father and Thangaballi. Rahul tries to talk some sense into Azhagu to make him understand and honor his daughter's wish. He also professes his love for Meena. Rahul confronts Thangaballi and confidently challenges him to fight, for real this time. In the ensuing climactic knock down, drag out fist fight, Rahul is gravely wounded and bleeding profusely. Despite his injuries, Rahul survives and manages to overpower Thangaballi, but refrains from killing him. Thangaballi accepts his defeat graciously and bows out, humbly praising Rahul for his fortitude. Azhagu Sundaram also turns over a new leaf, accepting that the big, strong heart of a common man is a much greater, powerful force than their physical ability and political clout. Meena's father finally allows Rahul to marry his daughter. As Rahul and Meena embrace, the film ends with a voiceover from Rahul narrating that love knows no barriers of region or language barriers and that with a strong heart, there is no limit to what a common man can achieve.
To the Forest of Firefly Lights
Animation,Drama,Fantasy
Film Details
Rahul Mithaiwala (Shahrukh Khan) is a forty-year old bachelor who lives in Mumbai. His parents died in a car accident when he was eight years old and was brought up by grandparents. His grandfather has a sweet-selling chain store - Y.Y.
Mithaiwala. Before his birth centenary celebration, two of Rahul's friends suggest a vacation in Goa which he accepts. On the eve of the celebration, his grandfather dies whilst watching a cricket match.
His grandmother tells him that his grandfather desired to have his ashes divided into two parts - to be immersed in the Ganges River and Rameswaram respectively. She requests Rahul to go to Rameswaram and immerse them. Rahul reluctantly accepts her request but was also eager to attend the Goa trip.
He and his friends thus make plans to dump the ashes at Goa. But they were forced to change the plan when Rahul's grandmother wanted to personally see him off. This forces him to travel by train; he booked a single ticket on the Chennai Express.
He plans to meet his friends at the Kalyan Junction station from where they would travel to Goa by car. Rahul forgets to take his grandfather's ashes on reaching the station and when he comes back to get it, the train started to roll on its wheels. While trying to step out of the train, he notices a girl (apparently South Indian) running to catch the train.
He helps her board the moving train. He then sees four people running behind to catch the train, helps them all to get in and himself misses the platform to get off. He tries to flirt with the girl assuming she does not know his language.
To his surprise, she starts communicating by singing parodies of Hindi film music, so that the others don't understand. Rahul, on her demand, lends his mobile phone so that she can contact her friends; but the men with her throw it away from the moving train. He gets annoyed by this, however keeps quiet seeing that they carry weapons and guns along.
He informs the ticket examiner about them but they push the man into a lake below the railway bridge. Extremely panicked, Rahul learns that those men were actually kidnapping her and that her real name was Meenalochni Azhagusundaram (Deepika Padukone) a.k.a. Meenamma.
She was trying to flee from a forced marriage to Tangaballi (Nikitin Dheer). Her father Durgeshwara Azhagusundaram (Sathyaraj), is a powerful headman of the Komban Kaum (an anagram of Kumbakonam) in Tamil Nadu. He wants her to marry Tangaballi so that he would assume control of the neighboring village as well.
Meena takes Rahul to her father and introduces him as her lover. Tangaballi challenges Rahul for a duel which he accepts in sign language. On the night of the fight, Rahul escapes with the help of a local Sikh policeman but in the turn of events, ends up in Komban Kaum again.
Surrounded by sickle-wielding henchmen of Azhagusundaram, Rahul then pretends to take Meena as hostage and escapes again in her father's favorite car. When the jeep breaks down, they quarrel and go separate ways. But Rahul not knowing which way to go, comes back to Meena who takes him to the Vidhamba village where a wedding was taking place.
Meena lies to the people that they are a married couple who have eloped and needed protection and rest. The villagers grow fond of the couple and take care of them as long as they stay while Meena realizes that she has fallen in love with Rahul. When Rahul has plans of leaving secretly, Meena does not want to earn the distrust of the affectionate villagers.
As he tries to leave, he is caught by Tangaballi but the villagers help them escape again. Meena who persuades him to immerse his grandpa's ashes travels with Rahul to Rameswaram. There they complete the rites and, on their way, back, Rahul, realizing that he has also fallen for Meena, does not tell her where they're going.
He and Meena arrive back at the village to face the wrath of her father and Thangaballi. Rahul tries to talk some sense into Azhagu to make him understand and honor his daughter's wish. He also professes his love for Meena.
Rahul confronts Thangaballi and confidently challenges him to fight, for real this time. In the ensuing climactic knock down, drag out fist fight, Rahul is gravely wounded and bleeding profusely. Despite his injuries, Rahul survives and manages to overpower Thangaballi, but refrains from killing him.
Thangaballi accepts his defeat graciously and bows out, humbly praising Rahul for his fortitude. Azhagu Sundaram also turns over a new leaf, accepting that the big, strong heart of a common man is a much greater, powerful force than their physical ability and political clout. Meena's father finally allows Rahul to marry his daughter.
As Rahul and Meena embrace, the film ends with a voiceover from Rahul narrating that love knows no barriers of region or language barriers and that with a strong heart, there is no limit to what a common man can achieve..