Chak De India

Legacy

Shubhra Gupta includes Chak De India in his book 50 Films That Changed Bollywood, 1995–2015. In 2024, August Man ranked Chak De India as #1 (out of 11) in a list of Hindi sports films, noting that it "was ahead of its time with its subtle exploration of women’s empowerment while ticking off all the boxes of a pure sports movie with the right amount of Bollywood spice." The next year in 2025, The Hollywood Reporter India ranked Chak De India as one of India's 25 best movies of the 21st century, noting that Chak De! India "stands as a landmark in Indian film history, not because it had a superstar or a dramatic climax-but because it dared to imagine a different India." Time Out also ranked it #35 on its list of the "100 Best Bollywood Movies."