Updated On: 08 August, 2023 04:45 PM IST | Mumbai | PTI
Rohit Shetty-directed Chennai Express released in theatres on August 8, 2013. Today, the film clocked 10 years. On the occasion, Rohit and Deepika Padukone expressed gratitude for all the love they received for the film

Shah Rukh Khan, Deepika Padukone, Rohit Shetty. Pic/Chennai Express, Google
Filmmaker Rohit Shetty and Bollywood star Deepika Padukone have expressed gratitude to fans for the love they have showered on their film "Chennai Express", which released in theatres on this day 10 years ago. The romantic comedy, headlined by superstar Shah Rukh Khan followed his character Rahul, who travels to Rameshwaram in Chennai Express to immerse his late grandfather`s ashes and finds himself in trouble after helping a don`s daughter Meenamma (Padukone) and her cousins board the train.
"Thank you for the love," Shetty posted on his Instagram Stories on Tuesday alongside the film`s poster, which marked his maiden collaboration with Khan and Padukone. Shetty and Khan then went on to work on "Dilwale" (2015).