 Khalid Mohamed gave the film 3.5 stars in the "Hindustan Times" stating that the film "may be predictable but compels you to root for a team of losers whom only an earth-angel can save from disastrous defeat".Apart from critics, "Chak De!India" tied with "Taare Zameen Par" for the Best film of 2007 according to various Bollywood movie directors such as Madhur Bhandarkar, David Dhawan, Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra, Anurag Basu, and Sriram Raghavan.