 In an NPR interview via affiliate WBUR-FM, "Mumbai Mirror" columnist Aseem Chhabra called "Chak De!India" "an example of a film that's been made within the framework of Bollywood and yet it is a very different film.It does take up some realistic issues, and what I really liked about the film was that the women who acted, you know, who are part of the team, each one of them got a chance.