Chak De! Star Chitrashi Rawat Shares Her National-Level Hockey Past

In a candid conversation at the TOI Dialogues - Uttarakhand 2025 Edition, actress Chitrashi Rawat shared her real-life hockey journey. Best known for her role as Komal Chautala in the 2007 film Chak De! India, Rawat disclosed that she was a national-level hockey player during her school days.

Rawat revealed that she began playing hockey in the fourth standard and by the seventh grade, she was already representing her state. "I always used to say that I want to play for India," she recalled, adding that she had dreamed of donning the Indian jersey and playing in the Olympics.

Referring to a scene in Chak De! India where the camera focuses on her jersey with "India" written on it, Rawat reminisced about the director, Shimit Amin, telling her, "Are you happy now? Your jersey has India written on it." This moment, she said, was a fulfillment of her long-held aspiration.

After her breakout role in Chak De! India, Chitrashi Rawat went on to star in several other films, including Fashion, Luck, Yeh Dooriyaan, and Tere Naal Love Ho Gaya. Her latest movie, Urf Ghant, was released in 2021.