Meena takes Rahul to her father and introduces him as her lover. He wants her to marry Thangaballi so that he would assume control of the neighboring village as well. Her father Durgeshwara Azhagu Sundaram (Sathyaraj), is a powerful headman of the Komban village in west Tamil Nadu. She was trying to flee from a forced marriage to Thangaballi (Nikitin Dheer). He learns that those four men were actually kidnapping the girl whose name is Meenalochini Azhagu Sundaram (Deepika Padukone) aka Meenamma. Then he notices four men are also running to catch the train. Right after commencing the journey from Mumbai railway station, when the train was leaving the platform, Rahul sees a girl running to catch the train. He plans to meet his friends after commencing the journey at the Kalyan Junction station from where they would travel to Goa by car. This forces Rahul to travel by train and he booked a single ticket on the Chennai Express. But, they were forced to change their plan when Rahul's grandmother told him that she would be coming to see him off at the station. On the other hand he was eager to attend the Goa trip, so, he and his friends make plans to dump the ashes at Goa. She requests Rahul to go to Rameswaram and immerse the ashes. His grandmother tells him that his grandfather desired to have his ashes divided into two parts and have one part of it immersed at Rameswaram.

Right before the birth centenary, his grandfather dies. Before his birth centenary celebration two of Rahul's friends suggest going to Goa for a vacation which he accepts.

Mithaiwala - and he owns a chain of stores in Mumbai. His grandfather has a sweet-selling business - Y.Y. Rahul's parents died in a car accident when he was eight years old and it was his grandparents who brought him up. Rahul (Shahrukh Khan) is a forty-year old bachelor and lives in Mumbai.

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