Dec 11, 2008 09:45 PM
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A lot of discussions are in air about love. The question still haunts us, what is truelove? How we identify true love? What is the test of fire to prove that it islove? What if we are blind to real love? Many a time we realize an angel when theyare gone. Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi is astory of a couple who found the angel in the partner before they get parted.
Surinder Sahni (Shahrukh Khan) is a very innocentlooking man with special mannerisms but very talented and good at heart. He went to attend the marriage ceremony ofhis master's daughter Taani (Anushka Sharma). Surinder got attracted to Taani in the firstlook itself. An accident happened tothe bridegroom and the master got a serious heart attack. Surinder accepted Taani's hand and now backto his old house in Amritsar. Their marriage however doesn't even get astart where Surinder is very shy, conventional and not so forward person. Taani on the other hand requested extra timeto get adjusted to the situations but could not promise that she will ever beable to love Surinder. Surinder notedthat Taani is not happy and when she requested his permission to join a danceclass he gave his permission. Surinder want to make sure that Taani isenjoying the dance class so that the old Taani's pleasantness stayed with her. With the help of his friend (Vinay Pathak)he took a new look where Taani will not identify him and join the danceclass. To know the furtherproceedings, watch the film.
The movie got one major plus point in selecting a themewhich many shy away from treating in its totality. Can you start your love story aftermarriage which gives you a feel of love? Director Aditya Chopra took this as a challenge and dare to attempt sucha theme.
Strength of any good movie is its storyline, screen play andthe direction. Storyline's strengthwill depend on the strength of characters and the created situations. I am sure Aditya Chopra had a good ideawhen he planed the movie. Then, hefailed to give strength to the characters and also failed to create situationswhich convince and influence the audience. The writer didn't permit the leading characters to develop, instead madetheir union in a hurry. The reasonsfor certain actions by the leading characters are not well explained. Surinder's change as Raj is not presented ina believable way. Also after a point thestory is very predictable. The first half was very slow where second halfwas better. The climax and thesituations leading to it in the last 15 minutes were good. The judgement of the competition howevercould have been better, where the performance by the winners were not that goodfor the prize.
Shahrukh Khan excels once again. Acting of Shahrukh is the only saving gracewhich I can give a 100%. Anushka Sharma's start was not sobrilliant. Thankfully after the initial15 minutes she has shown great confidence and from there own one don't have toworry about her. May be the directorshould have given bit more time to settle down the actors especially when theyare new. Vinay Pathak is theonly other person who got a small role worth mention and he did it good.
Ravi K Chandran's cinematography is pleasant. It is bright most times. There are two scenes which captured myattention simply for the cinematographic brilliance. One - where a city is shown in Anushka'seyes. Two - light reflections in thepond around the golden temple. Brilliant!! However, there arecertain odd scenes which one will find difficult to convince that this is doneby the master. But overall,cinematography is very good.
Editing of the film could have been better. At least 15 to 20 minutes could have beentrimmed. Also, few of the scenes looksplaced out of sequence.
Music is a mixed bag. Haule Hauleis a good number. Also the track 'Tujh Mein Rab Dikhta Hai' gotattention. Other songs were notcompetent enough to carry emotions required by the situations. Quality of choreography varied from song tosong.
Some excellent Scenes:
Shahrukh's his mannerism as the typical conventionalbuddijeevi in the first 15 minutes.
Anushka chasing the Tiny singh.
Shahrukh's fight with Sumo Wrestler.
Anushka's confession to Shahrukh the day before thecompetition night.
Anushka's expressions on face while dancing in theclimax. Excellent!
Shahrukh is offered Chicken Biriyani after the eatingcompetition, by Anushka.
Shahrukh's talk with the dummy.
Overall, the movie doesn't meet the high expectation following it. It is recommended to those who like ShahrukhKhan's movies. For others, it is likeany other bollywood movie which is just above average. It is good for the film to have a lesserexpectation bar so that the disappointment will not be huge.
