Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi Movie Review
Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi marks the return of Aditya Chopra as a director after 8 years. His last movie Mohabbatein did well at the box-office, but it isDDLJ that continues to make news a decade after its release (its still running in a theatre in Mumbai). The expecations are quite high. Can Aditya Chopra recreate the magic of DDLJ, once again, with Shahrukh Khan in the lead?
Like last year’s Om Shanti Om, SRK has a new heroine, who again like Deepika Padukone, appears slightly taller than him.
Surprisingly unlike most Aditya Chopra movies, there are just 4 characters in Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi; Surinder Sahni – Raj (both SRK), Taani (Anushka Sharma) and Bobby (Vinay Pathak). Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi is a simple film about a couple whose marriage turns from a compromise to one made in heaven, by Rab himself!
Surinder Sahni is a simpleton working for Punjab Powers with a personality of a nerd. At the wedding of his college professors daughter he falls head over heals in love at first with the bride, the beautiful and very bubbly girl Taani. Just when the air of happiness and celebration reached its peak, the news about the accident of the groom and his entire family puts everything to lull. Surinder being the most favorite and admired student of the professor takes the responsibility of taking care of Taani and ties the nuptial bond with her. The rest of the story tells us about the extent to which Surinder goes to bring back the liveliness and happiness in the life of his lady love. It’s about how he wins his share of love compromising yet taking his stand for the man he is.
There are 2 major negatives and flaws in Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi
1) The length! Its more than 2 hours 40 mins long for a movie, which preferabbly should not have exceeded 2 hours. A bunch of unnecessary scenes, just to add masala, to an otherwise simple movie is disappointing. Also the movie is a stretch, with the pace being painfully slow at times.
2) The story! How can a newly married woman, who promises to be a good wife, fall in love with her dance partner? Okay, such things do happen when the marriage has no hold. But then the Raj – Taani love story is far from convincing and just doesnt strike the right chord. When a love story involves a married lady, who is cheating on her husband, the build up and the impact has to be tad bit more.
And how in the world does Taani not recognise Raj as her husband? With minimal changes in looks which included the removal of his moustache, specs and a change in hairstyle. The face and voice was the same, wasnt it?
The dialogues are great. Sets are adequate, simple and perfect for a movie like Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi. The music is average. Haule Haule and the title track are good. Dance Pe Chance has been choreographed well. Rest are okay.
SRK’s character of Surinder Sahni is something most people would identify with. A simple common man, who goes through his daily routine and 9 to 5 working life. Acting wise, SRK has put in a lot of effort into this role and it shows. The mannerisms are funny, overall good performance.
Then comes the Raj makeover and SRK starts perfecting his hamming skills. The over the top character is strictly for SRK fans. Others could find it irritating.
Anushka Sharma is brilliant in a highly refreshing performance. Her expressions and dance stands out. A huge contender for the best debut award this year. Vinay Pathak is fine.
Overall, the story and the execution is a let down. The performances are decent and the movie sure has some light moments that would make you smile and laugh. At the all important box-office, the opening has been suprisingly not upto expectations for such a huge film. It should pick up over the weekend. Going past the Week 1 figures of either Singh Is King or Om Shanti Om seems highly unlikely.
Rating: 



Wait for DVD release or Television Premiere
Other notes: Kajol, Rani Mukherjee, Lara Dutta, Bipasha Basu and Preity Zinta.. all have special apperances in a song. The theatre was half full for the morning show and the audience reaction was decent. They seemed to love the scene wherein SRK keeps a rose along with his phone number, for his newly married wife.
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Fathiya: (December 13, 2008 at 2:49 am)
Venessa: (December 13, 2008 at 3:54 am)
Just got back, the cinema was atleast 60 percent full..but i went to a 4.30pm show so people would still be at work…To sum up I AM DISAPOINTED BIG TIME! the movie is everything i was afraid it would be and that is unrealistic to the core. The problem with the movie is that yes the look of the film is very simple, small town, small thinking..but then a simple film takes a U-Turn and it ends up crashing. Rab ne bana di jodi is not all bad don’t get me wrong the first 30mins is just top-notch! If only the film stayed like that and it would have been great. I actully was pumped in the first 30mins that i was watching a great film.
The story between Surindar and Taani and how they met up and got married was really something. But the chrecter devlopment of Taani was not good at all. Her farther passes away so her farthers last wish is for her to marry Surindar, very good way to put them together. But why Taani is still hurt, Not hurt as in her farther passes away as in hurt as in why does she find it hard to love again? No past was brought to why she does not want to love another man. As i go on the starting was top notch there is one scene where he write a letter to Tanni and he does not know to leave a rose or not by the letter. Audience were clapping for that bit.
When shahrukh khan gets his first lunch tiffin from Tanni that was really sweet..Sweet moments like that was so real and good and then followed the haule haule song which was well done! The film loses it when the dance compitition kicks in and Suri Turns to raj to make his wife love him as raj, the intension was very sweet he wants to see her wife happy. But he could have stayed as suri and changed a new look and still let his wife know who he is. Why the split personalty and the lies? The raj chrecter is anoying as hell, each day he practises with her raj goes back to the salon owned by Viny pathak and puts on this time a fake Mucchie and becomes suri again. The film becomes very real at one point to very cartoonish, The comedy scenes are not evan funny. The dhoom 2 scenes where not evan funny, The Sumo Wrestling scene was never meant to be funny it was meant for you to feel sympathetic to Suri. Also how wife can not recornise her husband one bit is just too stupid. But lets not be harsh. Rab ne bana di jodi the message it delivers to you at the end is just too good. The dance compition climax is just amazing, audience were slapping for it and the final dance did give me goosebumps the last 20mins of the film was good.
But yet it is a disapointment, atleast 1.45mins of the film is just plane boring and stupid, The Hum Hain Rahe pyar ke song which featured kajol, lara, preity, bipasha and rani was not evan exciting the song was forced in and it just did not excite me one bit. Another thing the tujhe mein rab diktha hai track was soo poorly done. the song was suppose to be a soft number with alot of face expersions and rajs chrecter messes it up by dancing to it. The song could have been used in so much of a better way.
The movies performances goes to shahrukh khan as suri, Yes surindar as shahrukh khan is what proves why shahrukh khan is one amazing actor. you see no shahrukh khan in suri it is just Surindar. You feel for him you feel simpathy for this poor guy who can not express his love. Watch it for Surindars chrecter. As (Raj) shahrukh khan goes over the top infact i wish this Raj chrecter never ever exsisted he is what ruined the movie. Anuksha does well, but not brilliant, her face expressions are good but the story of her and the chrecter devlopment of her is not well done and i am suprise aditya chopra did not devlop her evan more for the audience to atleast feel for her
Like i said Phir Milenge and Tujhe Main Rab Diktha hai where big disapointments as the way they were shot was not good at all, haule Haule is the only song they shot in the right way.
Overal Aditya chopras worse film out of the 3, but the messege is good and it does leave you smiling at the end there are patchs where the film is good to excellent but a few good scenes here and there does not make a movie work. Sorry aditya chopra Ji you have disapointed me this time round..Now someone come here and call me Biased
** (Two stars out of five)
Abdur Rashid: (December 13, 2008 at 4:28 am)
Oh my God! What a bad movie, what i have seen in srk career. The move gona be flop. srk has acted too bad . This movie is the badly and poor quality movie.
chetan: (December 13, 2008 at 7:21 am)
as usual faathiya is up standing and shouting for the movie cajoling all to see the movie for how much drool drool she loved the movie blah blah and more blah..crazy.. this movie is aptly reviewed and heavily flawed and we do not like flawed product ..in any case its not about srk.. its the movie as a whole just like its not about the actor of bond films its the movie in total .i agree its worthless and i will not recommend it to anyone..
tanu: (December 13, 2008 at 7:27 am)
sure now with faathiyas views im more than ever detrmined notto see the movie..cos everytime she stands up for the movie it is either a bad film or a FLOP FILM case in point dostana which was both ..thanks faaatiya
salman: (December 13, 2008 at 7:28 am)
waste of time watching this movie…same as Yuvraaj…
Kalyan: (December 13, 2008 at 8:23 am)
Akshay kumar fighting stupid potatoes eh fathiya? atleast he doesn’t choose dumb stories like RBDNJ and you’ll see Chandni chowk to china is sure to gonna be a hit :p
Kalyan: (December 13, 2008 at 8:25 am)
And that’s not actually fighting he was trying to cut the potatoes which didn’t work and yes ofcourse THERE ARE BREATHTAKING STUNTS AND ACTIONS IN THE FILM WHICH EVERYONE WOULD LOVE.
Kalyan: (December 13, 2008 at 8:39 am)
And Fathiya i guess you and Sharukh doesn’t know the term “Fight”
Atidhi: (December 13, 2008 at 8:42 am)
What an excellent movie yaar!
Sonia: (December 13, 2008 at 8:59 am)
i watch a movie…believe me its crap…i love sahrukh & his movies…but in this movie 1st half is roaming around sahrukh only…its average movie…There is nothing new in the movie..same old love story..
linjo: (December 13, 2008 at 9:15 am)
@fathiya
No doubt u will support the movie… in the previous reviews i have seen u commented RBDJ will be hit and will be good film.U girls are blindly supporting these craps of Sharukh.He doesnt know how to act Simply does some chocolate romantic commercial films and he is now termed as the King OF BOllywood! How did such a crap became a king!? U girls and some other craps are responsible for that!Just look back.. what have this man done?or what he have contributed? Some RAJs and RAHULs…… who is after 1 or two girls or vice versa some usual blah blah,6-7 songs and the usual sentiments (sniffing NOse)…..Its so pathetic! Even Hrithik Roshan is far better than SRK!these type of fools arent the king of indian cinemas… actors like Mohanlal,Kamalhassan etc are the real kings .My advice to u .. dont waste ur time watching these crappyy srk movie.. go watch some films of kamalhassan or Mohanlal….
Subhro Chakraborti: (December 13, 2008 at 10:03 am)
I watched the film and as per me it is a very good film. The way SRK carried the role of a common man is awesome. Anuska has proved herself in the movie and shown her confidence. The songs Haule Haule, Tuj Me Rab Dikta Hain and Dance Pe Chance are well executed. The film is a very simple film which potrays the Indian culture and the institution of marraige. Dont compare it with DDLJ as it is a quiet a different film from that. Its nice to see that filmmakers are still believing in pure Indian Culture in this days of western influence. SRK you are simply great in the film.
Sayan: (December 13, 2008 at 10:43 am)
Vikram, do send me the link……………plzz……………thanks always.
Talha Rauf: (December 13, 2008 at 11:21 am)
I dont know what you guys are babbling about the moview was way beyond expectations should be a block buster
mohammedtahir: (December 13, 2008 at 12:03 pm)
i am totally disagree with the review of the movie,i saw this movie on friday
it is a very good movie,beautiful story,outstanding performamce by shahrukh khan,anuskha and vinay pahtak.Direction,songs and picturization of the movie is fantastic..
i am giving you a very fair review.
i personally think it is a biggest block buster of 2008 ,Shahrukh performance was over the top,anuskha act very well,Vinay pathak is funny,it is a best movie for families.
Go for it,i am sure you will love it.it’s a really heart touching movie .
*****/5
Fathiya: (December 13, 2008 at 12:04 pm)
Kalyan: The potato scene reminds me of the scene in the movie ( Koi Mel Gaya) if u remember when Johnny Liver see a ball in the air and tries to catch it and he couldn’t coz the alien was moving it by it’s power..so that was an alien.. it’s power.. what makes potates hanging in the air?! Some aliens too in the movie?! Not a funny scene.. and Akshay Kumar isn’t funny at all.. he’s not a comedian.. he only plays the leading roles in some comedy movies which millions of ppl love.. I found him funny only in SIK and in few scenes.. not in all the scenes in the movie.
I just don’t understand what some ppl find in Akshay Kumar?!!
Fathiya: (December 13, 2008 at 12:53 pm)
A reply to Indicine Team & Venessa:
Indicine Team: Taani didn’t mention to Raj that she’s married coz of fear of losing him.. lots of ppl do it in fact, men and women.. I remember when I ued to work at a bank, a new employee we had, who was pretty and all the single emplyees eye’s were on her.. to win her, and one day, while we worked together she told me that she’s engaged.. after few days, I mentioned infront of someone that she’s engaged and she was “angry”! and she blamed me by saying: Why did u tell this guy that I’m engaged!! (as it was a big and a crime which I did!) then lateron, after few months I found out that she was a playgirl! wanted to attract other guys and didn’t want them to know that she’s engaged! So Tani was married to a middle age man, unhappy, and was looking 4 love, she got her reasons not tell Raj that she’s married. And the rest which u hv mentioned.. afterall it’a a film indicine team.. a movie which means 75% is a fantasy..we’ve seen in many indian movies a hero would do certain things to express his love in ways which no one does in fact.. Sury is lightingup the whole town with ( i love you) he’s doing it with lights.. in some other movies we saw a hero does it with flowers.. or a smoke in the air, etc.. these stuff would never affect any film.
And.. Sury didn’t (change) overnight.. he was just trying to be someone else! Tani loved him as Raj.. he could’ve remained as Raj for her.. to please her.. but as he was only wearing someone els’e clothes.. wasn’t (him), framed himself in a fake character, so it’s difficult for any guy to be someone else.. therefore he wanted his wife to love him the way he is.. he tried to make her love him, come close, but to accept at the end the fact that he’s not Raj and would never be Raj, but Sury.
And Venessa: If u wanted to end the story with the following: the boring husband goes to a saloon and change his look, and then the wife is surprised, and gradually falls in love with him.. so is (THE END) lived happily everafter!! the movie would’ve finished in 45 minutes! and that was the story, the movie would’ve flopped, neither the 45minutes length would satisfy the audience nor the 3 hours.. The movie length has to be from 2-3hours at maximum.. it has to hv some flavours in it, to entertain the audience.. and Sury, as he was aware, that he’s not the guy she was dreaming of, not only the look but even the character, therefore he tried to win her by framing himself into someone else’s character coz a quiet simple husband can’t do all this and change himself from a-z to please any woman, no man would do this in fact.
Most of the movies we sea r unrealistic, what matters is: did u enjoy watching it? Did u find it a good movie? Did u like the actors? Did u like the performance and the songs?
Most of movies which we watch hv some flaws, no flawless movies coz they are (only) movies!
And wait till Ghaajini is released.. a movie with full flaws.. similar to Raajnikant’s cartoon movies! unrealistic at all ( the promos proves it)
Rafnas Rasheed: (December 13, 2008 at 1:41 pm)
I agree with the movie review… Not upto the mark.
Poor script.. Not a convincing one.. I don’t think it will go upto ur expectations.. Will be average at the boxoffice..





Indicine Team: thanks for the feedback.. that’s how we are.. we see any movie differently.. therefore the responses for any movie we watch r different from the audience.. some ppl on chakpak website found it a brilliant movie and the best movie which they’ve seen in their life! and some ppl find it “average” and some find it a bad movie.. and the director is also a human.. like u and me.. also sees the script in his own way and then he makes his movie. It’s a matter of what u believe or disbelieve.. what u like or dislike.. some ppl never forgive humen’s weaknesses, falling in love, or betraying their partners even if they had some big problems in their life and were unhappy, and some do.. they do excuse others for their fault.. forgive and forget easily.
About the points which u have mentioned:
1) I did mention that Shahrukh proved himself as a very talented actor coz lots of ppl, haters, enemies, and as u know, always want to prove that Shahrukh isn’t a good actor.. Shahrukh works under yash raj, johars’ banners, shahrukh is so and so.. therefore I mentioned this scentence.. for those ppl to go and watch him in this movie.. and u didn’t like shahrukh’s acting in his role as Raj!! If u did understand shahrukh’s character as sury, a simple man who never knew how to be attractive, never had any relationship with the opposite sex as he mentioned for his wife.. so his role demanded that he overact while playing (Raj) as he was trying to be “cool”, actually he didn’t know how to be elegant and win the girl’s heart coz his friend who works as the hairdresser had also a bad taste for clothes ( coz they were living in a small town, in some old places like old Delhi.. u can see in our real life how some poor simple ppl wear their clothes, the poor young boys wear sometimes clothes which u wd laugh at.. so shahrukh didn’t overact.. but he was trying to be macho, talking loudly and walking like strong men.. that’s was his role to perform and wear some colourful t.shirts and pants.
2) About Tani that she never had any doubt about Raj, I already explained, but in the last scene, on the stage.. she was surprised because Sury, her hsuband who didn’t know anything about dancing steps, suddenly starts to dance the way Raj used to do with her! he holds her in his arms the same way.. moves the same way!! that made her surprised and then.. she remembered everything in those moments.
3) Lots of ppl in fact promise certain things but they never keep their promise.. She said she’s gona be a good wife.. but she also told her husband that she’d never be able to love him. And when a woman is living unhappy marriage life, she feels the emptyness, lonlyness and easily she’d fall for any man she meets, specially with someone like Raj.. who loved her so dearly.. gave her the love she was dreaming of.
Indicine Team: The movie is wonderful, but each of us while watching any movie would understand it differently, do u think that the super hit movies like Kabhi Khoshi Kabhi Ghum or DDLJ were some pure movies.. with no negative points, were flawless movies!! I can submit to u, if u wish, all the flaws in KKKG which was a super hit movie.!
KKKG had more than 6 or 7 flaws, but ppl loved it blindly!!