Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi (2008)

Director:

Aditya Chopra

Writer:

Aditya Chopra (story)

Release Date:

12 December 2008 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy | Drama | Musical | Romance

Tagline:

There is an extraordinary love story in every ordinary Jodi.

Plot:

A middle-aged man who has lost his love for life recovers it through the love of a vivacious young girl.

Plot Keywords:

Bollywood | Famous Line | Musical Segments

Awards:

2 wins & 6 nominations

Cast

Shahrukh Khan	...	Surinder 'Suri' Sahni
Vinay Pathak	...	Balwinder 'Bobby' Khosla
Anushka Sharma	...	Taani
M.K. Raina	...	Taani's father
Manmeet Singh	...	Raju mechanic
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Bipasha Basu
Bobby Bedi	...	Tiny Singh
Vivan Bhatena		(as Vivan Bhathena)
Puneet Cheema	...	Dance Instructor
Aneesha Dalal	...	Dance Instructor
Alene D'Souza	...	Dance Instructor
Lara Dutta
Areez Gandhi	...	M.C. at Dance Competition Finale (as Areesz Gandhi)
Rajesh Jain	...	Khanna
Kajol
Vineet Kapoor	...	Chedda
Darshi Mashru
Rani Mukherjee		(as Rani Mukerji)
Shonali Nagrani
Richa Pallod
Rushad Rana		(as Rana Rushod)
Mark Sagato	...	Sumo Wrestler
Nilofar Salehi	...	Dolly
Rohit Siobti	...	Surinder's friend
Anuj Tikku	...	D.K.
Preity Zinta

Also Known As:

A Couple Made by God (India: English title) (literal title)
A Match Made by God (USA)
A Match Made in Heaven (India: English title) (informal title)
R.N.B.D.J. (India: English title) (promotional abbreviation)

Runtime:

167 min

Country:

India

Language:

Hindi

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

Ireland:PG | Hong Kong:I

Company:

Yash Raj Films

Trivia:

The film has no songs performed by Abhijeet and Udit Narayan, two of Shahrukh Khan's favorite playback singers. Instead, the male singers are Sonu Nigam, Roop Kumar Rathod, Sukhwinder Singh, and Labh Jajua.

Goofs:

Revealing mistakes: Raj Kapoor (Sharukh Khan) proposes to Taani (Anushka Sharma) by means of electricity lighted in such a way that it looks like I LOVE YOU when viewed from top. But electricity supplied to the public is supplied in series, not in parallel.

Quotes:

Surinder Sahni: [on the phone] Punjab Power, lighting up your life...

Movie Connections:

References Dhoom (2004)

Soundtrack:

Dance Pe Chance Kar Le

Commentary

Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi (Match Made By God), 167 min 2008, Yash Raj Films

If you enjoyed Sharon Maguire's, "Bridget Jones Diary", you will love this Hindi movie. With less melodrama and fantasy that Bollywood is known to offer, this film gives the allegiance to blind faith in the true self. The story is so charming with its mixture of insouciance, wit and candor that it's enough to restore a belief in fairy tale endings to the most embittered casualty of modern life–urban marriage. This film is full of wisdom and hope especially for at Generation X buckled up to ride on the fast lane of urban dating.

Don't expect Suri to be Casanova, however. Rather, his seduction process is pure, unblemished and almost spiritual. I have to admit, to bring this rather interesting, meek character to life must have been a challenge for director Aditya Chopra. Who could have imagined that Shahrukh Khan would be so perfect? Adopting an impeccable look of a geek who can't seem to "lit up his own life" let alone his energetic wife's, he plays the role of Suri with so much sensitivity and dignity, and you fall in love with Suri. Shahrukh brings integrity with childlike stubbornness, innocence, and tenderness melting your heart like ice cream in a New York Summer. Shahrukh's double role of Raj is impeccable making Suri enter into Taani's life in the guise of Raj—the skintight shirt, ripped jeans, spiked hair with ample of tackiness and brassiness — to win Taani's affection. Aditya accomplishes a miracle of making Suri entirely endearing, utterly real and acceptable while the aloof, slick and hypnotizing Raj becomes attractive even alluring to a woman with broken dreams. Sharukh's performance of Suri is deeply sentimental and natural one barely senses the work that must have gone into it. Throughout the film you ardently root for Suri to succeed and pray that the two will end together. This film is a delight to watch giving a whole new meaning to Billy Joel's song, "I love you just the way you are", although I would have suggested a film title to be "Against All Odds". If you want a more spiritual title, Match Made in Heaven definitely works.

What makes this film more relevant to Generation X is that we can all relate to Taani. How many dates have we been without seeing an end in sight? How many of us have lost the faith in loving, completely disenchanted with this entire concept of love? Taani summarized well, "I can't see love in anyone", she says. It is not that love does not exist, but we are so caught up at the moment, we no longer recognize it. Read more on Isisbollywood at wordpress.com

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