Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi (2008)

A middle-aged man who lost his love for life rediscovers it by assuming a new identity in order to rekindle the romantic spark in his marriage.

Director:

Aditya Chopra

Writer:

Aditya Chopra (story)

Stars:

Shah Rukh Khan, Vinay Pathak, Anushka Sharma

3 wins & 11 nominations.

Cast

Credited cast:
Shah Rukh Khan	...	Surinder 'Suri' Sahni / Raj Kapoor
Vinay Pathak	...	Balwinder 'Bobby' Khosla
Anushka Sharma	...	Taani Sahni
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
Alene D'Souza	...	Dance Instructor
Aneesha Dalal	...	Dance Instructor
Lara Dutta
Areesz Ganddi	...	M.C. at Dance Competition Finale (as Areesz Gandhi)
Rajesh Jain	...	Khanna
Rajesh Jais	...	Khanna

Storyline

Surinder is married to Taani but there is a huge age gap between them. There is no real romance in the marriage. Then, a dance reality show called "Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi" airs and Taani wants to participate but can't because her husband is not hip and happening. She has a fear of losing, and she also fears that her friends will laugh at her. Surinder overhears her problem and decides to go in for a makeover. He watches some movies and learns to dance in order to woo his young wife. Throughout the show, Taani keeps falling in love to with this new-and-improved Surinder without once realizing that he's really her husband.

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Plot Keywords:

marriage | dancing | disguise | local blockbuster | famous line | 

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Taglines:

Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi (A Match Made By God)

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Genres:

Comedy | Drama | Musical | Romance

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Details

Official Sites:

Yash Raj Films

Country:

India

Language:

Hindi

Release Date:

12 December 2008 (USA)

Also Known As:

Ein göttliches Paar

Filming Locations:

Amritsar, Punjab, India

Box Office

Budget:

INR 220,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend:

£403,842 (UK) (12 December 2008)

Gross:

$2,074,346 (USA) (9 January 2009)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Yash Raj Films

Technical Specs

Runtime:

167 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital EX DTS

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.55 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

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

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Goofs

Raj shows Taani "I LOVE U" written all over the Amritsar town to express his love for her. The next shot shows a close-up of Taani and one can see the reflection of "I LOVE U" in her eyes, but the it's not a mirror image as it should be.

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Quotes

Surinder Sahni: She'll have to fall in love with Suri, "I work for Punjab Power" only.

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Crazy Credits

At the end of the movie, when the credits are rolling, Surinder Sahni (Shahrukh Khan) narrates a honeymoon vacation in Japan illustrated with photographs of the trip.

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Connections

Referenced in Mumbai Diaries (2010)

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Soundtracks

"Tujh Mein Rab Dikhta Hai - II"
Written by Jaideep Sahni
Composed by Salim Merchant and Suleiman Merchant
Performed by Shreya Ghoshal
Courtesy of Yash Raj Music

User Reviews

It's a pretty good movie

Watched the show--- but a bit late in reviewing

First of all where do I start grinning smileygrinning smiley

Story: Film starts off with preparation of anushka's wedding. Kismat plays a role and barathi die in a car accident. Anuska father dies with this sadma & anuska too gets into a great depression. Anuska life worsen more when her dieing father pleads to SRK to wed his daughter as he is the only one he can trust!

Movie from there picks up tremendously... Scene involving SRK-Anuska after marriage ( especially when the guest come over to SRK house for celebration!) Anushka, unable to recover from the double she got earlier, pretends to be a good life...

Movie takes a turn when Anuska joins a dance show! SRK's transformation to woo Anuska and win her is also worth applauding.. Move takes a down turn when Anushka is unable to recognize SRK! I mean how can she not recognize her own husband even when he has just changed his hairstyle and dressing.... VERY DUMB and immaturish direction

Few scenes in the film are worth a mention

1) Guest coming to SRK house. Anushka's refusal to come at first, but then eventually coming 2) End scene! - Excellent 3) SRK's scenes while playing the old man! Very well portrayed by SRK! Hats Off! 4) SRK's continuous effort to woo Anuska- even when he knows he can lose her as Raj is not the real SRK!

Downside-

Anushka not able to recognize her own husband ( hairstyle and dress change only!) Anuska falling for Raj and crossing the husband-wife line Length

Music is a mix bag: Dance Pe Chance and Title track do the trick

Performance: SRK is tremoundous in scenes where he is showed as an old man! the expression and timing has to be applauded! He became a little inconsistent when played Raj's role. He was OK in few scenes- but when over the top in other

Anuska- Watch out for this actress!!! She is a talent to look forward to. Not does she only look bholi and beautiful. She knows how to act!

Rating - 3.25/5 ( for pure entertainment and romance) Watch it... you will probably come out of the cinema smiling