What's Your Raashee? (2009)

Director:

Ashutosh Gowariker

Writers:

Ashutosh Gowariker (screenplay)
Naushil Mehta (screenplay)

Release Date:

2 October 2009 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy | Romance

Plot:

A young man has only ten days to locate his soulmate as dictated by the stars, otherwise he could lose a fortune. He thus embarks on a journey through love, looking through twelve girls to find the one who fits his horoscope.

Plot Keywords:

Apostrophe In Title | Question In Title | Punctuation In Title | Question Mark In Title

Cast

Priyanka Chopra	...	Anjali / Vishakha / Kajal / Hansa / Mallika / Pooja / Rajni / Nandini / Bhavna / Jhankhana / Sanjna / Chandrika
Harman Baweja	...	Yogesh Patel (as Hurman Baweja)
Debbi Burns	...	Office Worker
Suzy Brack	...	Ravenswood Commuter
Darshan Jariwala
Tommy Bartlett	...	University of Chicago Finance Professor
Anjan Srivastav
Gene Fojtik	...	Entertainment Executive
Dilip Joshi
Rajesh Vivek
Daya Shankar Pandey		(as Dayashankar Pandey)
Yuri Suri	...	Moolchand Bhai
Erron J. Shaw	...	College Student
Adam Stephenson	...	University of Chicago Student
Pratik Dixit
Vishwa S. Badola
Honey Chhaya
Manju Singh
Manoj Shah
Laura Atwood	...	Ravenswood Commuter
Bhairavi		(as Bhairavi Vaidya)

Also Known As:

What's Your Zodiac? (India: English title) (literal title)

Runtime:

Canada:192 min (Toronto International Film Festival) | USA:195 min

Country:

India

Language:

Hindi

Color:

Color

Certification:

Ireland:PG | Canada:PG (Ontario) | Canada:PG (British Columbia) | UK:PG

Company:

Ashutosh Gowariker Productions Pvt. Ltd.

Trivia:

Ashutosh Gowariker originally wanted A.R. Rahman to compose for the film, as he had composed for his earlier films Lagaan: Once Upon a Time in India (2001), Swades: We, the People (2004) and Jodhaa Akbar (2008), but he couldn't do the film because he wanted to compose for Danny Boyle's Slumdog Millionaire (2008) instead.

Soundtrack:

Pyaari Pyaari

Not another masterpiece, but still nice

Whats your Raashee...Great concept, touching songs, brilliant Priyanka and honest Harman. I would say the movie is not that bad as some have felt. The music by Sohail Sen lacks the "Rehman" touch but still its soothing. "Bikhri Bikhri" and "Sau Janam" are brilliant compositions and so is "Su Che". "Jao na" is a simple song yet so hummable. Rest also are good like "Salone Kya", title song and "Pyaari Pyaari". My thumbs up for Music.

The point where the movie lacked was the way Harman's dilemma was shown on screen. It could have been handled better. His acting though is much much better than Love story 2050 and he looks cute. Priyanka is awesome and mesmerizing. No one in the Industry could have done better than her. So another Thumbs up for performance.

Unfortunately the climax is disappointing to say the least. The comedy scenes are not well put up. The movie could have been a little shorter and the sub-plots are not effective. Ashutosh has a knack of giving social messages in his movie and this was no exception. Women independence, family values have been depicted well. I would say the movie could have been made in two parts as WYR-1 AND WYR-2 with much better effect and that could have left audiences wanting for more. Thumbs down for editing and Direction. :(

All and all its a sweet movie worth a try. Don't even dare to miss this one if you are a Priyanka fan. I would say go for it.