Couple Made In Heaven - Excellent! Worth Watching.

Rating: 10/10 (15 December 2008)

I had no idea what this was all about as I hadn't watched many of the promos of this movie. But what I did know was who it starred and that it had a new actress and that it was filmed in Amritsar.
A young woman who is fun loving, flamboyant, basically an extrovert, is about to marry a man she loves. However fate takes a turn and she marries a man who is sincere, realistic, government employee, hard working  basically an introvert. The problems are that he is much older than her and there's no love on behalf of the woman and he is unable to express his love for her.
The movie stars Shahrukh Khan, Vinay Pathak, Anupam Kher, Kajol, Priyanka Chopra, Preity Zinta, Rani Mukherjee, and Farida Jalal. But it does go on to introduce newcomer Anushka Sharma. This is directed by Aditya Chopra and co  produced by himself along with his father, Yash Chopra and Shahrukh Khan. The music is superbly given by Salim Suleman.
What a way for the newcomer, Anushka Sharma to make an entry into the movies  introduced by Yashraj and acting in her first film as King Khan's heroine! Indeed she has made an impact with this movie and has gone on to prove that she is a good actress. She is able to use her facial expression brilliantly and her eyes are expressive as well. She has done a good job of her role in this, her, first movie. In time to come, this actress can give some of the other actresses of today a good challenge. One is able to see that she is determined and is capable of giving a good performance.
With Shahrukh? Well what can one say except that it is unusual to see him the way he does in this film! His performance, as usual is beyond doubt, good and he manages it extremely well. He has also made Yashraj laugh after all the disastrous movies that have been released from them earlier. Not only that it has probably made the cinema owners smile as well due to the opening weekend being able to rake in the money that it has. He has once again proved why he is where he is and why he is called "King Khan." Its been a year since "Om Shanti Om" was released and so it may be a good few months before we see another film with him. Let's mot forget "My Name Is Khan," with Karan Johar.
Vinay Pathak is just excellent in the supporting role as the friend who supports all the way through and one who does not hesitate for one moment to tell his friend whether he is right or wrong.
The settings is beyond any doubt well done and being set in the Punjab city of Amritsar, the Golden Temple being shown every now and then gives on the real atmosphere of the area and the music by Salim Suleman does suit this very well and not to mention the songs and the dances that come along in this semi musical genre movie. The songs are also worth listening to and especially "Tuj Mein Rab Dikhta Hai," by Roop Kumar Rathod and Shreya Ghoshal and "Phir Milenge Chalte Chalte" by Sonu Nigam.
Conclusion: Whoever thinks that this is a boring film, it isn't. This movie also shows what each partner has to do in order to try and make their marriage work and more so when one of them is much older. This is a movie that can be watched with your family and enjoy it.