An Below Average Flick With A Terrible Title

Rating: Null/10 (8 July 2009)

'Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi' is another fairy tale love story from the Yashraj factory. The story isn't anything new but I liked the way it started until it becomes a makeover story where the guy becomes a different person after getting a makeover and the girl's love is put to test blah blah. Chopra's writing is flawed as it lacks consistency. The dialogues are very ordinary. As horrible as I find the title to be, it's base doesn't make sense. There's a dialogue where Taani's dad tells her that some relationships are made by people and others are made by God and thus, her relationship with Suri is God-made.....uh, why? If anything, it was the father who obliged her into marrying him using God. I'm also surprised that Taani wasn't mad at Suri for having lied to her. Then again, one is bound to encounter more such plot holes. After all, Aditya Chopra is nowhere among the best writers. Most of the songs are nice. Item numbers seem to have become a regular ingredient in Shahrukh Khan's films. Here's one where he shakes it up with 5 item girls: Kajol, Bipasha Basu, Lara Dutta, Preity Zinta and Rani Mukherjee. Regarding the acting department, Shahrukh is pretty much the same he's been in Yashraj's other films. Anushka Sharma is quite promising as she turns in a decent performance. Vinay Pathak lends some comic relief. 'Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi' is pretty much an average flick with some bright moments and some dull moments (including the dragging pace). Perhaps it may be worth a one time watch but nothing more.