Reality works fantasy sucks

Rating: 3/10 (21 September 2012)

Yash Chopra films mostly are fantasy films except a few. In RBNDJ he tries to make a slice out of life film and mix it with filmy masala, the result a half hearted film. The initial reels are captivating, With Suri and Taani's love story though which reminds us of Main meri Patni Aur Woh(2005) which was far better. But the film falls flat as soon as Raj enters as it doesn't make sense, the Raj-Taani scenes fail to impress. The film falters as it's obvious to the viewer that both are same character but Taani cant make out.They are some emotional and romantic scenes but the film fails to reach out due to it's far fetched aspect. The film also gets melodramatic towards the climax with a gurudwara thrown in and heroine sees her rab's face in her pati.
Direction by Aditya Chopra is decent Music is good, Haule Haule is superb(shot for long time in 1 take), Dance pe Chance is good, however Chalte Chalte though well picturised doesn't fit in the film, also the presence of Rani, Preity is predictable as they used to be in most Srk films those days in sp.app Tujhmein Rab is good
Shahrukh Khan tries to handle both roles well and he does do well as Suri but as Raj he tends to overact. Anushka Sharma who debutted in this film does her role well. Vinay Pathak excels as usual