A nice movie with a wonderful acting debut!!

Rating: 6/10 (14 December 2008)

RNBDJ is not bad at all but there is one problem with the movie according to me.
I must say that this movie does start off really well with SRK playing against type by acting as a shy, geeky common man plus Aditya Chopra starts the movie off in unexpected fashion. I will not spoil it for you here in this review. But i must say it was clever and not what I expected after watching the promos. The first part of the movie really does motor along nicely but at this point something happens that I just cannot fully buy into.
VERY MINOR SPOILER HERE
As everyone must have gleaned from the promos Sahni i.e. SRK goes through a complete makeover/transformation to woo his lady love, the effervescent Anushka Sharma i.e. Taani. This is done with the aid of Vinay Pathak's character the childhood buddy of Sahni. He transforms into the ultimate cool dude with all the works : spiky gelled hairdo, new clothes, no moustache, funky jeans and a new motorbike. This transformation essentially leads to Taani not recognising her hubby at the dance tryouts. Plus there seems to be almost no awkwardness when Sahni becomes his new alter ego, with a snap of his fingers he is completely transformed into the typical filmi hero. IF you can believe this transformation then i can guarantee that you will love this movie but I was not completely taken along for the ride.
Anushka Sharma makes a wonderfully confident debut and I feel that she is the real star of the movie handling both the light and emotional moments with great ease. It does not feel as if this is her first movie.SRK is pretty good as the meek Sahni but grates slightly as his confident alter ego Raj; although it is still a vast improvement from his OSO 2nd half character. Vinay is OK .
The music was not bad with Haule Haule for me being the most memorable Keep an eye out for one song which has a couple of interesting special appearances. Adi Chopra has done a good job of directing the movie with a couple of inspired touches here and there but i really wish he would stop rehashing some of his Yash Raj hits in certain sequences.
I am sure this movie will be a big hit so do go and watch it if you are an SRK but I predict that you will leave the cinema admiring the lead actress. Do stay for the end credits (this is becoming an SRK movie trademark a la Jackie Chan)