Movie Review:Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi
Rating :3.25/5 
Banner :Yashraj Films 
Cast :Shahrukh Khan, Anushka Sharma, Vinay Pathak, Kajol, Rani Mukherjee, Preity Zinta, Bipasha Basu, Lara Dutta and others 
Cinematography: Ravi K. Chandran
Music: Salim Merchant & Sulaiman Merchant
Producer: Aditya Chopra & Yash Chopra
Director: Aditya Chopra 

Released Date: December 12, 2008

Story :

A typical tale, the story begins with Surinder Sahni (Shahrukh) who works with the Punjab Power and he is a very 9 to 5 kind of man rather soft spoken and subdued in nature. Life goes like a straight line for him until he chances upon Taani (Anushka) and in no time he is completely in a whirlwind of emotions. She happens to be his exact opposite with her fun loving nature and her vivacious mentality. As fate would have it, Taani ends up with Surinder and in fact she gets married to him instead of the guy she wanted to marry. As expected, she despises the very presence of Surinder but his love for her is stronger by the day. So he finally decides to win her heart by taking up a new form and that is Raj. He becomes the dance partner for Taani since her dream is to win the reality dance show. So Surinder becomes Raj, the flamboyant and highly energetic dance partner and gets back to his original self in the evening. In no time, Taani is smitten by Raj and there comes a time when she decides to elope with him. What happens after that forms the rest of the story.

Presentation :

The director has come out with a rather inconceivable plot when looked practically but then the strength lies in its presentation with some splendid camerawork and an equally gripping music that sets the moods in motion. With a typical Yashraj film backdrop, the dialogues are written wittily and the script though written with loose ends finds itself held under a tight grip. The screenplay has been decent and editing was neat. The narrative of the film has been on a decent scale and the contrast to a modern and hip protagonist to a rather subdued one is well portrayed. Shahrukh is at his best while Anushka has proved that she has substance in her though it is her debut film. The real show stealer in a way was Vinay Pathak who came up with a mind blowing performance and the rest like Dara Singh and the long listed family members did their bit to contribute to the movie.

Conclusion :

The story of the film is definitely not a convincing one when looked at it realistically or even emotionally but then it is all in the presentation and the comedy elements that really elevated the film to a different level. While the first half goes about with the confusions, twists of fate and the comedies it is the second half where things tend to get serious and it must be said that the climax and the final twenty minutes of the film are quite captivating. The film has it all when it comes to pure entertainment and some filmy romance but then it may not appeal to those who look for a message or some sort of catch factor that can influence the hearts. All in all, this will be a money grosser given the magnitude and appeal of Shahrukh but it will take some word of mouth and positive publicity to see it as a blockbuster hit.Verdict : Watch it only once..