Just got back, the cinema was atleast 60 percent full..but I went to a 4.30pm show so people would still be at work...To sum up I AM DISAPOINTED BIG TIME! the movie is everything I was afraid it would be and that is unrealistic to the core. The problem with the movie is that yes the look of the film is very simple, small town, small thinking..but then a simple film takes a U-Turn and it ends up crashing. Rab ne bana di jodi is not all bad don’t get me wrong the first 30mins is just top-notch! If only the film stayed like that and it would have been great. I actully was pumped in the first 30mins that I was watching a great film.
The story between Surindar and Taani and how they met up and got married was really something. But the chrecter devlopment of Taani was not good at all. Her farther passes away so her farthers last wish is for her to marry Surindar, very good way to put them together. But why Taani is still hurt, Not hurt as in her farther passes away as in hurt as in why does she find it hard to love again? No past was brought to why she does not want to love another man. As I go on the starting was top notch there is one scene where he write a letter to Tanni and he does not know to leave a rose or not by the letter. Audience were clapping for that bit.
When shahrukh khan gets his first lunch tiffin from Tanni that was really sweet..Sweet moments like that was so real and good and then followed the haule haule song which was well done! The film loses it when the dance compitition kicks in and Suri Turns to raj to make his wife love him as raj, the intension was very sweet he wants to see her wife happy. But he could have stayed as suri and changed a new look and still let his wife know who he is. Why the split personalty and the lies? The raj chrecter is anoying as hell, each day he practises with her raj goes back to the salon owned by Viny pathak and puts on this time a fake Mucchie and becomes suri again. The film becomes very real at one point to very cartoonish, The comedy scenes are not evan funny. The dhoom 2 scenes where not evan funny, The Sumo Wrestling scene was never meant to be funny it was meant for you to feel sympathetic to Suri. Also how wife can not recornise her husband one bit is just too stupid. But lets not be harsh. Rab ne bana di jodi the message it delivers to you at the end is just too good. The dance compition climax is just amazing, audience were slapping for it and the final dance did give me goosebumps the last 20mins of the film was good.
But yet it is a disapointment, atleast 1.45mins of the film is just plane boring and stupid, The Hum Hain Rahe pyar ke song which featured kajol, lara, preity, bipasha and rani was not evan exciting the song was forced in and it just did not excite me one bit. Another thing the tujhe mein rab diktha hai track was soo poorly done. the song was suppose to be a soft number with alot of face expersions and rajs chrecter messes it up by dancing to it. The song could have been used in so much of a better way.
The movies performances goes to shahrukh khan as suri, Yes surindar as shahrukh khan is what proves why shahrukh khan is one amazing actor. you see no shahrukh khan in suri it is just Surindar. You feel for him you feel simpathy for this poor guy who can not express his love. Watch it for Surindars chrecter. As (Raj) shahrukh khan goes over the top infact I wish this Raj chrecter never ever exsisted he is what ruined the movie. Anuksha does well, but not brilliant, her face expressions are good but the story of her and the chrecter devlopment of her is not well done and I am suprise aditya chopra did not devlop her evan more for the audience to atleast feel for her. Vinny Pathak people said did very well but his comedy scenes where not good at all and he went way over the top. His emotional scenes with shahrukh khan was very well done might I add.
Like I said Phir Milenge and Tujhe Main Rab Diktha hai were big disapointments as the way they were shot was not good at all, Haule Haule is the only song they shot in the right way. and that is the only song that brought a huge smile to my face it was nice and cute.
Overal Aditya chopras worse film out of the 3, but the message is good and it does leave you smiling at the end there are patches where the film is good to excellent but a few good scenes here and there does not make a movie work. Sorry aditya chopra Ji you have disappointed me this time round..This is a movie you can like or find average or go home disappointed but I do not think its a yuvvraaj or an AGG where this movie can be hated. I like the message of the movie and it is likeable but the loop holes and the boring scenes just let you down big time, I am disappointed Sorry Aditya you had a great film on your hands but you let down.
(Two stars out of five)