It’s seldom that we find a person remains unmarried in his life. Though there are exceptions but their percentage is almost negligible. Marriage besides uniting two souls also brings closer two different families, therefore it takes time to select the right spouse as the background of the family is equally significant.
Marriage includes another member in the society, which is also the beginning of a new generation. Hence bride/groom hunting in order to get proper life partner has become essential part of our lives. People residing in the metro cities may not believe in this due to their mechanical lives but they cannot deny to the fact that it once was a part of their elders’ lives too.
But how much can you know about each other in one meeting of a short duration? Will both the parties speak the truth? If truth is spoken, then will it take the relation any further?
What if you meet a girl who was asked by her parents to act as if she is ultra modern who drinks, smokes, etc and the fact being that she is nothing that sort?
Or you meet a girl who is settled abroad, wants to marry a foreigner & is sent to India to get married. All she wants from you is to reject her. She is frank enough to confess everything.
Or you meet a girl who wants to marry you because you are NRI & she wants to get out of our India to get the green card. And yes, she is generous enough to allow you to keep girl friends & it goes without saying that she will keep boy friends too but in the eyes of the society both will remain husband-wife. You can divorce her after two years.
Or a girl who has been ditched by her neighbour. She is bold enough to tell you that she is not a virgin & even if you marry her she won’t be able to give you the place that she gave to her first love.
Or the girl who is a minor and wants to study but her parents wants her to marry by telling you that she is 19 years old.
Films are a source of entertainment but then there are makers who dare to reflect a dark side of society through films & Ashutosh Gowariker with his latest product What’s Your Rashee? has made an attempt to do so.
NRI Harman Baweja is called to India & is asked to get married by the 20th of that month to save the fortunes of his family. His kundli says that he will get enough money the day he gets married, which can bail his family out of the troubles.
Reluctantly he nods his head for the marriage but decides that he will meet only 12 girls, one of each sun sign & will select one of them. And the drama begins as he meets each girl.
There is no melodrama in the film as the director has preferred to follow the lighter path with some fun filled light moments as he exposed/disclosed the other side of the society in style while he peeled layer after layer off their faces.
Harman Baweja looked cool & has definitely grown as an actor. His performance will force the people to rethink had they have already written him off.
Instead of choosing 12 actresses to play 12 different characters, the director has trusted Priyanka Chopra to play all the characters. She has lived up to the expectation & has delivered a rock solid performance. Please keep some awards for her because if she is not given the best actress award, it would be injustice to her hard work.
All the other performers have done well.
Though there are plenty of songs in the film but the beauty is that they don’t obstruct the flow of the film as the lilting tunes & some fine words by the lyricist keeps the film moving.
The film is not flawless as the climax could have been written in a better way.
But have we in the land of Gandhi grown up to the level to offer our right cheek when we are slapped on the left one? Time to find the answer to this question while I check What’s My Rashee.