Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi
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Movie Reviews of Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi
Movie Review: Khan's Amazing Performance A Work of Art
Summary: 5 Stars
A great performance always seems, falsely, on the precipice of failure - and then soars, bringing us along. Something astounding like this happens with Shahrukh Khan in "Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi," Aditya Chopra's blockbuster hit that earns every bit of its fame. Watching Khan, you lose track of the narrative, because the movie works so much off movement. Essaying a man who assumes the identity of another into order to make his new bride (Anushka Sharma, who holds her own) happy, Khan expresses his alter egos almost completely physically. What Khan has lost in muscle as he ages, he has gained in tone and supreme agility - mentally and physically, he has become a dramatic dancer. This is an actor who has embraced expression of character above speed, in sharp contrast to his contemporaries. Movements take on breathtaking fluidity - he is part Astaire, part Kelly. With the mid-mannered Suri, the husband, the limbs curl inward and the man literally feels compact, contained. As the flamboyant Raj (Kapoor, no less), the self-proclaimed "hero", the body blossoms, so that even his fingers seem to open up. For Raj, show-stoppers abound, particularly the golden-era Bollywood pastiche "Phir Milenge Chalte Chalte", and I was petrified that the movie would ultimately extol Raj over Suri, because that is what movies do. It's not clear what the song sequences with Khan and some of Bollywood's biggest names are at first - homage, perhaps parody? It turns out they're critique. The director, Aditya Chopra, takes the iconography of Bollywood conventions, milks them, then jettisons them. I can't think of another Indian movie in which the "hero"'s bravura moves are only half as impressive as those of an alter ego. (Astaire wins.) Because the movie has the courage of its convictions, what you're left with is the purity of Khan's brave performance, and the whole movie is as radiant as the sunflower yellow that dominates its palette. "Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi" babbles plenty, even piously about the primacy of god, but it proves an entirely different thesis - the supremacy of human beings in the creation of art.Movie Review: I found a treasure! (WAY Better than Shallow Hal...)
Summary: 5 Stars
I turned on the tv one day, and that movie "Shallow Hal" was on. I watched one scene, where Tony Robbins is telling Hal that he needs to imagine being with a woman, and looking into her soul, connecting with her spirit. I tried watching a little more of the movie, but really couldn't stomach it, flipped past that, and went over to the public television station, and it was a special of Indian Pop music, and the song being performed was in Hindi, titled "I See God in You". I looked up a video of the song on YouTube... Tujh Mein Rab Dikhta Hai
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Here's a translation of the first verse:
Tu Hi Toh Jannat Meri
You Are My Paradise
Tu Hi Mera Junoon
You're My Obsession
Tu Hi Toh Mannat Meri
You're All My Wishes Put Together
Tu Hi Rooh Ka Sukoon
You Ease My Spirit
Tu Hi Akhiyon Ki Thandak
You're The Shade For My Eyes
Tu Hi Dil Ki Hai Dastak
You Knocked On The Door Of My Heart
Aur Kuch Na Janoon Main, Bas Itna Hi Janoon
I May Not Know Much But This I Do Know
(Tujh Mein Rab Dikhta Hai
I See God In You
Yaara Main Kya Karoon) - 2
My Love, What Am I To Do?
Sajde Sar Jhukta Hai
I Bow My Head Before You
Yaara Main Kya Karoon
My Love, What Am I To Do?
Tujh Mein Rab Dikhta Hai
I See God In You
Yaara Main Kya Karoon
My Love, What Am I To Do?
So, I had to then track down where the song came from. The movie itself is charming and sweet, and has the flavor of old movie musicals. This was my first ever Bollywood film, and I'll remember it like a first love.
Movie Review: Heather
Summary: 5 Stars
There's nothing like a long, dark winter in western Montana to help you fall in love with the warmth, color, music and love stories of Bollywood films, and "Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi" is one of my favorites. It's a more recent film, and the quality of directing, acting, and choreography is terrific. I especially enjoyed seeing Shahrukh Khan play a different sort of role in this movie in the character of Suri. Quiet, shy, thoughtful, and respectful, Suri is also alluring, and the new actress, Anushka Sharma as "Tanni", plays very well alongside him, making their situation completely believable.
I love the storyline of this movie. Of course the music and dance are wonderful, and part of the genre, but there is also something special and different about this film. I've read other reviews of this movie, and few have mentioned the spirituality of the story. Perhaps it's because I come from a culture that doesn't publically display faith, but I was touched by how faith played a role in every big decision, and especially in matters of true love.
I highly recommend this movie. If you don't like long movies, then you probably aren't a fan of Bollywood anyhow. For me, the time just flys, because I'm in a completely different world. I know you can't judge a country by its films, but I now have a deep desire to learn more about India, and to someday visit that big, varied and complex land.
Movie Review: Romantic Comedy Heaven
Summary: 5 Stars
Surinder (Shahrukh Khan), humble employee of Punjab Power, agrees to honour the dying wish of his former professor and marry the professors' daughter, the vivacious Taani (Anushka Sharma). Surinder falls in love with Taani at first sight. Unfortunately, Taani cannot love Suri back - she has just lost her fiance in death, and has no more love to give. So Suri hides his love, and creates an outrageous alter ego, Raj, so he can draw close to his new wife. Hilarity ensues.
Taking a ridiculous premise and making it into a hilarious and touching film is no small feat, but Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi triumphs. I have read some reviews trashing this film - ignore them. SRK shows why he is loved by a billion people in this film; his turn as Surinder is something we've never seen before, playing a humble, nerdy, sweet office worker. On the other hand, he manages to brilliantly send up his previous hero roles as Raj, an obnoxious, loud extrovert. Anushka Sharma shines in her debut; she is a pleasure to watch.
The music is great, particularly Raj's love song Tujh Mein Rab Dikta Hai and Surinder's love song Haule Haule. The dancing is perhaps not the best I've seen, Sharma seems a talented but unpolished beginner, and SRK seems to be restraining himself (which he needs to - in this film, he is only just learning to dance).
Nevertheless, I love this film. So far, my favourite Hindi film of all time.
Movie Review: Must See
Summary: 5 Stars
Stories of spouses falling in love after marriage are popular in Bollywood and Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi is one of the finest examples of this theme. Sweet, nerdy Surinder (played by Shahrukh Khan), a middle-age middle manager, marries his old professor's daughter, the young and beautiful Taani (Anushka Sharma), after both her father and fiancé die on the eve of her wedding. Ostensibly, Surinder marries her as a favor to his friend, but he's secretly smitten with her. Taani agrees to the marriage only because she has no other options and she misconstrues Surinder's kindness as pity. Surinder doesn't understand the first thing about women or the ways of the heart and he disastrously sets out to make her happy--and make her fall in love with him--by disguising himself as "Raj," a caricature of the modern Bollywood hero--a brash, hip, cocky Casanova--a character type that Khan himself has shaped over the course of his career, and the exaggerated self-referencing is comical. Of course, Surinder's deception opens a Pandora's box of problems--and moving discoveries. - The Bollywood Ticket: The American guide to Indian movies (Subscribe: The Bollywood Ticket)