Film: Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi

Banner: Yash Raj Films

Producer: Yash Chopra & Aditya Chopra

Director: Aditya Chopra

Cast: Shahrukh Khan, Anushka Sharma, Vinay Pathak

Rating: 2.5/5

It's easy to say, you should walk in to a film without any expectations. But doing that is impossible especially when it's a Yash Raj Film with Aditya Chopra directing it. You walk in hoping to be enthralled with emotions and achieve the much needed entertainment. Sadly though nothing is attained and this flick is a bland affair.

What you see in this film is a super thin plot supported by some good performances and technical proficiency. It looks and sounds great but void of that 'it' factor and a little reason. Shahrukh Khan plays a double role in this caper opposite newbie Anushka Sharma. Following a mishap involving her to be husband, Tanni's (Anushka Sharma) marriage takes place with Surinder Sahni (Shahrukh khan). Unhappy and following her fathers wishes, Tanni settles down with Sahni, living a life of compromises. But going to any lengths to make his wife cheerful, Sahni transforms himself into this quirky character called Raj and enrolls himself in the same dance classes that Tanni attends. What follows is the discovery of love, divinity and a hashed plot.

If you were to get a rupee for every time the word 'Rab' was uttered in the film, you'd probably be richer by a few hundred rupees. The film takes the role of God nearly literally and harps on the notion that in love lies God. While the belief might very well be true, the manner in which the film tackles it is rather plain. Even the dialogues alternate between being a dull and tasteless. There is nothing that thrills of excites in this fare. The major drama that unfolds in the film is seen only in the last few minutes and not that the film builds up to it, so in essence everything else that you are busy watching is just there.

It's not like the film has some great song dance or distractions that you can say balances out the lack of a strong rope of a story. It is only perhaps the song "Phir milenge chalte chalte" that brings in all the...