JUST AS some ’A’ certificate films are strictly for above 18 only, there must be some films, strictly for below 18 only. People aged above 18 should be barred to get in the theatre for such film. If it happens, ’Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi’ will certainly qualify for that. For above 18, the film is like paying to be fooled. The hype that was created for the story line ended up being a marketing gimmick. I wonder why Adittya Chopra did not want to talk about the story line before the release of ’Rab ne Bana Di Jodi’. Now after the release, it appears as if he was not aware of the storyline that’s why he did not divulge anything about the film. The film is about a love story between a boorish guy and a smart and bold woman. As the film proceeds, audience realise that the simple looking guy is not so simple and the so smart girl is not that smart. She is dumb too.
The high points of the film are the ’dance’ and the ’makeover’, but unfortunately, both are loosely executed. Anushka Sharma, the actress, has been portrayed as a revolt against stereotyped docile Indian women. She loves dancing, she can fight and she is in search of metaphysical love. Though she is bestowed with an amount of docility too as she declines the decision of her father to get married to a person who is just the opposite of her dream boy. Despite all her dynamic traits, she is so dumb that she can’t recognise her husband when he continuously appears before her just by removing moustache, ancestral glasses and putting on a new hairdo. What about the look and voice?
The whole film revolves around a self created problem by the male protagonist. He is at the end, confused and so are the viewers. One wonders why Surinder (Shahrukh Khan) is in dilemma if all was created by him only. If Taani likes Raj (different look of Surinder), why Surinder is hurt. It’s just as if your wife likes you when you are jovial, and she dose not you when you are angry. There’s war between two moods of the same personality. The sober mood is jealous of the jovial mood of the same person.
Not only that, even the Amritsar denizens are portrayed very funnily. When Shahrukh or Surinder (the protagonist) gets his bride into his house, the women of the neighbours are outrageously astonished. The news spreads like wild fire. Surinder’s colleagues suddenly drop into his place for reception self-invited. But the same set of people do not mind when Anushka or Taani,(the female protagonist) is frequently dropped every night by her dance mate Raj (Shahrukh after makeover).
Had the makeover part of Shahrukh been done with meticulous details, it could have convinced the audience. If the whole idea of the story is about a makeover, it should have been done with some more care. Some more effort should have been given to the makeover part and it should have been done so brilliantly that even the audience could not recognise the person. It’s not that Bollywood has not done so before, we have seen Kamal Hasan’s makeover before.
Similarly, dance or choreography has a very important role in the story, so it had to be so grand that audience remembered it. Both Raj and Taani dance hard to qualify for the competition but what we see at the grand finale is farce. There’s nothing in the choreography. The song that is kind of a tribute to the legends of yore is more grand than the grand finale of dance. Guest appearance of Kajol, Bipasha Basu and even the different looks of Shahrukh is worth watching.
While creating a mise-en-scene of Amritsar, the director seems to be in love with ’Paranthe Wali Gali’ only. There’s nothing more than that in the name of Amritsar. The visuals of Golden Temple are grand but seem to be thrust in. Vinay Pathak is great as usual. Anushka does not look good in close ups.
Unfortunately, Shahrukh’s age is clearly visible in the close ups. Technically the film is very simple, no great sets. Same kind of backdrop is used for the dancing school, hospital and the kothi of Surinder. The walls of the houses are almost same. Lighting of the film is good but a number of shots have gone soft focused.
The deliberate exposure of Japan tourism and Hyundai is obvious to the audience. The film could go without them too. But I am sure people below the age of 18 must have enjoyed it. The film should have been prohibited to the people above 18.
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