The buzz, the glamour, the hype, the smartness, the over exposure, in a way makes us forget what a good actor [tag]Shah Rukh Khan[/tag]  is. And, [tag]Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi[/tag] is another example of a person carrying a film by their sheer ability.

Yesterday, along with a full theatre at [tag]Cinemax Versova[/tag], I saw Yash Raj Film’s latest offereing [tag]Rab ne Bana di Jodi[/tag].

Aditya Chopra and SRK have delivered the ultimate Hrishikesh Mukherjee film – a story of an everyman, with his everyday issues, who is not out to lead revolutions or beat up bad guys – but who has his own little universe, his own woes and his own issues. and how he overcomes them.

In a bad market, with a sense of insecurity that permates – a movie like this reminds you that things are possible. All you have to  do is try.

The story is very simple.  Two nice people Surinder Sahaney (SRK) and Taani (Anuskha Sharma) enter into a marriage of convinience. Surinder – Suri – an officer at Punjab Power (we light up your life) – has no great expectations of life or love, but he falls truly and deeply in love with his wife. Tanii, on the other hand, recovering from the death of two peole she loved the most – is in a zone where she wants no love.  The story is about Suri deciding to woo his wife. He does that by taking on another persona.

The premise isn’t new. But, the characters are. It is a story of two ordinary people and how they fall in love.  And what they do to find love.

Shah Rukh Khan carries the film. You laugh, and cry and root for him – like you never have. Newcomer Anushka Sharma is believable – and after a long time there is a heroine who can deliver dialogue in normal Hindi. God is the other main character in the film – although s/he is never shown. But the presence in the film is real – which possibly helps to explain loopholes in the screenplay. But, this kind of a film is not so much about screenplay as it is about characters and what they say to each other, and, [tag]Aditya Chopra[/tag]’s dialogue script is brilliant. The dialogues are real. The characters are real. Some situations  situations may be slightly contrived, but hey, its a film 🙂

The ethos of the film is very middle class suburban India. Not the elite, the media or services. But, people from the PSU’s, Nationalised Banks – not the bureaucratic elite, but the officers who mind the place. An India which is pretty much tolerant and integrated – go to a Government or LIC colony to see what i mean. And, this is reflected very subtly in the film. It is nice to see YRF that spearheaded the NRI based movie , return to roots.

There is some very clever product placement in this film. check out the integration of Pepsi, Santro and Compaq.

We live in a time where we don’t have much to smile about. Watch this film. If just to smile and feel good.