- Actors: Shah Rukh Khan, Vinay Pathak, Anushka Sharma, M.K. Raina, Manmeet Singh
- Directors: Aditya Chopra
- Format: Colour, DVD-Video, Import, NTSC
- Language Hindi
- Subtitles: English
- Region: All Regions
- Aspect Ratio: 4:3 - 1.33:1
- Number of discs: 2
- Classification: 12
- Studio: Yash Raj Films
- DVD Release Date: 15 April 2009
- Run Time: 167 minutes
- Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars See all reviews (15 customer reviews)
- ASIN: B0026I0NEC
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Have you ever stopped to think if the most ordinary, uninteresting, unobtrusive man you might see on the road or around you might have a love story to tell? Maybe not! How can an ordinary man have a breathtaking, goose flesh igniting, awe inspiring love story of all things to tell? But guess what - love does not differentiate between the ordinary and exceptional, the uninteresting and interesting, the unattractive and attractive. Because love knows no distinction. It can happen to anyone and once it does it engulfs us into it completely and gives us those miraculous experiences that only love can yield. This is what happened to Surinder Sahni (Shahrukh Khan) - a simple, clean hearted, honest man working for Punjab Power, leading a humdrum life, when he meets his total opposite and finds love in the flamboyant, fun-loving, vivacious - Taani (Anushka Sharma) for whom the whole world is her canvas and she paints her own life with the colours of rainbow all until unforeseen circumstances changes it all and brings them together. What follows is a journey filled with laughter, tears, joy, pain, music, dance and a lot of love. A journey that makes us believe that there is an extraordinary love story in every ordinary jodi.
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11 of 11 people found the following review helpful
Loved this reworking of the Clark Kent dilemma in dance! I could have given it 5 plus!
27 April 2009
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I sat with a contented smile for most of this movie and really loved it. It is a fable and fairytale. Girl (Anushka Sharma) has married a not very attractive reserved nerd (Shahrukh Khan) in what is an arranged marriage. He decides to bring happiness into her life with the help of his hairdresser friend (Vinay Pathak) by reworking his image and becoming her dance partner. Like Lois Lane she falls for the cute trendy full of life dance partner but doesn't see it is her husband (also a Kent like figure in glasses!)
For him the dilemma is who is she in love with-his real simple self or the part he is acting- and can she only be truly happy if he exits the stage as her husband and chooses the fun version.
If I see one place they could have tinkered it would be that the `cool dude' act wasn't just an act to be left behind or chosen between. It was also an unlived side of an inhibited male who could have eventually brought more of this into his `real' side and loosened up more.
I really love the colour, dance and music of this one. It is in the best tradition of good-hearted Bollywood fable and it suits me completely.
I have no quibbles at all with Shahrukh who can play tenderness and openhearted love with great depth and sensitivity so I don't mind when he goes a bit into over-the-top or mischievousness. I don't think he does this too much here though others have thought so. I agree with someone who pointed out that if an awkward nerd tried to act 'cool' it would have an overdone look to it as it feels false and unfamiliar. That's all I saw here too.
There is also an item number where he dances with a string of major starlets: Kajol, Bipasha Basu, Rani Mukherjee, Preity Zinta and Lara Dutta.
This was just a thorough entertainer and one that did fairly well in India after a generally lacklustre string preceding it. It is of the family entertainer style and doesn't pretend to be anything else so if you like that style you are likely to like this. If you are one for reality and art it may not be for you.
Elsewhere on the Net it gets above average ratings (e.g. 7 out of 10) but with many giving it a 10 out of 10 so it depends on your taste. But my co-viewer and I who are in quite different age-groups both gave it the 5 out of 5). With so much bleak and reality-heavy offerings around recently this is a little shining light that will remain a favorite with us.
I think those new to Bollywood would find it very entertaining but for someone for me who is now quite familiar with the genre this is one I feel very warm and fond about as it represents what Bollywood has become for me.
Highly recommended for romantics and lovers of this sort of entertainment.
For him the dilemma is who is she in love with-his real simple self or the part he is acting- and can she only be truly happy if he exits the stage as her husband and chooses the fun version.
If I see one place they could have tinkered it would be that the `cool dude' act wasn't just an act to be left behind or chosen between. It was also an unlived side of an inhibited male who could have eventually brought more of this into his `real' side and loosened up more.
I really love the colour, dance and music of this one. It is in the best tradition of good-hearted Bollywood fable and it suits me completely.
I have no quibbles at all with Shahrukh who can play tenderness and openhearted love with great depth and sensitivity so I don't mind when he goes a bit into over-the-top or mischievousness. I don't think he does this too much here though others have thought so. I agree with someone who pointed out that if an awkward nerd tried to act 'cool' it would have an overdone look to it as it feels false and unfamiliar. That's all I saw here too.
There is also an item number where he dances with a string of major starlets: Kajol, Bipasha Basu, Rani Mukherjee, Preity Zinta and Lara Dutta.
This was just a thorough entertainer and one that did fairly well in India after a generally lacklustre string preceding it. It is of the family entertainer style and doesn't pretend to be anything else so if you like that style you are likely to like this. If you are one for reality and art it may not be for you.
Elsewhere on the Net it gets above average ratings (e.g. 7 out of 10) but with many giving it a 10 out of 10 so it depends on your taste. But my co-viewer and I who are in quite different age-groups both gave it the 5 out of 5). With so much bleak and reality-heavy offerings around recently this is a little shining light that will remain a favorite with us.
I think those new to Bollywood would find it very entertaining but for someone for me who is now quite familiar with the genre this is one I feel very warm and fond about as it represents what Bollywood has become for me.
Highly recommended for romantics and lovers of this sort of entertainment.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
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I challenge you not to have your heart warmed by this charming story about love coming from unexpected places. If I were to tell you the story in words, you may think it absurd - Shah Rukh Khan marries a woman who does not really want to marry him, and then proceeds to woe her by secretly going to her dance class in disguise and sweeping her off her feet with his confident and suave alternate persona. You may think, how can shaving off a mustache, wearing "hip" clothes and walking with a swagger be enough to fool a woman that you are someone else? However, the transformation is actually rather good, and the fact that the wife does not spend much time with her husband makes it more believable. But as she falls in love with the charming, if slightly over-confident dancer Raj, Tania begins to feel guilty about the man she is married to. She has already told him that she can never love him, but does that make it ok to fall in love with someone else? And on top of that, can she still win the dance contest she is competing in?!
The story line is silly, but the heart of it is very touching and real. Shah Rukh Khan is brilliant as both the bumbling Surinder and his swaggering and over the top alternate personality "Raj". Seriously, this guy could charm a stone wall! On top of that, the music is excellent. From the upbeat and hip "Dance pe chance" to the hauntingly beautiful "Tujh mein Rab dikhta hai", there is something for everyone here. Oh, and look out for Kajol and several other well known beauties (and former on screen flames for SRK) in the song "Phir milenge chalte chalte".
This is a real feelgood film. Ok, so if you don't like rom coms then this is not for you, but it's a great film about falling in love for everyone who does.
The story line is silly, but the heart of it is very touching and real. Shah Rukh Khan is brilliant as both the bumbling Surinder and his swaggering and over the top alternate personality "Raj". Seriously, this guy could charm a stone wall! On top of that, the music is excellent. From the upbeat and hip "Dance pe chance" to the hauntingly beautiful "Tujh mein Rab dikhta hai", there is something for everyone here. Oh, and look out for Kajol and several other well known beauties (and former on screen flames for SRK) in the song "Phir milenge chalte chalte".
This is a real feelgood film. Ok, so if you don't like rom coms then this is not for you, but it's a great film about falling in love for everyone who does.
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I stumbled across this movie by chance and after having watched it once, I immediately bought the DVD and it has proven to be one of the best buys I have ever made. First on the film: like all Bollywood (or even Hollywood) movies it requires some suspension of disbelief, but the core subject is very real: from what I could read, it's about how far one could lose/give up one's own self and turn into somebody else for a reason one considers to be of utmost importance. In Tanni's case it's to fulfill her late father's wish and to help herself put up with a reality which is the result of a personal devastation, and for her husband, it is to reverse Tanni's decision and let her be her old happy bubbly self again. There's also a somewhat Jekyll-and-Hyde dimension to Suri and his alter-ego Raj, as the latter gradually obscures the existence and value of Suri in the eyes of Tanni, although at the end Suri refuses to allow himself to be changed into another person to get Tanni's love. So ultimately the true self triumphs. And ultimately, of course, the film is also about what love really is --- that it goes beyond romantic thrills to entail self-sacrifices, respect and responsibilities.
The movie was beautifully filmed (kudos to the cinematographer), wonderfully acted (I was pleasantly surprised by Shahrukh Khan. His rendition of Suri was nuanced and very touching. The monologue right before the intermission almost moved me to tears), with amazing music and dance sequences that, unlike other Bollywood movies, feel completely natural and not gratuitous at all.
As for the DVD, the quality of picture was very high, and I am especially happy with the bonus disc which contains a lot of interviews (rather intellectual, which is a very nice surprise) and behind-the-scene materials. I also bought the soundtrack as I love the music of the movie very much. Although the quality is also good, I wish it could include other instrumental numbers in the disc as it only has six tracks.
The movie was beautifully filmed (kudos to the cinematographer), wonderfully acted (I was pleasantly surprised by Shahrukh Khan. His rendition of Suri was nuanced and very touching. The monologue right before the intermission almost moved me to tears), with amazing music and dance sequences that, unlike other Bollywood movies, feel completely natural and not gratuitous at all.
As for the DVD, the quality of picture was very high, and I am especially happy with the bonus disc which contains a lot of interviews (rather intellectual, which is a very nice surprise) and behind-the-scene materials. I also bought the soundtrack as I love the music of the movie very much. Although the quality is also good, I wish it could include other instrumental numbers in the disc as it only has six tracks.
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