A decision was made then, for her to be betrothed and married to Surinder, someone whom her father trusts, but this shotgun, arranged marriage turns out to be a loveless one for Surinder. But that day turns out to be a tragedy instead, with her fiancé and in-laws meeting with a fatal accident, and her father coincidentally suffering a stroke. His love life is practically zilch, but on a visit to his old school teacher's home, he gets captivated by the beauty and vivaciousness of his teacher's daughter Taani (Anushka Sharma), who has heard about him because of the frequent comparisons her father makes. Surinder Sahni is your typical routine joe who works for Punjab Power, meek and gentle, and a nerd to most. Third, the ending is so sweet that I ALMOST forgot how dopey the story had been! Worth seeing but inconsequential as well. First, the acting is quite nice.and you cannot blame the actors for the dopey story elements. Despite my MANY reservations, the film does work overall for three reasons. After all, aside from shaving off the mustache and blow drying the hair and changing clothes, they BOTH looked exactly like Shah Rukh Khan!! I assume the Indian audiences just suspended disbelief.but I kept thinking Taani was really stupid for not seeing that they were the same guy!!! And later, when Surinder works hard (finally) to win her over, she is pretty awful about this. When this happened, the film lost me and I almost turned it off. Well, this Raj is actually Surinder in disguise.and Taani believes these are two different guys. However, her new partner is an odd guy.brash, full of life and conceited.
While there may be dance classes like this in India, it took me by surprise, as they seemed to be dancing much like you'd expect in a Bollywood film.
Later in the film, Taani decides to take a dance class. In fact, I wanted to slap Taani repeatedly and yell at her "He's your husband.love him with all you have!". Surinder sees his wife as perfect and unapproachable and Taani seems to give very little emotionally to the marriage. So, instead of celebrating their marriage and both being happy, the marriage is in trouble. The problem is that his wife, Taani (Anushka Sharma) is much, much younger and Surinder is a bit of a dork. When the story begins, Surinder (Khan) has just gotten married through a traditional arranged marriage. Romance is still where it's at."Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi" is an enjoyable film, though I have to admit that the story is awfully silly and make this a rather silly Shah Rukh Khan outing. But at the same time, I don't want to fault it too much as I think it is still on the right path - I'm fed up of the show-offy 'Don's of Bollywood today. These things make the film very frustrating for me. But without this twist, the story was very predictable. A perfect twist to the film would be for Taani to have known all along - it would have been a nice way of showing that Taani did recognise his heart from the start but she also wanted to see how far Suri could go. I was a bit disappointed that she didn't even tell Raj she was married and spent so much time with him outside home. Yet it is completely out of character for her to think about running away with another man. We are told that Taani is a loyal and decent wife. If Taani is supposed to compromise for her husband, should he not also become a bit more like Raj and meet her half way? It would have been great if he had started dressing a bit more fashionably for her even in his 'Suri' self. Why should the girl love Suri when he offers her none of the love and fun that Raj does? I don't understand why she is supposed to settle for the 'real' Suri when he is so boring. Having said that, I think there were some fundamental flaws in the films and tricks they missed: 1. The music was great and the acting was decent. The film was sweet, colourful, and fun to watch. It is a trivial plot element that can be overlooked - and in the film's defence, they did try and justify it by making romance a bit magical (though probably didn't need to go that far). Have none of you seen Superman? In that, Lois Lane doesn't recognise that Clark Kent is Superman, and yet I doubt any of you would complain there. I didn't love this movie, but I'm frustrated at how most of the negative reviews are focused on the wife not recognising her husband.
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