{"id":641,"date":"2009-09-25T23:11:00","date_gmt":"2009-09-25T23:11:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.fridaynirvana.com\/film\/2009\/09\/movie-review-whats-your-rashee-2.html"},"modified":"2011-06-14T02:58:16","modified_gmt":"2011-06-14T02:58:16","slug":"movie-review-whats-your-rashee-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fridaynirvana.com\/film\/2009\/09\/movie-review-whats-your-rashee-2.html","title":{"rendered":"Movie Review : What’s your rashee ?"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"What's<\/a>\"\"Rating<\/b><\/a> : Above average (3.3\/5)<\/b>
Genre<\/b><\/a> : Comedy \/ Romance<\/b>
Year<\/b><\/a> : <\/b>2009<\/b><\/a>
Running time : 3 hours 12 minutes<\/b>
Director<\/b><\/a> : Ashutosh Gowariker<\/b>
Cast : Priyanka Chopra, Harman Baweja, Anjan Srivastav, Darshan Jariwala, Manju Singh, Dilip Joshi<\/b>
Kid rating<\/b><\/a> : PG<\/b>
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 <\/b>WHAT\u2019s YOUR RASHEE (MOVIE REVIEW) : THE LONG AND BORING WAY TO FIND A BRIDE !<\/i><\/b><\/a><\/p>\n

Ashutosh Gowariker \u2013 film maker extraordinaire, or a director too cheap to hire an editor ? \u201cWhat\u2019s your rashee ?\u201d was a whopping 192 minutes long. Yes, that\u2019s 3 hours and 12 minutes. And it\u2019s not like Gowarikar made an exception here \u2013 Lagaan was about 3 hours and 40 minutes long, Swades<\/a> 3 hours and 14 minutes, and Jodha-Akbar<\/a> 3 hours and 35 minutes. So you could call WYR his \u201cshortest\u201d film, although me thinks it could have been much shorter \u2013 like by at least 1.5 hours !<\/p>\n

This film also had 12 songs (one of which Gowariker has sung himself), on average it seemed, one per Rashee ! Reading the reviews, and finding out that I was about to watch an almost 3.5 hour film with wishy-washy Harman Baweja in the lead made me quake in my boots (or sandals really \u2013 it\u2019s still summer-like weather here). However I persevered (that\u2019s my middle name), because the way I see it, the worst from Gowariker still has to be loads better than the best from directors like David Dhawan<\/a>, Sajid Khan<\/a>, Anil Sharma<\/a> and their ilk.<\/p>\n

The story, as per my preview<\/a>, is of Yogesh (Baweja) trying to find a bride in 10 days, to save his family from catastrophe. Having gotten his pointers from a book, and deciding that there are only 12 types of girls in the world, one of each Rashi (or Zodiac Sign) Yogesh decides to meet one of each Rashee and then pick his soul-mate. Priyanka Chopra plays all 12 girls \u2013 small-town Anjali , rich heiress Vishakha , fun-loving Kajal , sedate Hansa , fiery Mallika , selfless Pooja , toe-my-line Rajni , wanna-be model Nandini , come-hither Bhavna , gauche Jhankhana , foreign-born Sanjana and superstitious Chandrika.<\/p>\n

Gowariker adds some reflections on society in this story \u2013 there\u2019s the problem of dowry, and under-age marriage, and the issue of an unwed woman who is not quite the coveted virgin. But while the story is relatively strong, the film suffers from a rather loose screenplay. For a romantic comedy, WYR can never gather up enough pace to render it either romantic or a comedy. The songs are quite interruptive, and meeting one girl after another got quite dreary after about the first 3-4 (and we were counting !).<\/p>\n

I\u2019m happy to report however that it\u2019s not all bad news folks. This film is L-O-N-G, as in you-need-3-intermissions-lots-of-refreshments long. But I can\u2019t quite call it a bad film. It reminded me of an older genre of movies, of a thoughtful, sedate style of film, albeit extremely stretched. It\u2019s fairly clean, with some very well shot scenes and songs. Take for example the credits in the beginning of the film \u2013 they were done in a play of light and shadow with Priyanka in what looked to be a leotard, and reminded me of the credits in a Bond film. <\/p>\n

Priyanka<\/a> over-shadows Harma effortlessly \u2013 she\u2019s come a long way in acting terms. I was especially impressed with her \u201cAnjali\u201d avatar \u2013 slouchy posture, diffident gestures, and to top it all the snort \u2013 quite marvelous ! Baweja, unfortunately, lacks screen presence. Although he can act quite the ing\u00e9nue (that\u2019s what saves his performance) and seems quite earnest, he also appears unsure of himself, and it shows. The supporting cast was fantastic \u2013 there was Anjan Srivastav as Yogesh\u2019s \u201cPappa\u201d, Manju Singh as his emotional mother (remember her from the Doordarshan days ?), Darshan Jariwalla as the match-maker uncle and Dilip Joshi as Yogesh\u2019s brother Jitu bhai.<\/p>\n

Gowariker who lends his sensibilties to thoughtful dramas quite well, fails here to peddle romantic fluff. Keeping extra footage which you might absolutely love as director might work in ponderous drama, but in a film genre where short, sweet and pithy works best, it\u2019s a pity that the editor\u2019s scissors didn\u2019t go snip-snip a bit more. Thus while this film would be a good DVD watch, it\u2019s hardly the warm-n-fuzzy romantic comedy promised.<\/p>\n

Kidwise : This gets a PG rating \u2013 some suggestive clothes\/postures, some adult-oriented talk (virginity\/affairs).<\/p>\n

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