Rab Ne Falters at Box Office; Just 52% of Om Shanti Om
A chorus of movie critics across the world has slammed Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi (Shahrukh Khan, Anushka Sharma).
A 167-minute cruel nightmare, Rab Ne Bana Jodi is the latest piece of trash from the fading Yash Raj stable.
Here’s a sample of the critical reviews:
IBNLive:
To be honest, even if you are willing to buy into that bizarre premise – that Taani fails to recognize her own husband because he’s shaved his moustache, lost the spectacles and picked a funky hairstyle - Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi is still an exhausting watch because it’s such a predictable story, because it recycles the same old clichés, and because the characters are so poorly developed.
With no story worth speaking of save a newly married uxorious husband Surinder Sahni (Shahrukh Khan) making a monkey of himself to get his young wife Taani (Anushka Sharma) to love him, an inept screenplay that makes junk like Yuvvraaj and Drona look glorious, mediocre acting by Shahrukh Khan and Anushka Sharma that make the grotesque Tamil film stars seem great and soporific dialogs that have less life in them than Manmohan Singh’s speeches, Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi heaps more shame on Bollywood and fresh infamy on the fading Yash Raj Films banner.
The Telegraph:
If you don’t have DDLJ on your mind, you won’t mind Rab Ne. But the fact remains, it’s little more than an ordinary film with extraordinary intentions.
IndiaFM:
In a nutshell, RAB NE BANA DI JODI is no DILWALE DULHANIYA LE JAYENGE. It’s not MOHABBATEIN either. At best, it’s an average fare that may generate some curiosity initially, that’s it. You expect much, much more, but… alas! Continue reading »
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