Genre: Comedy, Romance
Director: Ashutosh Gowariker
Producer: Ronnie Screwvala, Sunita A. Gowariker
Music Director: Sohail Sen
Lyricist: Javed Akhtar
Star Cast: Priyanka Chopra, Hurman S. Baweja, Anjan Shrivastava, Visswa Badola, Rajesh Vivek, Dilip Joshi, Daya Shankar Pandey, Honey Chhaya, Darshan Jariwala, Manju Singh, Bhairavi Vaidya, Pratik Dixit, Manoj Shah, Dr. Ajit Kulkarni, Geeta Tyagi
Release Date: September 25, 2009
You watch the movie and the first thing that comes to your mind is ‘what was that?’ Thirteen songs, more than three hours of running time, shoddy editing and an utterly weak story! This is how you can describe the flick. Based on a good concept, an NRI who has to get married in 10 days and decides to meet one girl from each of the twelve sun sings, the movies fails because the screenplay is full of flaws (this when there were four writers - Ashutosh Gowariker, Naushil Mehta, Amit Mistry, and Tapan A. Bhatt, working on it).
What’s Your Raashee Pre-release Review
You watch the movie and the first thing that comes to your mind is ‘what was that?’ Thirteen songs, more than three hours of running time, shoddy editing and an utterly weak story! This is how you can describe the flick. Based on a good concept, an NRI who has to get married in 10 days and decides to meet one girl from each of the twelve sun sings, the movies fails because the screenplay is full of flaws (this when there were four writers - Ashutosh Gowariker, Naushil Mehta, Amit Mistry, and Tapan A. Bhatt, working on it). After films like ‘Lagaan’, ‘Swades’ and ‘Jodha Akbar’, you were surely not expecting something like this from Ashutosh Gowariker. It was expected that ‘What’s Your Raashee’ would be a lengthy affair, but this long!! It could have easily been made more watchable, if it had lesser songs, the marriage agent's illicit affair was done away with and the editing was tight. Coming down to the 12 characters based on the 12 different rashees (sun signs), only some of them seem credible, while the rest were simply unconvincing.
Somewhere along the rashees and their traits, Ashutosh Gowariker also ended up bringing in social issues, such as dowry and child marriage (which was simply not required). With this movie, Gowariker made his first attempt at a romantic comedy and there are many funny scenes in the movie, with subtle humor (thankfully, it’s not slapstick). Even the cinematography of the movie is very good. The hitherto unexplored locales of Mumbai have been beautiful shot and bring in much realism to the movie.
One serious flaw with ‘What’s Your Raashee’ is that the characters have not been properly etched. How we wish some more time would have been given to the conversation between Yogesh and the 12 girls (cutting out the unnecessary songs). By the time, the meetings come to an end; you are no longer interested in knowing the girl that Yogesh finally chose. Many-a-times, cinematic liberties have been taken. Even the excessive use of comic formulas (like that of a stupid don) mars the film’s prospects.
‘What’s Your Raashee’ is a film based on performances, rather than story. And in this context, you cannot help but applaud Piggy Chops. The efforts she has put in bringing across 12 different characters shows and is praiseworthy. Even Harman Baweja came across as an improved version of his earlier flicks. However, still he could not come up to the level of Priyanka. As for, Darshan Jariwala, Anjan Shrivastava, and Pratik Dixit, they lent able support to the main leads. All in all, we will surely not recommend this one for a multiplex watch.
What’s Your Raashee Pre-release Review
Do you believe in sun signs and astrology? Are you one of those who believe that marrying a person whose sun sign is compatible with yours will ensure that the union is blissful and will last long? Is yes, then Ashutosh Gowariker’s upcoming flick ‘What’s Your Raashee’, based on Madhu Rye’s Gujarati novel ‘Kimball Ravenswood’, is surely a must-watch for you. It revolves around the concept of the sun and the moon (in terms of astrology) playing an important role in romance, through your raashee.
‘What’s Your Raashee’ has Priyanka Chopra and Hurman S. Baweja in the lead role, with Anjan Shrivastava, Visswa Badola, Rajesh Vivek, Dilip Joshi, Daya Shankar Pandey, Honey Chhaya, Darshan Jariwala, Manju Singh, Bhairavi Vaidya, Pratik Dixit, Manoj Shah, Dr. Ajit Kulkarni, Geeta Tyagi making the rest of the star cast. It has been produced by Ronnie Screwvala and Sunita A. Gowariker and will be released on September 25, 2009. The music for the Hindi film has been provided by Sohail Sen, with Javed Akhtar being the lyricist.
Falling in the genre of comedy and romance, ‘What’s Your Raashee’ takes us into the life of Yogesh Patel (Hurman S. Baweja). Just like most of the youngsters today, he believes in the concept of love marriage. However, one fine day, he is told to fast-forward his search for the ‘dream girl’ and get married within the next ten days. Otherwise, his family would get completely ruined. As it is, Yogesh was facing a difficulty in finding the ‘perfect bride’. But, doing it in a hurry puts him in an even tighter spot.
After much deliberation, Yogesh comes up with a solution - he will meet twelve girls, one from each of the twelve raashees. The meetings will take place over the period of next six days, which means that he will meet two girls in one day. He feels that this way, not only would he be able to find a suitable wife, but also give himself twelve chances to fall in love. In the next three days, Yogesh will decide whom he wants to get married to and have his wedding on the tenth day. Will he fall in love? If yes, with whom? Will his wedding take place?
