What's Your Raashee? (2009)

Pretty Good

Plot so thin, it passes unnoticed.

This movie feels like it was made purely to piss off people who want good shows

This is a coming of age storyline that you've seen in one form or another for decades. It takes a truly unique voice to make yet another one worth watching.

Whats Your Rashee, is a very very well made film. The film is about marriage and the zodiac signs. The film has Priyanka Chopra enacting 12 different roles and looks, and what performances man! She is just fantabulous! I was neutral about Priyanka Chopra, but Fashion, Kaminey and Whats Your Rashee made me love her completely! The direction is not up to the mark if compared to previous ventures by Ashutosh Gowariker (Lagaan, Swades, Jodhaa Akhbar), maybe it is because of the genre change, Ashutosh is directing a romantic comedy for the first time.Music is a revelation, Ashutosh was stuck to A.R.Rahman, whos compositions are beautiful. This time Sohail Sen took the music directors seat and did a fantastic job, all songs are extremely melodious and shot nicely. Sohail Sen has a very nice voice himself and therefore crooned a few songs of the film, even Ashutosh Gowariker did a track and that sounds nice too, double thumbs up to the music department.Harman Baweja has acted nice too for the first time after a string of bad performances (Love story 2050, Victory), although he looks kind of stiff sometimes and his body language needs some improvement on screen, Darshan as Devu does a very nice job and is very impactful.The music video Whats Your Rashee, which is the last song of the movie has been shot so beautifully, a really innovative video, and very enjoyable too.I am rating this movie 9 out of 10, would have rated it 7 otherwise, but the Priyanka Chopra and her performances, and the extremely melodious music make the movie deserve more.All in all, go for it if you are in the mood for a sweet movie, with an incredible Piggy Chopps and great music.P.S. I do miss a sequence in which Yogesh meets all the girls and explains them why he didn't choose that particular girl.Thumbs up for sure :)

Whats your Raashee...Great concept, touching songs, brilliant Priyanka and honest Harman. I would say the movie is not that bad as some have felt. The music by Sohail Sen lacks the "Rehman" touch but still its soothing. "Bikhri Bikhri" and "Sau Janam" are brilliant compositions and so is "Su Che". "Jao na" is a simple song yet so hummable. Rest also are good like "Salone Kya", title song and "Pyaari Pyaari". My thumbs up for Music.The point where the movie lacked was the way Harman's dilemma was shown on screen. It could have been handled better. His acting though is much much better than Love story 2050 and he looks cute. Priyanka is awesome and mesmerizing. No one in the Industry could have done better than her. So another Thumbs up for performance.Unfortunately the climax is disappointing to say the least. The comedy scenes are not well put up. The movie could have been a little shorter and the sub-plots are not effective. Ashutosh has a knack of giving social messages in his movie and this was no exception. Women independence, family values have been depicted well. I would say the movie could have been made in two parts as WYR-1 AND WYR-2 with much better effect and that could have left audiences wanting for more. Thumbs down for editing and Direction. :(All and all its a sweet movie worth a try. Don't even dare to miss this one if you are a Priyanka fan. I would say go for it.

It is time someone put a stop to this trashing of a perfectly fine film that has been crafted with much thought and creativity. Is the movie very long? Yes, it is and SO WHAT? This may not be Oscar material, but Priyanka shines in every single role she dons, and Harman is a neat foil to her with his gentlemanly persona and apt acting (he too has come under very unfair criticism, our "superstars" would have looked out of place as Yogesh Patel).The music is superlative, since the movie was to take 13 songs, Sohail Sen has made a real effort to make each not just melodious but also very contextual. "Bikhri Bikhri" is superbly composed, its inspiring lyrics (Javed Akhtar) have been ably handled. The title song, a Jazz number, with which the movie opens is mesmerizing. "Aaja Lehraate" has been on the music channels and gives Harman enough scope to showcase his dancing skills.Now the story, it is not meant to be taken too literally and too seriously, although almost every character that Priyanka plays has something to say about the society we live in; nothing too preachy but yes it does make you think a bit. The most touching are the Priyanka who admits to having had an affair and the Priyanka who is tutored to act Western but is too clumsy to pass as such. The comedy does not have the people falling off their chairs in desperate throes of howling laughter, but it certainly puts a smile on most faces.Gowarikar has done a good job, instead of asking for edits I would say he should have made WYR I and WYR II, each two-hour long, both released within a space of 3 months. At least people would have stopped complaining about its length! Let us for once appreciate something that dares to be different and is yet entertaining.

First of all, WYR is based on a pretty interesting premise - the 12 zodiac signs. It has universal appeal as almost everyone has read their daily horoscope and is familiar with the sun signs. However, the interesting part stops right there and the movie is treated in a very banal manner. Every girl in the zodiac gets a song of her own - quality and brevity suffers as a result. Perhaps a better idea might have been to have just one-verse songs - it would be innovative while not taking away from the film-maker's vision. For some reason Gowariker sticks to the tried and tested. What we end up is a 200-minute movie. I looked up at my watch at least 5 times, and that is never a good sign.... The best thing about the movie is Priyanka Chopra who is able to create 12 distinct characters and essays contrasting roles be it a simple Gujju village girl or an uber-cold professional with relative ease. Harman has his moments especially when he is empathizing with other characters and remains understated. The rest of the cast is real and authentic for the most part and keeps moving the story forward unlike the songs. All in all, WYR had the potential to be a rom-com with small sub-plots - almost a la PG Wodehouse. However, it turns to formula and ends up in the mediocre realm.