Whats Your Rashee? [My Movie Review]

Lagaan, Swades, Jodha Akbar.
When I name these, the first thing that strikes your mind is Hindustan Zindabad!, followed by quality, engrossing and inspiring characters, well-knit screenplay, great acting, incredible background music and well ofcourse Ashutosh Gowarikar and his awards!

Well, this was what I expected while stepping into the audi!
First day, First show!
Coincidentally, this is the Harman Baweja-Priyanka starrer movie that I am watching - First Day First Show. The Last one being LOVE SORRY 2050,,,,oops,,,,Love Story 2050,,,back on a breezy Summer day in Kochi.
Coming back to the movie, the movie opens up pretty stylishly, with the track Whats Your Rashee playing, Priyanka doing the honours presenting herself in 12 diffrerent avatars,(all sultry, in an almost catwoman like skin-suit). Each Avatar introduces a Rashee (Sunsign).
Cancer (Kark) was the sexiest where Priyanka is lying on her back over a white disc and her hands holding a crab! She looks hot in that one. Harman has done well in the movie,infact everybody has acted well.
Once the intro credits are over, we begin with the story. Young and hot Mr.Harman...errr....Yogesh Kumar Patel is called from Chicago by his brother Jitu telling him that their father has met with a cardiac arrest....Our Hero arrives at the Chatrapati Shivaji Terminus to find his Priya Pappa recieving him!!!
The poor boy is requested FORCEFULLY to marry a girl on the 20th of that month. Infact, they had even published his marriage invitation card,,,with a blank space left for filling the name of the girl. Actually, a JYOTSHI predicts that the moment he gets married to a girl, he shall inherit great fortune and within seconds after making this prediction, the family recieves a call from Harman's Grandpa , who wills to name all his belongings to his name after marriage!


So, Harman is called in to inherit this fortune by marrying someone before 20th.


Actually, his elder bro, Jitu is under scanner as he had lost a lot of money in the share market and nnow he has to pay 1.5 crore to the bank and another 4.5 to the local BHAI, who has given him a deadline on 20th.


Now, Yogesh is confused! He wanted to love marriage, but before he could even think about it, he is being forced to marry. On confused night, he goes to sleep while reading a random book - WHATS YOUR RASHEE. He comes to know about the twelve rashees and decides to explore these 12 types of girls. He decides to see girls, one girl of each rashee, and would marry the one who touches his heart.

And thus, begins his quest!

At first the theme seemed to be pretty neat and capturing, but as the 1st half drags on, most of you will crave for an interval. Yes, my dear friends, the interval occurs at the end of the 2nd hour!!! All credits to the songs! Every girl he meets sings a song!!!!!! Eek!!!!!! The movie has 14 soundtracks that are featured in their entirity.

He meets the first girl and when he meets the second, he finds her face resembling the first. And this list of resemblance goes on till the 12th girl! His Grandpa gives a very funny logic behind this phenomena. He says that its coz a man always tries to find the face of his SAPNO KI RAJKUMARI in every woman he sees! dumb shit!!!! Aisa sab k saath hota hai!!! Gimme a Break!!!! Mr.Ashutosh, maybe you forgot, this movie doesnt have Akshay Kumar. Such stupid logic clicks only in Akki's movies!

He meets 12 different girls, one girl a day, each girl of a different rashee. But we know, that all are Priyanka. Each girl has a different background, style and need! There is gaav ki chori feigning Angrezi, a sophisticated modern indian lover, a funky college girl, a woman who has been betrayed in love, A dancer who has way too much attitude, A multimillionaire businesswoman whose entire life is a contract (including marriage), A billionaire's daughter who fiegns immaturity to test the groom, A NAABALIG!!!, A girl afraid of her parents who wants to pursue her passion in modelling, A girl who believes she has reincarnated and has found her pichle janam ka saathi in the poor NRI-Gujju (Harman), A nymphomaniac astrologer who always preaches the need for kisses and LING!!!! and a humanitarian doctor,

Priyanka has given her best, but fails to vary her vocal chords, although she has given every woman a different attitude that was needed. She looks extremely hot as the businesswoman Ms.Parmar.

The movie has a good beginning, a draggy yet funny and bearable middle, while the second half begins rather boringly, catches some momentum, but the so called CLIMAX disappoints. Infact, the ending of the movie is so stupid and unpardonable that you really feel like kicking yourself for bearing the 3 hours 45 minutes of torture!

Unlike its predecessors, this one fails to inspire, even though there are scenes that question teen marriages and pre-marital sex. All those scenes are too shortlived. There is no motive in the story. Its just the funny dialogues that keep you in your seat and of course the money you spent at the box-office.

The performances are strong,but the story is too weak especially the ending! never expected this from ashuji who flamed over Sajidji at an award ceremony for mocking others publicly! and here Ashuji has mocked us all, who went to see this movie!

The music is pretty awful, except for the tracks Jao Na, Whats ur rashee, the track wid the punarjanam girl and the one sung by kailash kher when he meets Hansa (the betrayed lover).

Infact that is one of the few characters played by Priyanka, you will fall in love with.

Ofcourse, she is the most beautiful looking of the twelve!

You really pray that Harman ties the knot with her, but alas! its not her. Boo hoo!

And yea, a day before wedding, he in confused as to whom he has to marry!!!! He approaches the girls he met, but in turn gets rejected! Now, his Devo Bhai uncle, asks him to marry the girl he sends at the wedding, and to trust him in doing that.

Ow yes! There is this character too,,,forgot to mention,,,but there are a few funny characters too,,,but who cares,,,I forgot them,,,,,u know,,,,such a long story,,,how can I remember each and everything. Infact after the interval, I almost forgot the first 3 girls!!!

Now while I am writing this review, I had to take a look at the poster of the movie to recollect the 12 avatars of Priyanka ji!!!

So, whom does he marry?

well we get to see a beautiful Gujarati marriage ceremony (thank God! they broke the monotony in hindi films where the Dulha always comes on his Ghodi!)

Anyway, I would love to break the suspence too,,coz I dont want you guyzz to undergo the same 4 hour treatment that I did.
Its Sanjana! the second girl, and by the way, did I hear someone ask - "Whats her Rashee?"
Who cares, you hardly remember your own Rashee at the end of this movie







My Rating - 2 out of 5



My Verdict - Wont work for the masses,too long, a bugging ending. Would end as a flop, unlike Lovestory2050 that ended up as a disaster! Watch it only if u r a diehard Priyanka fan or are sweeped by Harman's cute charms or if u have too much time to kill!