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After watching MNIK, i truly believe that there are two kinds of actors in this world.Good Actors and then there is,SHAH RUKH KHAN. This statement cannot be described through words. Watch MNIK and you will know what i m saying.

There is no need for me to write a review for this movie though I always make it a point to post my thoughts on every srk release at IMDb.

But, OK here it goes.This film is the greatest film India has ever made.No one is good enough or qualified enough to review this MAGIC.

Shah Rukh Khan take a bow...You have never been this good despite your innumerable fantastic roles in the past...

Karan Johar take a bow.You have created cinematic Einstein on celluloid.

And the most important thing about this film is, it is very well researched...I didn't see a single point that was frivolous.

9.15 am show at Kolkata INOX with oldies and young cue up and me feeling like a king because I have special privilege due to cellfone booking so I get to jump the cue (as Rizvan should say, BBBad Mann)

Generally multiplex audiences are fake and they don't respond to scenes.. they sit like dummies and behave as if the popcorn is better than the screen product...I always prefer single screen to enjoy the experience..But today, it was different...whistling, clapping,screams,shouting srk's name and a longggg standing ovation in the end.

Saw audience verdict from various kolkata halls on TV and my gosh, the srk fan club people are making srk's posters eat Laddos...yes... and seems like holi has come early with dhol baja and loads of tamasha ..

Watch Out For The - mosque sheitaan scene(best), the Africa charity dinner (dialogue in the end) and the scene with Georgia people and the scene with his mother and ...ACTUALLY EVERYTHING...

A FILM WHICH IS FLAWLESS...

AND I MUST MENTION THE PEOPLE OF India... the gutsy people of Mumbai and all over who have defied all threats and stormed to the theatres. its like unimaginable ...remember the speech in Phir Bhi Dil Hai Hindustani... when srk's speech stirs up people and they act... SOMETHING LIKE THAT HAS HAPPENED IN India... wow... there are indeed two types of people..Bad(like the Thackereys) and the GOOD (like all of us).

my rating-- 10 on 10 I think this film should exclude itself from the award functions..Oscars, Filmfare , National awards..Call me a snob but awards aren't good enough to honor this film......

There was a time on TV when there were serials like Tenali Rama and Malgudi Days which were innocent, humorous and in the end,they never forgot to give us a sweet little moral teaching. It was a sweet thing which with time disappeared from our televisions.

Cut to 2009, we have the son of television ,Shah Rukh Khan producing and acting in a film which attempts to bring the long forgotten innocence of the doordarshan era on celluloid.

The film begins well and ends well but I feel there is something which makes Billu , a partial disappointment. May be the box office greed of the producer makes the movie nose dive from being fantastic innocent cinema to just a well tried attempt ,stuffed with unwanted elements.

Honestly, the film didn't need those many item numbers and the people who think that ,all the audience wants are skimpily clad bollywood chicks shaking their bodies, are wrong. Terrible. But yeah,Kareena looks wow.

Those super hero kinda animations with SRK were not needed either.Surely, SRK is planning to make a sci fi film and those sfx and graphics were an attempt to test the water, but hey please, leave the sci fi projects to the fair skinned film makers.We just don't have that budget .

I am not bashing this movie but its just that I am disappointed.I wanted it to be a simple tale with Sahir Khan playing the messiah in the underplayed manner,but here its like, Sahir Khan pretends to hide yet he is flashing a torch.Getting me? The cast is fantastic with Lara looking like a goddess and her acting is great.Irfan who has the title role is magnificent ,but then he is Irfan Khan and he can never go wrong in my opinion.The supporting cast is in sparkling form.Special mention to the guy who plays the guest house manager.His scene where he acts as a policeman during the shooting is one of the most hilarious scenes ever. Scenes involving Om Puri and that school manager are genuinely funny. Loved the Abhay Kumar taunt on Akshay  The locations are great, the songs ,though unwanted are decent and the direction is like any other Priyadarshan film. Nothing special about it. Editing part is pathetic and the scenes jump from one to the other in a haphazard manner.Very unprofessional stuff indeed.

The film is watchable because it is different and reminds me of those good ole days of TV.Its a sincere effort and Shah Rukh deserves a pat ,because they just don't make them like it anymore and at least the Khan has tried. Shah Rukh Khan playing himself minus the name is good but give me a re-run of Malgudi Days and I will forget about Billu .

7 out of 10

SRK has finally moved away from his target NRI NRP NRB audiences and I am sure that this film will do great business in India because its an honest attempt at a time when cinema shows a stupid cook fighting Chinese warriors and a guy is forgetting everything after 15 minutes yet not forgetting to steal Hollywood concepts Good job srk..Just wish the producer in you didn't have box office in mind...but....

One thing is for sure..If you don't enter into a theater showing Rab Ne Banadi Jodi expecting another Raj Malhotra or Raj Aryan, then trust me ,you will surely take home with you, Mr.Surinder Suri of Punjab Power. Suri is someone whom we come across everyday in our lives.He is there in every bus, he is there in every office building and he is there in every by lane of India and he is the most boring person in the world. Surely,its the realness of Suri's character that brings a smile on one's face.Trousers with tucked in shirts and sneakers…My God, I meet such people twice everyday.

There is no point giving any synopsis of RNBDJ so I will jump directly to the views… Rab Ne Banadi Jodi , honestly is damn good illogical cinema at its best with a touch of magnificent subtlety.Its a laughathon but behind this super funny film,there is a masterly screenplay ,where the movie reels fly off with one comic situation after the other, but then in the end when we are at the closing stages, we end up realizing that this film is not about Mr.Suri's unintentional buffoonery instead its about the God that resides in him..And trust me, that God is one funny bloke..

Newbie Anushka is a stunner and she plays the role of a one helluva confused girl, extremely well. You can hate her for the decisions she takes in one scene and you certainly want to give her a hug ,for the next step which she takes, and this is what her role demands.. For a newbie, she has done a fabulous job.

Vinay Pathak as the ever helpful barber friend is funny and I hope to see him more with Shah Rukh in future films. The two share great comic chemistry.

The songs are all very good .Haule Haule is a cool crowd pleasure whereas Tujhmein rab dikhta has been shot really well..Dance pe chance flaunts Anushka's dancing capabilities but one big disappointment was the Phir milenge song.I loved this song the most on audio but the picturization was a bit too bland. None of the girls looked good except Lara. I was really expecting another Deewange.I remember this kind of song way back in the early 90's in Salman Khan's Patthar ke Phool..Wish Shah Rukh gave us something like that but then it ain't too bad either… The story is actually a one page story and it is indeed commendable that they have stretched it past 2.5 hrs without boring us even once. RNBDJ is a compilation of many old Hindi films like Golmal, Hum dilde chuke sanam and Aaja Nachle but what makes this movie spectacular is Shah Rukh Khan.He is good as Raj but it is his rocking ,shocking ,fantabulous Suri ,who will be remembered for a long time.. Shah Rukh is ageing and it is visible and thank god, he is choosing the perfect roles.Its impossible to think of anybody else as Suri. Shah Rukh is there in almost every scene of the film and I can surely say that he has made this wonderful movie rock big time.

Suri might be lighting up Punjab but SRK had indeed lit up Rabne Bandi Jodi with his magical performance..

8.5 out of 10…..