Whats Your Rashee Movie Review

Alfred Hitchcock once said that the length of a film should be directly related to the endurance of the human bladder, unfortunately Ashutosh Gowariker doesn’t agree to that. After Jodhaa Akbar and now with What’s your Rashee he again proves that he will tell a story at his own pace and have no consideration whatsoever for the level of endurance of the human bladder. Rating: 3/5

Whats your Rashee is based on Gujarati writer Madhu Rye’s novel Kimball Ravenswood. It was attempted to be made into a tele-series by Ketan Mehta, about twenty years ago and now by Ashutosh Gowariker into a film. Although the film looked inviting with Priyanka Chopra donning twelve different avatars, the film has nothing much to offer as a romantic comedy. Probably it could’ve been more effective as a tele-series, if scripted well.

Yogesh(Hurman Baweja) has to marry in ten days and since he believes that there are only 12 types of girls he decides to meet one girl from each zodiac sign. Priyanka Chopra who essays all the 12 characters in the film stands out in certain characters but sleep walks through others. Sadly some of her characters were not written well and seemed like mere caricatures of the common stereotypes that had sometimes very little to do with their zodiac characteristics and more with their socio-economical background.

As a romantic comedy, the film script lacked that punch in dialogues that made the characters even weaker. Towards the second half, Gowariker lost the grip of the narrative and the plot seemed redundant. Nonetheless, its a watchable film only if you think you have all the patience and time in the world for it (and your bladder thinks the same )