When Surinder's (Shakrukh Khan) mentor dies of a heart attack, Surinder feels compelled to fulfill his mentor's dying wish: to marry his daughter. The marital bond between himself and Taani (Anushka Sharma) is one of convenience and not love as Taani needed a place to live. As an introvert, Surinder finds it difficult to express himself but finds a solution when Taani joins a dancing competition. He transforms himself into Raj, an extrovert and flamboyant man.

The story gets off to a slow start and steadily gains pace as the film progresses mimicking how Surinder's life changes from routine to excitement. At heart the film is a simple love story, echoing how Surinder fails to attract the attention of someone he loves and having to become someone he is not in order to do so. There is a nice, simple message to be learnt here and the love story is not entirely clichéd so the film does have a somewhat refreshing take on the ingrained romance tales of Bollywood.
This does however not stop the many repetitive scenes. With a little tighter editing on these parts the film would have also cut a little off its long run time. The humour is natural and comes easily.

There is a slight mishap on the subtitling for English viewers. There is the odd spelling mistake and there are a few moments where the subtitling makes some comments from a single character appear as if one character begins and another ends the sentence, when it is evident that is not the case. Sadly the credit sequence lacks subtitles altogether and the credits are important in gaining an understanding of the ending. While the closing monologue can be vaguely understood, the monologue itself is fairly humourous and English viewers will be missing out.

Surprisingly the acting ensemble is stronger than expected with even the minor characters being more than adequate to the job. Of course Shahrukh Khan is as amazing as ever and anyone who thought he might be losing his shine will discover otherwise. In the film Khan has to portray two different personalities for the same character as he attempts to live a double-life. His nuances in the shy and uncertain Surinder are heavily contrasted by his performance as the outgoing and hip Raj, and Khan does so with consistency.
The biggest surprise is Anushka Sharma. Her debut performance is delightful, full of vigor and, most importantly, believable whether her character is full of joy or sadness. She embodies a top notch Bollywood actress with good acting coupled with a natural prowess for dancing.

The music and accompanying dances is a slight disappointment. But Sharma does appear in her element in these sequences and Khan's experience helps to save many of the sequences.

Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi is an amazing film which tells an equally amazing, albeit simple, story. With stellar acting, especially from newcomer Anushka Sharma who compliments Shahruhk Khan well, and good detail to creating a natural context, it becomes a pity that the film is let down by its musical sequences. They are not bad but not up to par with the rest of the film, and when coupled with other niggles the film is unable to be as moving as it potentially could. Still it's a worthwhile film and not one to be missed.
There are no sexual connotations, violence and very little use of language, making the film a true family treat.