What's Your Raashee?

What's Your Raashee? (2009)

What's Your Raashee? Yogesh Patel, a young man in a hurry. Yogesh must find his dream girl within 10 days to save his family from utter ruin. Finding the dream girl is tough enough. Finding her in a hurry is even tougher.

Date of release
2009-09-25
TMDB
4.8 / 10 (31)
Runtime
3h 12m
Genres
Comedy
Director
Ashutosh Gowariker

Casting

Interesting facts

What's Your Raashee? is a 2009 Indian Hindi-language romantic comedy film written and directed by Ashutosh Gowariker and produced by Ronnie Screwvala and Sunita A. Gowariker. Based on the Gujarati novel Kimball Ravenswood by the playwright and novelist Madhu Rye, the film stars Harman Baweja and Priyanka Chopra, with Darshan Jariwala and Dilip Joshi in supporting roles, and follows the story of Yogesh Patel (Baweja), a Gujarati NRI, who must marry in ten days to save his brother from harm; Yogesh agrees to meet twelve potential brides, one from each zodiac sign.

Production

Ashutosh Gowariker had always aspired to make a comedy; however, after making the historical drama Jodhaa Akbar (2008), he wanted to make a "frothy" romance or "something non-historical, light and fun". He had always wanted to make a romantic comedy along the lines of It's a Wonderful Life (1946), Roman Holiday (1953), Chupke Chupke (1975), Baaton Baaton Mein (1979), or When Harry Met Sally... (1989).

After watching the play A Suitable Bride based on Madhu Rye's Gujarati novel Kimball Ravenswood, Gowariker decided to adapt it into a film. He read the source material to learn more about it and then bought the novel's film rights. In an interview, Rye revealed that he did not agree with Gowariker's description of the novel as a "frothy romance".

The ending was altered by the writers; the protagonist chooses a completely different girl in the film than the one he selects in the novel. Rye was concerned about the reactions of viewers who had read the novel, and it took Gowariker a while to convince him to agree.

The casting of the lead pair was leaked well before the intended official announcements. Gowariker cast Harman Baweja after watching the trailer of his debut film, the science fiction romance Love Story 2050 (2008). He asked Harman's father, Harry Baweja, to show him the film's rushes and was impressed with his performance, calling him the best person for the part.

Chopra became the first actress in cinematic history to portray twelve distinct characters in one film and was considered for inclusion in the Guinness World Records. On being asked about the decision of casting one actress to portray twelve characters, Gowariker said: "If we had taken twelve different actresses then the most beautiful one would have to be chosen. So beauty would get more importance.

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