Monika’s Pensieve

{FILM DIARY}
Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi (India, 2008)
Seen: Sunday, 29th March 2009 (cinema, special screening)
Runtime: 167′
Director: Aditya Chopra
Cast: Shahrukh Khan, Vinay Pathak, Anushka Sharma, Bipasha Basu (cameo), Lara Dutta (cameo), Kajol (cameo), Rani Mukherjee (cameo), Preity Zinta (cameo)
Production House: Yash Raj Films
Plot: Surinder, a shy boring middle class kind of guy is trying to make [...]

So yeah - I think I’ll spend most of March sitting in dark cinema halls :]
I’m putting the schedule of the festival below - I’ve marked the films I cannot possibly miss with red. The festival takes place in all cinemas in the Multikino and SilverScreen chains.
Monday, 23rd March 2009
18:30 Water
Tuesday, 24th March 2009
18:30 Hello
Wednesday, [...]

I’ve naturally been following how Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi has done for itself and tried to make out from the responses and its further promotion what sort of film it is, but I’m still confused ;-P
Anyway, despite being released right after the 26/11 attacks, it’s a big hit.
It’s done well in India, but the [...]

The UK has had big Bollywood productions release on the same day as they do in India for a long time now - this is due to its large Indian diaspora. But Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi (which I’ve already written about) will release in eight other European countries on the same day - none [...]

{FILM SPOTTING}
Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi (India, 2008)
Polish Distributor: None yet I think… But Epelpol seems to be picking up most of the new YRF films and nowadays a new Shahrukh release is unlikely not to eventually get distribution in Poland.
Release Date: 12th December 2008 (India)
Director: Aditya Chopra
Cast: Shahrukh Khan, Anushka Sharma
Production House: Yash Raj [...]