Film 'Rab Ne...' tests India-Pakistan relations

The three-day siege of Mumbai, for which India blames a Pakistani extremist group, has derailed plans for increasing economic ties between the countries, says The New York Times, Monday, November 2008.“Four years of sincere and bold initiatives from both sides have been put on pause mode, The momentum is badly affected,” said Jairam Ramesh, India’s junior minister for commerce. Latest Bollywood movie 'Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi' featuring India's top film star Shah Rukh Khan has become the latest victim of the Indo-Pak tensions. 'Rab ne..', which was supposed to be released all over Pakistan, will not make it in Pakistan now.

'Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi' 2008 features Shah Rukh Khan and AnushkaYash Raj Films' much-talked about forthcoming release 'Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi' is the biggest Bollywood film to be released after the Mumbai attacks. The whole Indian film industry expects it to do well at the box office, subject to a big IF. If post-Mumbai circumstances allow. In Mumbai, most cinegoers are still caught in fear and uncertainty.

Shah Rukh Khan said the extremists who attacked Mumbai were un-Islamic. "There's nothing Islamic about terrorism. I am a Muslim, I read the Koran, but nowhere in the holy text does it say you can get 'jannat' (paradise) from 'jihad'," he was quoted by Indian media.

Khan, 43, is one of a number of Muslims who dominate Bollywood, where religion is no bar to fame and fortune.

'Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi' will not be released in the theatres in Pakistan on December 12 and may not release ever across the border,according to reports. As the government of India directs its anger against Pakistan, it's understood the culural ties, including films, will become the first casualty.

Khan in Pakistan and has a huge fan following. Both Khan and director Aditya Chopra are aware of the fact that releasing the film in Pakistan at this moment might hurt the sentiments of people in India. Besides, Pakistanis too are angry with the Indian rage directed towards them.

'Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi': Synopsis

This is what happened to Surinder Sahni (Shahrukh Khan) - a simple, clean hearted, honest man working for Punjab Power, leading a humdrum life, when he meets his total opposite and finds love in the flamboyant, fun-loving, vivacious - Taani (Anushka Sharma) for whom the whole world is her canvas and she paints her own life with the colours of rainbow all until unforeseen circumstances changes it all and brings them together.

Rab Ne Bana Di JodiWhat follows is a journey filled with laughter, tears, joy, pain, music, dance and a lot of love. A journey that makes us believe that there is an extraordinary love story in every ordinary jodi.