In the sprawling landscape of Bollywood romance, few films have dared to ask a question as audacious as Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi (God Made the Match). Directed by Aditya Chopra—the man who gave India Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge —this film does not celebrate the suave, leather-jacket-wearing hero. Instead, it bows down to the common man. It argues that the greatest love story is not about running away on a train, but about staying put and trying every single day.

At its core, Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi is a strange, beautiful, and often hilarious experiment: Can a man win the love of his wife by pretending to be another man? The story begins with a tragedy. Surinder Sahni (Shah Rukh Khan), a soft-spoken, middle-aged clerk with a thinning mustache and a thick Punjab-da-pind accent, attends the wedding of his former professor’s daughter, Taani (Anushka Sharma). But the celebration turns to ash when a bus accident kills Taani’s fiancé and leaves her father on his deathbed.

Rab ne bana di jodi... aur uss jodi ko banaye rakhne ke liye, ek Suri chahiye. (God made the match... but to keep that match alive, you need a Suri.)

Released: December 12, 2008 Director: Aditya Chopra Starring: Shah Rukh Khan, Anushka Sharma (debut), Vinay Pathak