Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi

Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Aditya Chopra
Written by	Aditya Chopra
Produced by	Yash Chopra
Starring	Shah Rukh Khan Anushka Sharma Vinay Pathak
Cinematography	Ravi K. Chandran
Edited by	Ritesh Soni
Music by	Salim–Sulaiman
Production company	Yash Raj Films
Distributed by	Yash Raj Films
Release date	12 December 2008 (2008-12-12)
Running time	164 minutes[1]
Country	India
Language	Hindi[2]
Budget	₹31 crore[3]
Box office	est. ₹157 crore[4]

Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi (translation: A Match Made By God), also known by its initialism as RNBDJ, is a 2008 Indian Hindi-language romantic comedy film written and directed by Aditya Chopra and produced by his father Yash Chopra under their production banner of Yash Raj Films. The film stars Shah Rukh Khan as Surinder Sahni, a mild-mannered office employee who marries his deceased professor's daughter, Taani, portrayed by Anushka Sharma in her debut. His friend, played by Vinay Pathak, eventually transforms him into the fun-loving "Raj Kapoor" to win Taani's love. The film's soundtrack was composed by Salim–Sulaiman, and it became the first Bollywood soundtrack to reach the top 10 album sales on the iTunes Store.^[5]

Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi was released worldwide on 12 December 2008 and marked Chopra's return to direction after an 8-year hiatus, following his previous directorial venture, Mohabbatein (2000), which also starred Khan. The film was not heavily promoted pre-release by either Khan or YRF, mainly due to uncertainty and apprehensions regarding cinema-market conditions following the terror attacks in Mumbai.^[6] Upon release, the film received positive reviews from critics and broke several box-office records. It was declared a year-end super-hit, and at the end of its theatrical run, it grossed over ₹1.57 billion (US$20 million) worldwide, becoming the highest-grossing Hindi film of the year overseas, as well as YRF and Khan's highest-grossing film at the time.^[7]

At the 54th Filmfare Awards, Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi received a leading 10 nominations, including Best Film, Best Director (Aditya), Best Actor (Khan), Best Actress (Sharma) and Best Supporting Actor (Pathak), and won 2 awards – Best Male Playback Singer (Sukhwinder Singh for "Haule Haule") and Best Scene of the Year.

The film's script was recognized by a number of critics and was invited to be included in the Margaret Herrick Library of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, just a day after its release.^[8] The script is accessible for research purposes only; students, filmmakers, writers, and actors are among the regular patrons.^[9]