“What’s your Rashee?” is a film that is held precariously by 12 threads that are too thin to allow for any kind of interweaving to be possible, not even for a cobweb. After a near four hour marathon, what we get is a weak climax and a mangled mess of untied and unexplained loose ends.

The story revolves around Yogesh Patel, a young Gujrati Indian living his dollar dreams in Chicago. Yogesh is called back to India to bail out his elder brother who is buried in debt. His only hope is to marry a girl immediately upon which he would inherit a large area of land from his grandfather, which can be sold to repay the loan. Alternatively, a girl who brings in a sizeable dowry would also do the job. A confused Yogesh stumbles upon a book of the Zodiac and concludes that there are 12 types of women in this world, one from each sign and if he can meet 12 such, it would give him the best chance of finding the right girl. Is he able to or not is what the film tries to explore.

There can be several arguments to the logic of the 12 types of women or to the inability of Yogesh to go have a word with his grandfather on helping his brother out without him being required to be married. Even if you leave logic behind, the story is not written well enough to build up into a strong climax. It ends up being a sequence of 12 meetings with 12 songs, one for each girl! Sohail Sen’s music is pleasing on the ears with some nice acoustic guitar and harmonium usage, but one hears too many songs interrupting the flow.

Time could have been saved by eliminating a few songs and delving deeper into Yogesh’s dilemma. Ashutosh Gowariker delivers another long drawn out film, but fails to utilize the time judiciously to create a gripping conflict and resolution. There are several enjoyable moments, but far too many labored ones to outweigh them and in the end, the resolution falls flat on the face disappointing a tired and expectant viewer. The theater I saw it in cut out a couple of songs to shorten the show time. This could have been done at the scripting or editing stages.

Harman Baweja as Yogesh lacks the punch in his emoting and is not effective. He does manage to grow on you as the film progresses, but only if you have decided to not give him a rough time. He has a couple of moments of glory but is largely a bystander to the talent on display. Yes, I am referring to Priyanka Chopra who has rendered what could be a turning point dozen in her career. With each different character, we see a different aspect to her acting ability which includes a change in everything ranging from body posture to clothes to emoting. It is unfortunate that a weak story steals her thunder.

‘What’s your Rashee?’ is a film that could have been several notches higher had it been shorter, with a tighter storyline. Avoidable unless you want to watch a Guinness book record holder film for Miss Chopra’s 12 roles and can endure nearly 4 hours to see it through!