What’s Your Raashee?

What’s Your Raashee?

Year: 2009

Runtime: 192 mins

Language: Hindi

Director: Ashutosh Gowariker

ComedySong and danceBollywood emotional dramasQuirky and endearing relationshipsLaugh-out-loud relationship entanglements

Yogesh Patel, a restless young man, has only ten days to locate his ideal bride, a quest that could prevent his family's financial collapse. The pressure of a ticking clock makes the already daunting search for his dream girl even more intense. He must navigate a whirlwind of dates and cultural expectations while racing against time.

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1

Card reaches the rural grandfather

An elderly man in a quiet rural village opens a card from his youngest grandson, Yogesh Patel. The note hints at a hidden fortune tied to a marriage on a specific date, setting the family on a path of promise and pressure. The moment is the first thread in a larger scheme that will pull Yogesh into a web of debts and schemes.

Beginning Rural village
2

Mumbai astrologer predicts Yogesh's fortune and marriage condition

In Mumbai, Yogesh's family consults an astrologer to understand the prophecy about Yogesh's future. They learn that Yogesh will inherit a fortune if he marries on the 20th of the month. The astrologer links this destiny to the family’s well-being, and a phone call confirms Yogesh will be the sole heir.

Pre-departure Mumbai
3

Yogesh learns Bharat's heart attack and rushes to Mumbai

Yogesh, now successful in Chicago, receives a text that his father Bharat has suffered a heart attack and must rush to Mumbai. He leaves everything behind and heads to India to be with his family. The crisis foreshadows the looming complications surrounding Jitu's gambling debts.

Day of text Chicago to Mumbai
4

Yogesh discovers Jitu's deception and debts

Upon arriving in Mumbai, Yogesh learns that Jitu lied about Bharat's condition. Jitu is entangled in gambling debts and owes 25 million rupees to a gangster, with jail as a looming threat. Yogesh is pressed into a dangerous bargain: marry to settle the debt and save the family.

On arrival Mumbai
5

Jitu's hidden debts to a mob boss surface

Yogesh discovers that Jitu also borrowed 15 million rupees from a mob boss, a secret kept from their parents. The mob boss's ultimatum tightens the pressure on the family and deepens the sense that marriage is the only way out. The countdown toward the 20th becomes urgent.

Soon after arrival Mumbai
6

Uncle Devu posts a matrimonial ad; 176 replies

Devu, Yogesh's uncle, posts a matrimonial advertisement online with Yogesh's photo. The response is overwhelming, with 176 girls replying. Yogesh decides to meet one girl from each zodiac sign, turning the search into a structured matchmaking quest.

Soon after Mumbai
7

Detective hired; Devu's mistress identified

Bharat's wife Kanta arranges help, and Bharat hires a detective who uncovers Devu's affair with a woman named Anila Kamdar. The revelation adds a secret complication to the family drama and foreshadows further dramatic twists.

Shortly after Mumbai
8

Sanjana tests Yogesh; private talk and a hug

As Yogesh begins meeting several girls, Sanjana requests a private chat. She hints at her own relationship doubts and asks for time to decide. Yogesh opens up about his financial and family troubles, and Sanjana responds with warmth, hugging him.

During matchmaking Mumbai
9

Misunderstanding grows; Devu and Sanjana seen together

The detective tails Devu and sees him with Sanjana, fueling rumors that Devu is having an affair. Sanjana shows Devu a photo, and his dismissive reply angers her, prompting a tense departure. The detective informs Kanta of the developing rift, while Yogesh and his father interpret the events as proof of Devu's infidelity.

Late Khandala and Mumbai
10

Dream and decision: Yogesh chooses with his heart

Shakuntala, Yogesh's mother, urges him to follow his heart rather than logic alone. Yogesh sleeps and dreams of all the girls he has met, then wakes with a resolved choice. In the morning he decides whom to pursue, trusting his heart over calculation.

Night to morning Home
11

Rajni's dowry plan falters; Devu hints at choosing the bride

Yogesh visits Rajni's office hoping for a large dowry, only to learn she is already engaged to someone else. Meanwhile Devu declares that he will pick Yogesh's bride himself, taking the burden off Yogesh and signaling a different path to the wedding.

After the dream Rajni's office; Devu's house
12

Devu arranges Sanjana as the bride; the wedding unfolds

Devu orchestrates the selection of Sanjana as Yogesh's bride by confronting her would-be suitor in Khandala and arranging a hotel confrontation. Sanjana admits she loves Yogesh and agrees to marry him, while her father attends the ceremony. The grandfather arrives with money to pay Jitu's debts, resolving the central conflict as the wedding proceeds.

Wedding day Khandala and wedding venue
13

Final moment: Sanjana's raashee and a hopeful smile

At the ceremony's end, attendants ask for Sanjana's astrological sign; Yogesh quips that he does not yet know her raashee and smiles, signaling a future shaped by love rather than fate alone.

End Wedding venue

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