

It was declared a year-end super-hit, and at the end of its theatrical run, it grossed over ₹1.57 billion (US$21 million) worldwide, becoming the highest-grossing Hindi film of the year overseas, as well as YRF and Khan's highest-grossing film. Upon release, the film received mixed reviews and broke many box-office records.

The film was not heavily promoted pre-release by Khan or YRF, mainly due to uncertainty and apprehensions regarding cinema-market conditions following the terror attacks in Mumbai. It was released worldwide on 12 December 2008 and marked Chopra's return to directing after an 8-year hiatus following his previous directorial venture, Mohabbatein (2000), which also starred Khan. It follows a mild-mannered office worker Surinder Sahni (Khan), whose love for his beautiful and vivacious wife Taani (Sharma), causes him to transform himself into the loud and fun-loving "Raj Kapoor" to win her love.

The film stars Shah Rukh Khan and Anushka Sharma, in her Bollywood debut. A Match Made by God), also known as RNBDJ, is a 2008 Indian Hindi- language romantic comedy film written and directed by Aditya Chopra and produced by his father Yash Chopra and Aditya under their banner Yash Raj Films.
