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Starring: Kareena Kapoor,
Shahid Kapoor, Dara Singh, Kiran Juneja, Saumya Tandon
Director: Imtiaz Ali
Geet (Kareena Kapoor), a boisterous Sikh girl who is
on her way from Mumbai to her hometown Bhatinda to tell
her parents about her boyfriend on her way. Habitually,
she talks nonstop, and on the way, she runs into Aditya
Kashyap (Shahid Kapoor), a young, rich and handsome man
who is disillusioned with life after being dumped by his
girlfriend. Unable to muster up the courage to return
home, he drifts out of the gathering and aimlessly
boards a train, bounding away into the night. To make
matters worse, even his business is going nowhere. A
loser in love and now a jilted entrepreneur.
Aditya learns that Geet is
in love with one Anshuman (Tarun Arora), and has plans
of eloping with him against her family's wishes. She
wants to and get married just for the thrill in her
life. Barely known to Anshuman and even without knowing
what is in his heart about her, she decides in her own
mind to leave her family. She wants to do this
knowingly.
Shahid Kapoor and Kareena
then go through a series of brilliantly conceived and
energised incidents that bring them together. Aditya
promises to help Geet run away from her home and fulfill
her dream of marrying Anshuman, even though he falls in
love with her.
Cast and Other Credits:
Shahid Kapur, Kareena Kapoor, Kiran Juneja, Dara Singh,
Samuya Tandon, Pawan Malhotra
Producer: Dhilin Mehta
Director: Imtiaz Ali
Original Music : Pritam Chakraborty
Cinematography : Nataraja Subramanian
Film Editing : Aarti Bajaj
Music Department
Sandeep Shirodkar - Song Programming arranger
Yashika Dhillon .... Assistant Choreographer |
He's on the verge of ending
his life trying to jump off a speeding train, when Geet
comes and pulls him back. Half way, at Ratlam Station,
Aditya decides to leave his ongoing journey to nowhere.
Geet realizes that her fellow passenger is not in his
seat. Looking around for him at the station, she ends up
missing her train while trying to get him on the train.
Considering that no sane girl would get down from her
train searching for a stranger, she does it as habits
die hard. Now she is drawn into his life.
Geet makes Aditya realize
that it is his responsibility to take her to Bhatinda,
as she missed the train because of him. What follows
next is a journey across picturesque landscapes where
the two discover each other and understand the meaning
of love and friendship.
Half way down the movie,
Aditya keeps his word, and returns to Mumbai, But now he
is a changed person, a very new Aditya, who becomes a
big businessman. The change is too abrupt, that in just
9 - 10 months, he turns his loss making enterprise into
a booming empire.
Though Kareena Kapoor is loud and has overacted in few
scenes, her funny and full of life attitude is a treat
to watch. Shahid Kapoor, acts composed and provides a
perfect foil to the Kareena's bubbly character. Pritam's
music also enhances the film with good lyrics by Irshad
Kamil.
The beautiful outdoors of
Punjab and Himachal Pradesh are beautifully captured by
N. Nataraja Subramanian's cinematography, and the song
where Kareena dances in traditional dress of the locals
is just colourful and eyepleasing.
Jab We Met is a fun film, though reminds the viewer of
some concepts lifted from Dilwale Dulhaniya Le Jayenge,
Hum Dil De Chuke Saname, Pyaar to Hona Hi Tha, and
presented in the fresh package of Kareena and Shahid.
The films has quite a few fresh and colourful moments
and is definitely worth watching. It surely is a cute
film, bound to touch the hearts of those in love.
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Aniz Filmvala
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