Jab We Met (2007)

Good movie but grossly overrated

It's funny, it's tense, it features two great performances from two actors and the director expertly creates a web of odd tension where you actually don't know what is happening for the majority of the run time.

By the time the dramatic fireworks start popping off, each one feels earned.

An old-fashioned movie made with new-fashioned finesse.

Direction, Screenplay, Cinematography: This is my most favorite movie written and directed by Imitiaz Ali. The filming locations, the visuals, the other factors everything is worked out well (4/5).Tone: A free spirited girl (Geet) meets depressed business tycoon (Aditya) and shows him the ways to live life a different way. He returns the favor by not only making her remember that but also getting to choose him as his best partner (4/5).Music: Music is very good (4/5).Acting: Everybody has acted well, people in main lead as well as people acting in side lead (4/5).Final Verdict: It is worth adding to your DVD collection [(4/5) (9/10)].

So, I just re-watched this movie after a gap of a decade, which lead to seeing it in a different way. And it's even better than I remember. The casting is on point, the acting is on point and everything is just perfect, from the locations, to the plot. A young man gets his final blow in life when his ex marries someone else. It is revealed that after his father passed away, his mother ran away with someone else, and he discovers his parents never loved each other. Even though he was rich, he was still a human. Then comes a bubbly Punjabi girl, Geet into question. I used to dislike Kareena because I felt she was too 'lewd' in her earlier roles, but she won me over with this movie. I knew this movie was an instant hit as soon as I saw the chemistry between the leads.There's never a boring moment in the movie, and the songs are pretty addictive too. Overall, its a very sweet movie, and we see how Anshuman takes Geet's love and sacrifice for granted. One could argue that Anshuman never asked her to do all that, but I feel that he never really valued her until she took a stand for herself and barraged him with abuses - which is again a classic scene. Even if she never met Aditya, she'd either waste her life away in the girls hostel or regret her marriage with Anshuman, who'd turn out to be an abusive jerk.Aditya's maturity is highlighted when he tells Anshuman how much Geet sacrificed for him. It does take a mature person to empathize, and see what others go through. In my opinion, Bollywood won't be able to produce a movie of this level ever, and the chemistry between the leads is just golden. That's why it gets a 10/10 from me.

This the funny movie , i like this movie ,this is the good character in this movie. I existed film.Emitiaz Ali Good Direction in film.good shoot such as bus,Train, Dresses , camera ,and action. Ali best director.his create by movie the best film. Actor is the Awesome good acting. Wohhh good action good style all is good.shahid kapoor doing good job in this film.shahid kapoor nice acting film. his nearest karina kapoor wouth are doing nice acting. We are happy this movie. writer is the best writing. Writer have a good think.they have Nice idea our self.so we satisfied this writing.so wonderful work. Drees is fantastic uniform.you should like i like him. You have a nice found in movie. Heroine is the best acting in the part. Movie is the bast movie.

Like his first movie, Imtiaz Ali's 'Jab We Met' is also a romantic comedy about two people meeting in unusual circumstances where one of them is already 'taken'. This film has a slightly larger budget and the scenic locations are breathtaking. It's a pity you don't see much of India's beauty in more movies these days. 'Jab We Met' starts off with a heartbroken Aditya (Shahid Kapur) who wanders his way to a train where he has an encounter with a chatterbox runaway bride-to-be (Kareena Kapoor). From there on begins a journey that heads for a destination neither one of them expected to reach. The best part is the first part of the movie, right up till the point when Geet and Aditya reach her parent's house in Bhatinda, is very enjoyable. The innovative humour and situations are refreshing. The special effects are very poor but once you're passed that, it's easy to overlook this flaw. However, after Bhatinda, things take a turn towards clichés and the intense moments thereafter don't have much of an effect and they drag on for a while. The pace picks up again after Aditya finds Geet and takes her to her parents. Most of the songs are nothing memorable except 'Yeh Ishq' sung wonderfully by the vivacious Sunidhi Chauhan. Shahid Kapur turns in a decent performance while Kareena Kapoor is okay in the comedic scenes and average in the intense sequences. 'Jab We Met' may not be Imtiaz Ali's best but it is an amusing watch and way more entertaining than his latest, 'Love Aaj Kal'.