I saw Jab We Met completely unaware of the story and plot and was hoping that the film makers roll out something fresh and interesting since I was worried that there may be some typical bollywood cliched stuff. But 30 mins into the movie and I was well engrossed and feeling happy with some fresh, lively and engrossing stuff. What followed till end was even better - very frothy and light fun filled movie with amazing music. I really would like to thank the filmakers here to make me feel good after watching a movie. In all, Jab We Met not only met my expectations, it really exceeded. Go watch it for all those who havent yet done.
Before watching the movie, one thing I already liked about this movie was the music given by Pritam. And the music seems even better while watching the movie and I loved it altogether. Great work from Pritam and Imtiaz Ali.
The movie is a story of 2 people whose lives cross over in a train - A dejected from life rich heir business man Aditya( played by Shahid) and a talkative, happy go lucky girl Geet( Kareena). Both have contrasting characters and what follows is how the happy carefree nature of Geet helps Aditya find the true meaning of life and makes him realize how to live it and not leave it. At the same time Geet realises certain tough to accept realities of life and with Aditya’s help gets to understand to take it practical while going easy in life. So both characters compliment each other and make a difference in each others lives leading to a happy ending.
To say this, it sounds a simple short story. But what makes the film so good is the nice flowing nature of the film integrated with great humor and great music all along. Not once does the film bore you or makes one feel that any segment is stretched. This speaks volumes of the director’s ability here. The humor is great and is natural but not forced. The scene where Kareena is going on talking to Shahid in Train and continues even in sleep is great, so is the scene where kareena asks the TT - " bhai sahab aap convince ho gaye hain ki mein aur boloon" . There are many such great comedy scenes which keep the film very entertaining throughout.
About the performances, Kareena delivers her best to date without doubt. She does it so well this time that the role seems made for her. The scene where she jumps into the car to catch the train and urges the driver to go fast is fantastically done. I have never previously seen Kareena deliver such natural and immaculate performance. But in this film she delivers. Shahid plays his part of the composed character very well too and proves that he is now well established in the industry. Tarun Arora as Anshuman does a great job though his character has a small role. He does his best to play the out of sorts loser in the end. Well done Tarun as he does justice to his character.
One more person who deserves special mention from the overall cast is the receptionist at hotel decent( Teddy Maurya). In a 2 min role he proves his acting ability. The way he asks "aapko room ghante ke hisab se chahiye", the facial expression, the voice pitch, its perfect.
The film also gives good life message and is a winner all around. The end though simple is so well thought off(with the confusion in Geet’s household with Aditya and Anshuman) that one cant stop to say that Imtiaz Ali is a talent bollywood needs. To mention music again, Pritam delivers best yet again. The songs Mauja and Yeh Ishq hai are great and are playing everywhere but the song that really touched me is "Tumse se hi " sung by Mohit Chauhan. All I can say is what a song! amazing.
This film makes one feel nice from inside and all should watch it. For those who havent yet seen this movie all I can say is that "aap convince ho gaye hain ki mein Aur likhoon!