Shreya Shenolikar Romantic Comedies are often clichéd, predictable and usually not very funny. Most of them may either leave you with either a warm, fuzzy feeling or with revulsion depending upon your personality or upon the movie. Jaane Tu Ya Jaane Na surprisingly manages to stand out. Don't get me wrong, it has a lot of clichés as will be made clear to you at the very beginning of the movie by the characters themselves but there is something very refreshing about the movie that in spite of this warning, you will find yourselves drawn to plot and interested in the character's lives. The movie revolves around a pair of best friends and their group of friends and families. The premise of the movie is basically about two best friends who, even though everyone around them seems to think that they are made for each other, believe that their true love is out there. The acting by the leading pair is adequate.Genelia D'Souza is convincing in her role as fiery, spirited Aditi and Imran Khan though lacking in some emotional scenes delivers a likable performance. The supporting characters do a better job of keeping us hooked than the lead pair. Ratna Pathak and Naseeruddin Shah as Jai's parents have done a brilliant job and make a powerful impact in spite of their limited screen time. The writing is pretty solid and I guess this is what makes the movie amazing. The characters are beautifully fleshed out, yes, even the supporting ones and a few like Meghna and Amit will stay with you for a while even after the movie is over. The plot is well strung and there was not a moment when I found myself checking my watch wondering how much time is left for the movie to be over. The music in this movie is beautiful but I guess one expects nothing less from A.R. Rahman. The songs are slow and poignant when they need to be but fast when the occasion calls for it. Overall, Abbas Tyrewala has done an amazing job as a director and so has Amir Khan who is always the perfectionist! I would definitely recommend this movie irrespective of the readers disposition towards romantic comedies. Because, in my opinion, Jaane Tu Ya is more than just your run-of-the-mill Rom com. It is an actual movie that will have you laughing in splits and occasionally tearing up too if you're that sort.

K K Same old Bollywood love story...boys and girl -best friends but unaware of the fact that they are in love. Although countless movies have exploited this wafer-thin plot in the past, JTYJN does it in a new, cool , fresh kind of way which makes you cheer for the couple in the end.The characters are etched out neatly. I didn't like the two protagonists and thought that supporting characters were worked on better. For eg: Aditi's brother, the naive gujju friend and of course Paresh Rawal(I love him, he manages to pull off anything.) Hated the rotlu- his girlfriend whatever.The Arbaaz-Sohail Khan & Ranjhod ka Rathore track was unnecessary although the cousins calling each other by names from The Jungle Book characters was funny.(and this is the only nickname one would like in a movie where grown-up characters address each other by rats-meow sheeesh!!!!) As for performances, sadly the new heartthrob Imran Khan just cant cant(sorry fans), Genelia needs to work on her accent. Others were brilliant.Don't expect logic here. A good one time watch.

Miss_Weasley_Potter Perhaps I was expecting TOO much.See, I watched this movie really late, almost when the theaters were empty. I saw SPARKLING promos, amazing songs and heard really good things about this movie.I was expecting a movie like Kal Ho Na Ho. One I would love instantly.I was disappointed.It started off weird. The airport scene was indeed very boring and overused. The friends very robot-like.And then we FINALLY see him and her. The stars. The one we know will win all the best debut awards this year. Imran Khan and Genelia D'Souza.Imran Khan surprised me. I was expecting another mediocre, here in the industry because of relations but he is indeed good. Genelia is decent but needs to work on her accent. She also looks very similar to Sonai Kulkarni, who is a much better actress than she.The story was average. It had its moments. There were times when you were laughing very hard and times when you wanted to go hide under the seat because of the syrupy sweet, totally unrealistic lives and dialogs and story.It tried to teach parents some things as well. The situation with Imran's girlfriend's parents was a very good example and a bit believable as well. I hope parents learn from it.Had I not heard so much about it, I would not have been so disappointed. It was that I was expecting so much, so, so much, that I was so sorely disappointed. It could have done so much better. There were times when it could have shined. But it failed.I think that it is watchable, but only if you have no expectations.A cute romantic comedy, masala movie.5/10.

Vikas SS Well, we now have a new Khan kid on the block. For Imran Khan who made a significant departure from the muscled and dancing boys making macho entries these days, this romantic flick seemed tailor made for him. This surely has an uncanny resemble to his Uncle Aamir’s strategy where he went around with the ‘chocolate hero’ image till he established himself in serious roles. But, was the movie really so worthwhile?Jaane Tu is about complementary personalities Jai (Imran) and Aditi (Genelia) who share an inseparable bond which they believe is nothing more than friendship. Their group of friends Rotlu, Jignesh a.k.a. Jiggy, Sandhya a.k.a. Bombs and Shaleen know for sure that the lead duo are in love, so do Aditi’s parents and Jai’s mother. Bugged by constant prodding of others, the duo decides to look for an ideal partner each other.With the college getting over, and the pappu dance song through, the friends seem to be having a nice time going places. At on such club, Jai saves Meghana (Manjari Phadnis) from being stalked and cupid strikes them. As Jai gets closer to Meghana, Aditi feels left out. As time passes, Aditi gets engaged to a family friend, a macho man she always wanted, who was unlike the mild mannered Jai who always opts to be non-violent.With the passage of events, Aditi senses a mismatch with mean ways of Sushant and realizes that she actually loves Jai. Aditi’s weird artistic brother Amit (Prateek Babbar) too pitches for Jai. Unfortunately the realization comes late for Jai, only after realizing that Meghana’s sweet ways; her penchant for seeing the world goody-goody and her hyper-imaginative ‘what’s this?’ game is actually defense for her personal melodrama.What follows next is typical Bollywood drama. A simple story here gets adulterated by being set in a not so well scripted storytelling between friends at the Airport, a climax that downright brainless. The funny sequences involving three challenges of Rathods and Sohail-Arbaaz Khan stuff sucks. The short role of Naseeruddin Shah talking through a picture entertains though. Paresh Rawal, in his poorly scripted role is wasted.If not for these bloopers that prevent this from becoming an all time memorable flick, it still scores points for being a cute, fresh film. While Imran is not just handsome but did a good job, lively Genelia is refreshing. Ratna Pathak Shah, of small screen fame did a good job as Jai’s mother. Rehman’s music is decent, but nothing new. To sum up, like uncle, like nephew, this is Imran’s ‘papa-kehte-hain’ style entry. Way to go Imran!