Jaane Tu... Ya Jaane Na

Plot synopsis:
The story begins in an airport, when Jignesh a.k.a. Jiggy (Nirav Mehta), Ravindran a.k.a. Rotlu (Karan Makhija), Sandhya a.k.a. Bombs (Alishka Varde), and Shaleen (Sugandha Garg) offer to tell Mala (Renuka Kunzru), Jiggy's friend and crush, the tale of Jai and Aditi, a love story with joys and sorrows, happiness and heartbreak, laughter, songs, and fights, and...a climax at the airport. Mala is initially uninterested in the story and hates love stories in general, but still agrees to listen as the flight carrying the friends they have come to receive is late.
Meet Jai Singh Rathore, a.k.a. 'Rats (Imran Khan), the most non-violent Rajput ever. Meet Aditi Mahant(Genelia D'Souza), a.k.a. ‘Meow‘, a highly aggressive, impulsive girl. She abuses and scratches people (hence the name Meow). Despite their differences, Jai and Aditi are college-going best buddies. Rotlu, Jiggy, Bombs, and Shaleen are also college-mates of Jai and Aditi, and a part of their group. Rotlu loves Aditi and Bombs loves Jai. However, Jai and Aditi are always so busy with each other that they overlook this. Jai and Aditi are perfect for each other. Their friends know this. Their parents know this. Everybody but the two themselves know this. Aditi dreams of a virile, macho husband, while Jai wants a sweet, romantic girl. Since the two of them don't believe that they are in love, after finishing their college they decide to hunt for a perfect life partner for each other. Jai falls in love with Meghna (Manjari Phadnis) at first sight in a club where two psychos were misbehaving with her. He saves her, not by fighting but by tricking the two psychos who always ride horses. Meghna always plays the game of imagination, “What's this?” When Meghna and Jai get close to each other, Rotlu, Jiggy, Bombs, and Shaleen are happy for Jai but nobody notices that Aditi is missing Jai's company. Aditi notices changes in Jai's behaviour.
Meghna informs Jai that her parents squabble but cannot live without each other. She says this is really "cute." Jai visits Meghna's parents. Her father is an alcoholic. Her parents always argue with each other and Jai feels uncomfortable around them. When Jai goes to meet Meghna's parents, he misses Aditi's surprise birthday party. She is hurt by this and acts rudely to Jai when he goes to wish her a happy birthday later that evening.
Aditi gets engaged to her father's friend's son, Sushant Modi (Ayaz Khan). She sees in him the macho man she always wanted. However, Sushant is also a spoilt playboy. Aditi's brother, Amit (Prateik Babbar), tries to make her see who Sushant really is. But Aditi thinks that Jai loves Meghna and continues her relationship with Sushant. At Jiggy's birthday bash, Aditi introduces her fiancé. Then everyone decides to dance. Aditi is disturbed because she is jealous seeing Jai with Meghna, and Jai is upset that Aditi is engaged and disturbed. Aditi becomes emotional seeing Jai with Meghna, however, in the middle of the dance, Sushant thinks Aditi is crying because she likes him and kisses her. Jai sees this and stops dancing abruptly. While taking Meghna home, she tries to cheer him up, but it just results him in becoming more angry. He shouts at Meghna for acting childishly.
Jai realises that Meghna is a girl who runs away from reality and hides in rather stupid refuges. Meghna breaks down and lets Jai know how and why she became this way. Meghna shares her dark childhood story of her father (Rajat Kapoor) having an extra-marital affair and her mother, Sheela(Kitu Gidwani) leaving the residence, but later only returning for Meghna's sake. Meghna is hurt when she sees her parents in pain solely on her account. But since there's no other way round, she decides to close her eyes and see things the way she wants, in a happy manner. Therefore, according to her, her parents fight in a very 'cute' manner. All is happy in the way she sees things, and does not want anyone to remove this veil before her eyes until she is ready for it. The next day, to cheer up things, she kids Jai by saying that Aditi is the right girl for him and he should marry her instead. Jai is taken aback when Meghna laughs and apologises, saying that she was only joking, and did not intend to shock Jai. But Jai reveals that there is more truth to the joke than Meghna thinks, and says that he is actually in love with Aditi. Meghna is shattered and leaves with a goodbye kiss. Aditi reveals her feelings for Jai under duress from Sushant, who slaps her on her face, leaving a bruise. Aditi breaks up with him and decides to go to the USA to study film-making at New York University's Tisch School of the Arts. Jai spots the bruise on Aditi's face and contrary to his usual non-violent nature, he thrashes Sushant for daring to lay a hand on her.
Inspector Waghmare (Paresh Rawal), an old enemy of Jai's mother Savitri Rathore (Ratna Pathak), arrests Jai for thrashing Sushant and puts him behind the bars. There, he meets the two psychos,Vinay Singh Rathore a.k.a. Bhageere (Sohail Khan) and Kuber Singh Rathore a.k.a. Bhaloo (Arbaaz Khan), who were harassing Meghna in the club. However, they find out that they are closely related cousins, separated in childhood. They tell him that for a boy to become a man in their Rathore clan, he must complete three conditions: 1.) Thrash someone 2.) Get arrested 3.) Ride a horse. They tell him that his father was a brave man and fought heroically with his enemies but died while doing so. Jai realizes that his mother had lied to him by claiming that his father was a non-violent person who died while trying to stop someone's fight. Unaware of all this, Aditi makes her way to the international airport for departure to USA. Bhaloo and Bhageere, who are sons of an MLA, use their influence to get Jai free, following which, Jai rides a horse, borrowed from his cousin, and heads towards the airport to stop her. Thus, Jai fulfills all the three conditions to become a man in Rathore Clan, causing dismay to Jai's mother and delight to spirit of Jai's father(Naseeruddin Shah), as he had challenged Jai's mother that Jai will fulfill the conditions some day.
He jumps over the security booths and runs, seeking for Aditi, while the Airport security chases him, supposing him to be a terrorist who ran away from security checks. He finds Aditi and sings the song – "Jaane tu ya jaane na" for her, which is the same song that Jai had said in the beginning he'd sing for the love of his life. Aditi, delighted, hugs him and cancels her US trip. Airport security cop Inspector Prakash, on finding that Jai is not a terrorist, lets him go, but with a warning.
Rotlu, Jiggy, Bombs and Shaleen conclude the story and welcome Jai and Aditi, just returning from their honeymoon after 5 years, at the airport. Mala gets extremely delighted to see them and introduces herself as Jiggy’s girlfriend and they leave the airport together.

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Review:
Beauty of this movie lies in a simple way of narrating it.Now let's talk about the star cast which can be bucketed in to three parts: 1- The leading pair Imran Khan as Jai Singh Rathore and Genelia DSouza as Aditi, 2- The group of friends of Aditi and Jai and 3- All other characters with small but strong presence.
A movie which displays the Love and Friendship in the way it is just hard to come by in bollywood and here Abaas Tyrewala comes up with a wonderful script and screenplay and the audience will have to just sit back and enjoy the magic getting unfolded on the screen.The movie has many One liners which hits the chord with the Young and Old of the audiences.A.R.Rahman with the music is simply flawless as usual.Imran Khan is sure to be the next lover boy in Bollywood he simple effortlessly gives the performance of his lifetime you think that He is born for this role,Genelia rocks and gives an mind blowing performance after Bommarillu.Editing could have been little bit good.Coming to the story Jai and Aditi are very good friends and the journey in which they find love for each other is the movie.Its completely filled with numerous sub plots which doesn't live you with a dull moment.The entire proving of Jai as an true Rathor is fantastic.Cameos by Paresh Rawal,Sohail and Arbaaz Khan is just as ans icing on the cake.Go watch it otherwise you will miss things in life.........
There's been a lot of expectations from the movie as everyone was wondering if aamir khan the producer could deliver another movie of the kind after a spectacular feature presentation called Taare Zameen Par.What seemed really likable to me was the unique story telling experience where you get the feeling that you are listening to your own friends telling you a story.
The complex nature of the relation between a boy and a girl, their bonding, separation and other aspects of the story sound like a typical love movie but there is freshness in this approach.
The dialogues are very memorable...my personal favorite is about the "Violent Streak"Ratna Pathak who plays the protective mom and Naseerudin Shah who plays the royal father have taken funny scenes to the best possible level.Ginelia looked convincing in her role but she needs to work on her voice a bit.
His simple next door boy looks combined with good comic timing and right kind of acting will win him a lot of fans.This movie is good to watch with friends preferably college friends because it brings out a lot of shared fun moments one has had in the past.
At several points, the movie moves at a lethargic pace and this friends-narrating-story-outside-the-airport sequence only further slows things down.Tyrewala does a fairly decent job with directing but an even better job with writing.
And, Paresh Rawal is back as a villain but this time with a pleasant touch of comedy.The central love story feels a bit like the Rahul-Tina-Anjali story (of 'Kuch Kuch Hota Hai) meets Akash-Shalini-Rohit angle (of 'Dil Chahta Hai') but it is the little moments that show the relationship between the mother and son, the brother and sister among other such fine moments that make 'Jaane Tu Ya Jaane Na' a refreshing experience.
Ya Jaane Na is a film that I have been wanting to watch ever since I saw the first promo with Imran Khan posing behind a cardboard cutout to make us believe that he is the next big hunk of Bollywood.
However, it's the way it is done that deserves all the credit..The slow, yet never boring pace of the film; the songs, added in at the right moment; the background music, absolutely engrossing; all add up to two and a half hours of great fun!
Whether it is the witty dialogue (Bond, James Bond), the friends (Rotlu, Jiggy, Bombs, Shaleen - you'll love everyone!), Pappu - who really cannot dance, or even the horse riding eve teasers - Sohail and Arbaaz Khan(with a whole 'other' story!); the predictability factor simply disappears from your mind once you listen to the first song.
As a group it was fun to watch them and it would have been nice to see them have some more comic misadventures.The story is nothing new but at least it looked interesting...the two main characters are so close that even a blind man could guess they would end up together but the script takes them on a round trip to nowhere and back.
If this had been handled better there would have been more jealousy/comedy moments written but then this is bollywood...The story definitely takes a nose dive after the interval with all the usual clichés being reused...The two find that shockingly they are in love with one another but neither wants to admit it...Aditi's boyfriend turns out to be a villain (gasp, I didn't see that coming!!), Jai's girlfriend is a little nuts (what a surprise there).
Abbas Tyrewala (Director) has done a wonderful job using simplicity to create this magnificent cinema experience.The use of carefully chosen scenes makes this films stand out from other typical Hindi movies.
(For instance, Aditi's Brother.)Jaane Tu Jaane Na is a fun, fresh, energetic and romantic Hindi movie which is a good example for SMART FILM-MAKING.Best film in year 2008 so far!!!.
Jaane Tu Ya Jaane Na. Aamir Khan's Production, launching of his nephew Imran Khan, A.R.Rahman's music, superb songs  I was too eager to see this movie.
Anyways The story is about Jai (Imran Khan) and Aditi (Genelia D'Souza)  very good friends.
Go and see it for yourself what happens in the end.There are small cameos from veteran actors and actresses  Naseeruddin Shah plays Imran's dead father  who speaks from the photo-frame wanting Jai to become like a Rajput; Ratna Pathak plays Imran's mother; Paresh Rawal plays a bad cop; Arbaaz and Sohail Khan (Salaam Khan's brothers) play Rajput brothers who rescue Imran from the jail in the end; apart from them  there is Rajat Kapoor, Kitu Gidwani, Anuradha Patel, Jayant Kriplani and a bunch of young boys and girls who play friends of the main lead.
Genelia D'souza (Actress Harini of South Indian Cinema) plays Aditi with equal conviction.Apart from the lead the biggest selling point is the movie's music by A.R.Rahman  especially the song - Kabhi Kabhi Aditi is just mind blowing (comes within the first 15 minutes of the movie  so do not miss the beginning).
I found the first hour very irritating (except the songs); if you can bear the first hour, the movie is good and enjoyable.The first hour of the movie  all the characters (except Jai and Aditi) look over the top, artificial and very annoying  may it is the characterization, that the first Director Abbas Tyrewala wanted to stress.
The most irksome were the five characters who are sitting at the airport telling the story of Jai and Aditi  whenever they appear on the screen, I just wanted to pull my hair..Uh Overall a good movie  if you can bear the first hour and those irritating friends of Jai and Aditi.I will go with 5.5 rating out of 10 and thumbs up to Imran Khan, a great debut..!.
'Jaane Tu Ya Jaane Na' is a very common story...but has been portrayed very differently...its a simple love story with instant comedy...and no complex or over the top scenes..Imran has played "Jai Singh Rathore or RATs'..he has a family history in rajhasthan which plays its part in the movie while Genelia has played 'Aditi or MEow'..she has done justice to her role..nice acting...amazing songs....Don't Expect to be shell shocked or awestruck by the movie...Its just fun to watch and enjoy...
This movie ends at the airport like most of the films...but the way the imran breaks into the airport and does his part is very cute!!...Its also flashback stuff...but don't judge it by this...its really nice...It doesn't contain total freak comedy..its just instant..u may not laugh out loud but u will definitely smile...'Naseeruddin shah' has played as the dead father of imran .
He has been shown talking to ratna pathak (Jai's mother ) through the portrait...both of them (jai's parents) have strong roles..and have added more fun to the movie...All character in the movie are strong but towards the end i loved when arbaz khan(bhaloo bhaiya) & sohail khan(bhagera bhaiya) showed up in the jail..and revealing the legacy..as u want to say it..lol..is aw-sum...
Imran and Genelia exhibit excellent chemistry and keep the viewers glued to the screens till the very end of the movie.In some parts of the movie you feel that your watching the younger days of the chocolate hero Amir Khan.
The movie is fresh like a morning breeze though it has an old plot of "just friends and not lovers".No doubt, the brilliant music by A.
The director has given full freedom to the actors and everyone is chilled out in the movie with no signs of stress or expectations to be fulfilled.The main points why the film works is its fresh outlook, new energetic & cool faces and above all the freak out language used in the script with carefree "Tu", "Tera" in the dialogues.
It just takes you away from the formal "Aap" attitude and makes you feel more light.The story is not new and the narration is also quite similar to movies like "Chalte Chalte" (Shahrukh Rani) where the friends are talking about the lead couple's affair & marriage.
In the competitive world where every star son wants to outshine another, Imran shows that he damn cares about this competition and just wants to enjoy his work.The seniors in the movie, Ratna Pathak Shah & Naseer are enjoying their roles which is nice to see.
character trying to act smart and make fool out of themselves.But do watch the movie for wonderful chemistry of imran and Genelia D'Souza..
When it begins, Jai (Imran Khan) and Aditi (Genelia D'Souza) are very good friends and have been for many years.
The simple characters, the simple dialogue, along with the natural acting, the brilliant soundtrack by A.R Rahman, and the depiction of modern-day India made for a very fine and enjoyable movie.The film does not only work because of its romantic nature, but also its striking portrayal of relationships, whether it's the one between Jai and Aditi, between Aditi and her brother, and particularly between Jai and his mother.
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.
Imran khan is okay in his debut role but Genelia proves to be the performer of the movie.
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.
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.
And the mother, well she rocks big time:)I loved every moment she was on screen :)And come to think of it the movie never became ugly for a sec a bit clichéd around the end but never boring or even close to unbearable If you like this i think you may like one of these Pyaar Ka Superhit Formula or(exclusive or :P) Taxi No. 9211 or Dil chahta haiAnd sadly to the non Indian viewer There are'nt many movies like this in bollywood only the recent ones a re similar something with aamir khan and not very mainstream would be a good choice..
what can i say about this one i was against going for this movie but because of friends forced me to cm with them i had to go for it and guess what...i am really grateful to them for making me watch this movie...acting is superb from all the cast...all played out beyond expectations ...especially..Imran khan..(whom i really hated to see on news just because he somewhat overreacts on TV and really who is not more better looking than me..)i thought Imran would be a massive failure...but luks like this boy really pulled out a big one for himself..in fact his uncle Aamir khan really paid back for what his(Aamir) uncle did wen aamir gave his first movie..Oh!!!
Imran Khan{better known as Uncle Aamir's nephew] is mediocre,but then again so is the industry.Genelia D'Souza has her moments especially with her brother, who is one well sketched out character in the film.
I followed my instincts which made me trust Aamir Khan's credibility and I went finally to watch the movie.The movie had a very typical plot in which two friends like each other but it takes them two and a half hours, four songs, and two heart breaks to realize it.
Unconventional looks and style of Genelia, ably supported by Imran, with a fresh approach towards directing a love story repeated and seen many times over, makes this movie different.I'll have to say I enjoyed watching this movie, and finally I got to watch another typical bollywood romantic comedy movie.
The other thing is that one of the other friends has affection fro Aditi and one of the girls has an affection for Jai.The movie, directed by Abbas Tyrewallah, introduces Aamir Khan's nephew, Imran Khan and stars Genelia D'Souza, M.
Watch it for some sparkling dialogue, some fantastic music, but most of all, watch it for Imran and Genelia who conceal the film's many flaws.Jaane Tu Ya Jaane Na plays out as a predictable Bollywood love story, sticking faithfully to old formulas, even culminating in that now obligatory airport climax.
The first promo itself said this is a fun romantic college kinda film This is a Kuch Kuch Hota Hai type film, thankfully there is no much heroic style or fake college scenes here the crowd is real and thankfully the heroes and heroines are not worshiped though the scenes involving the characters at the start(at the airport) and the entire story telling style could be done without every time focus shifted, it got boring The entire cat scene looks too childish while the entire farewell track is nice and then the scenes between Genelia and Imran are cute Even Manjiri's part is good The Sohail- Arbaaz scenes are quite funny first but get repetitive The Prateik Babbar part is the best part, it actually needed more time Towards the end however the film gets boring, with the entire horse part and the airport scene looking too bad and childishDirectorally Abbas shows a flair for light entertainers, after writing lines and screenplay for Munnabhai MBBS and LRMB he shows he can be a good director Music is good and suits the filmPerformances are nice Imran Khan looks the part, performs well in serious, romantic and comic scenes and also reminds of his uncle Genelia is awesome, this is her true heroine role, she does a g8 job even manjiri is good While Prateik babbar is outstanding in his role Ratna and Naseeruddin Shah have a great chemistry and their acting is great Paresh Rawal is funny after a long time, he steals many scenes Arbaaz Khan and Sohail are funny at times irritating at times.
A talking portrait, EXTRA CHILL PARENTS (i wish each and every parent was really that chill in real life).This movie did have some special moments though, but most were anything but subtle, like the Khan Brothers, meeting the parents etc etc.Expert No 3 - All the actors did a superb job.Me- Did they Genelia still has difficulty in handling emotional scenes, and her dubbing/voice is at least 5 movies away from being even good, Imran Khan was actually quite good, but as the joker says "WHY SO SERIOUS", even in the comedy scenes there was an air of aloofness or seriousness about it, as if to say im here to do a serious job, and if the scene require comedy then i will processionally handle it.ALSO WHAT NOT MANY PEOPLE HAVE POINTED OUT IS THE SLOWISH PACE OF THE FILM, really there is only one story in the entire film and for that movie is quite long, its not like alternate tracks have been given much importance.The placement of songs and the fact that we feel compelled to play the whole song once we start it, is still annoying.ON MOST OF THE REST I AGREE WITH.Yes the acting is very good but lets not push it to superb.Yes the movie is funny most of the times when it wants to be.Yes some of the emotional scenes are actually tolerable for a drama hater like me.Yes this is one of the best movies this year (more from the lack of good movies i might add).Yes you must watch this movie (hell if you like movies (especially Hindi) what other choices do you have, and you will enjoy yourself).In all a very good if not great movie that should be watched if you like some good fun with the odd emotional moments.-s sluggish pace, bad use of songs, not fresh or original.+/-s acting superb????
The movie lives up to the name of aamir khan production's.Its a simple story with a new face.
Naseeruddin Shah and Ratna Pathak as Jai's parents, Paresh Rawal the cop, the guy who plays Aditi's brother Amit, and at some moments Sohail and Arbaaz Khan (as the cowboys with the sub-plot) all put in good performances.