Kareeb
Tags: romantic

Plot synopsis:
Birju (Bobby Deol) is a young man from an upper-middle-class family in Himachal Pradesh. His father insists on him being responsible, while Birju is interested in petty theft, lies, and romancing a beautiful young woman named Neha. Neha is a simple, beautiful, and responsible girl from a poor family. Birju sees Neha for the first time and falls in love with Neha that very moment. Neha also starts liking Birju but hides her feelings. Birju tries everything to impress Neha and Neha accepts that she loves Birju and can't live without him.
Birju's father does not want Birju to marry into a poor family but Birju lies that Nehas's uncle is rich and arranges their wedding. Birju steals money from his home and pretends that the money has been sent by Neha's uncle. However on the night of the wedding, Birju's father discovers the truth and calls off the wedding.
Neha's mother, unable to withstand this emotional setback, suffers a heart attack. When Birju meets Neha, she is very sad for her mother and also very angry at Birju for lying. Neha takes a promise from Birju that he would never show his face again. Neha takes her mother to a Shimla hospital in an ambulance. Birju follows her. Birju spends that night sleeping on the footsteps of a laundry shop owned by Bhigelal (Johnny Lever). Bhigelal is an interesting character as well. He has a dream of visiting England one day and even has a collection of antique coins to sell it to some diwanji. He earns hard and with the money earned by coins and his hard work, he plans to visit England (which also was his father's dream). He hires Birju as a laundry boy. This is Birju's first job and he does that to stay near Neha and to earn some money to support her mother's treatment. One day Birju meets uncle and aunty (Shammi Kapoor and Sushma Seth). They treat Birju as their own son and offer to help him whenever he needs it.
Once when Birju makes inquiries about Neha's mother, he is told by the receptionist that Neha's mother needs an immediate operation and it will be very expensive. Neha tries to contact Birju for help but is not able to reach him. There comes doctor Abhay in the scene. He is very fond of Neha and proposes to marry her in exchange for her mother's operation for free as doctors have their free quota for their relatives.
Birju goes to uncle and aunty and they suggest him to buy a lottery ticket and they will make him win by corrupting some government officials. They ask Birju to get them some amount to bribe the officials. Birju buys the ticket, works hard day and night and gathers the amount and gives it uncle and aunty but eventually comes to know that the couple were a frauds and they took money from many other people and ran away. Helpless Birju steals the money from Bhigelal to pay for the surgery. He returns to the hospital with the money and gives it to the doctor and asks the doctor to keep that secret from Neha.
Birju's family realizes Birju's loves for Neha and decides to support their son in Simla. They reach Simla and handle things with Bhigelal who goes mad on seeing his robbed drawer with Birju's note consisting of a promise to return the money. Neha comes to know that Birju helped her and wants to meet him. They both meet again on staircase of hospital and times stops again to see them completely in love with each other.

Review: Kareeb is what it tells...
in true sense you should go near it ..
to witness the cutest romantic movie.
Some well known philosopher has said the most difficult thing in this world is to keep things simple and yet effective.
And this is what Kareeb nearly achieves excepts for some blips towards the end.
Still at heart Kareeb is carrying a very simple tale of love which is held under siege not by some ugly and frightening villain but by situation aroused out of lies.
Kareeb is not DDLJ and neither it wants to be ...
Kareeb's first half is marvelous to say the least in fact I can go forward and say it has some of the most beautiful romantic screen moments; rarely seen now days.
But where Kareeb loses a point or few is towards end , the whole Shammi Kapoor episode leaves a bad taste in mouth specially when the story was at peak of its emotional moments.
Johny Lever was a bit repetitive and Shauabh Shukla does add to the humor in the story with his acting skills.
But what must be truly appreciated is the cinematography and music of the movie.
Specially the scene at lake with all those burning lamps is one of the finest shots ever taken in a Hindi cinema.
All the songs in spite of being very situational are pleasant to ears.
Vidhu Vinod Chopra has again churned out a gem ...
a gem that would take its time to be recognized but I am sure it will go down into the annals of movie History as one of the cutest romantic film made.
I will go for 10/10 for this gem..
a high level movie.
this movie was a truly unique indian movie because it was smart throughout.
the performances were tremendous.
early on we see that bobby deol provides all the comedy.
as the film progresses and becomes serious; johnny lever steps in to brilliantly provide much needed comic relief.
in these kinds of movies it is important that the audience can relate to the characters.
watching this movie you will feel what the characters are going through.
its superb cinematography gives the movie a dream-like ambience.
this is an instant classic, although its success at the box office will not suggest it..
An Attracting Movie.
Kareeb is directed by Vidhu Vinod Chopra.
He is a well known South Indian director.
His another high budget movie is MISSION KASHMIR.
Kareeb is a very well directed movie.
Although it failed on box office yet those who have seen it must appreciate its cinematography, direction, music and choreography.
The acting of Bobby and Neha was not too bad.It was Bobby's second try in love-stories and he failed.
His first one was Barsaat.
Anu Malik has done a superb job in giving some beautiful love songs like "Chori Chori Jab Nazrein", "Haan Judaai Se" and "Chura Lo Na Dil".
The main flaws of the movie are its slow pace in the second half and unnatural theme.
But overall, this was my type of movie..
A Simple yet touching rendition.
Yes, this movie is romantic, Yes the story starts by boy and girl falling in love, Yes it happens in all romantic stories.
But where this movie stands apart is the treatment and picturisation of of story that is so touching and mesmerizing that you immediately connect to the small town guy, that is Birju.
Songs are simply fabulous and remain in my play-list till this day.
the innocent and heartfelt portrayal of characters brings the story alive and melodious music keeps enchanting you long after you finish watching it.
If you like Hindi melodrama set in a gorgeous Himalayan town and love good melodious music, you will not be disappointed..
Heart Touching..emotions painted by Director...
well..i would rather say that somewhere Bollywood movie viewers seek that tradition and that effect in a lover who lives in Indian family situations..after so long time i have watched such a movie that reminds typical fantasizing nature oriented meeting of a hero-heroin with yellow dupatta and a simple look most Indian girls keep in villages.
Director had good sense of what to show to Indian audience,but typically a love story during the time when generation preferred action movies of the same actor(Bobby Deol)..is worth watching..the big hairs he had for the movie has shown that even he tried to do some emotional acting to show the shade of the character...a good place to shoot was selected by the film makers...
A movie which contains everything.
The word "Kareeb" itself bears a romantic tag on it.But it is not a typical 90's Hindi movie.For me it is one of the romantic movie in the history of Indian Cinema.It has everything not only the romantic side but also the comedy and sad part.The actors have done a great job.And the last lottery drama was also great.I really loved the movie and it is my one of the most favorite movie of all time..
Excellent.
Neha fits into the character exceedingly well.
Neha fits into the character exceedingly well.
Her no make-up look, her innocent voice only adds to the character.
Her no make-up look, her innocent voice only adds to the character.
Bobby is good too but I wont say he was the best suited for this role.
Bobby is good too but I wont say he was the best suited for this role.
Johny Lever was a bit repitative and Shaurabh Shukla does add to the humor in the story with his acting skills.
This movie is only for those who like innocent romantic cinema.
Watch it for one of the most innocent looking actress of 90's in both Bollywood and Hollywood.But what must be truly appreciated is the cinemategraphy and music of the movie.
If the romance comes out so beautifully in this movie all the credit must go to the above two departments.
If the romance comes out so beautifully in this movie all the credit must go to the above two departments.
Specially the scene at lake with all those burning lamps is one of the finest shots ever taken in a Hindi movie.
All the songs inspite of being very situtional are pleasant to ears.Some well known philosopher has said the most difficult thing in this world is to keep things simple and yet effecitve.
And this is what Kareeb nearly achieves excepts for some blips towrads the end.
Still at heart Kareeb is carrying a very simple tale of love which is held under siege not by some ugly and frieghtening villain but by situation arised out of lies.
its beauty lies in the simplicity of the story-telling and the pureness of its characters which one can see through Neha's eyes.
its beauty lies in the simplicity of the story-telling and the pureness of its characters which one can see through Neha's eyes.
Birju played by Bobby may be a liar but at heart he is a nice man who wants his love at any cost even if he has to tell lies or steal money..
Birju played by Bobby may be a liar but at heart he is a nice man who wants his love at any cost even if he has to tell lies or steal money..
Nothing more than a similar hit in India the year before..
This the first review i am writing on IMDB.
Maybe i should have taken the initiate and written bout a movie i really really loved (or really really hated) to make it memorable.
But anyway, i felt like writing and so i am, who cares bout any sense of direction or purpose.Watch the movie and you'll think Chopra-gi felt much the same.
There is the yellow dupata waving in the wind that was a nice formula that worked well elsewhere.
There is Johnny Lever (whose 'acting talent' seems constrained to one specific line of attack) thrown in for good measure.
Don't people in India ever get tired of this crap.
I have to admit the songs are good, atleast i remember them being good in 1998, but like 99% others it is forgotten 3 years later.
Nothing unusually clever about the film, though i strongly doubt u would be readin this review here if u were out looking for a clever hindi film.Watch it if all u want are a few songs, nice locales and ofcourse beautiful Neha and chota Dharmendra 'pasgaya pyaar mein' moods.Take care and i really think more people should write reviews you know.
It is always nice to know why someone hates the movie i love and so on.
Ofcourse you didn't need me to say any of this rite!!
Quite good but could be better.
This was was VVC's next film after 1942 A Love Story.
The film starred Bobby Deol and Neha.
The film is supposedly based on Vidhu Vinod Chopra's own youth love story.
The first half is more on the romance which does get stretched, however Bobby's scenes with Neha are cute,the pace is slow but yet the love story is well handled, the second half gets dramatic, there is a comic relief in the name of Johny Lever but the entire lottery part seems like a compromise, for Bobby who has vowed not to lie to actually support the lottery taken by bribe is hard to digest but yet the end is goodDirection is good but the writing could be better Music by Anu Malik is good, Chori Chori, Churalo Na Dil are all good songsBobby Deol is sincere, he shows vast improvement from GUPT and does his part of a lovesick lost puppy well, the second half gets him more scope to act and he does a good job.
Neha(Shabana-actual name) is cute and does her part well The film also has Abhay Chopra son of VVC making his debut and he is okay Saurabh Shukla is superb as always, Moushumi chaterjee does a good job Shammi Kapoor, Sushma Seth are okay in small roles rest are okay