Jaane Tu Ya Jaane Na YOUR Reviews!

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-No spoilers. If you've seen the promos of the movie, there's nothing new you'll learn from this write up...-

Just back from a screening of JTYJN.... I can't say I'm impressed.... 🤢

The story is the same old thing ripped off from every other Hollywood teen flick. Boy and girl are best friends. Everyone but boy and girl can see that they're meant to be together. They decide to improve each other's love lives, end up getting jealous when they see their best friend being cootchy pootchy lovey dovey with someone else. Think to themselves "Like OMG, he/she's my best friend.... Why do I feel this way??" making your head sore and wishing that these teens would get over their teen angst already and get it into their thick heads what has been blatantly obvious from like, the first scene. Suddenly someone has a revelation, springs into action and happy ending, happy ending.

Like, what? You didn't get the whole story from the promos? 🤢 :/ :/

What I went to see is that if the same old story has been presented in a fresh way. In parts, yes Jaane Tu... does work.... But mostly, you get the feeling that you've seen this movie before.

Character/Actor analysis:

Jai/Imran: Jai's a pretty chilled out guy. Mellow, amicable. He'd rather use his wits to settle that argument than put up his fists. Nothing seems to ruffle his feathers. Nothing. Until of course, the "AH - HA!" moment of the movie. A basic run of the mill guy who is a loving son and the stabilizing factor in tempestuous Aditi's life.

Imran does a passable job of playing just another guy next door, mostly coz there seems to be no "ACTING" involved. He seems to just be playing himself. His scenes with Ratna Pathak Shah, who plays his mom, are better than the rest of his scenes. High point of the movie for me was finding out that he has a six pack. (Yeah, I'm a sucker for six packs. 😳 Only not on like 45 year old SRK. 😕)

All through the movie, all I could focus on was how much the dude resembles Aamir - not looks-wise, but expression-wise.... He has a lot of mannerisms and expressions that remind us crazily of Aamir. Good thing is he doesn't seem to put these on. It just seems a natural thing for him. I don't think it would be fair to compare them, as it's just Imran's first movie, and Aamir generally does an altogether different genre of cinema. I don't think Imran will be as big a superstar as Aamir, but he does seem to have something in him that will make him a decent success.


Aditi/Genelia: Aditi is a spitfire. As one of the characters says, Aditi doesn't do anything in moderation, whether it be love, hate or anything else. And that makes the character a little unbearable. You just wish she would tone it down for a bit. There's no need to get so hyper over such small things for godssake! 😕

Genelia seemed to annoy me throughout the movie, as she does in every other movie. 🤢 Maybe I could bear her a little better if someone else dubbed for her? Her voice modulation and tone is all over the place and you wish she'd stop screeching.


Amit/Prateik Babbar: Amit is is Aditi's brother and a complete mystery to everyone. He's moody, and his only hobbies seem to be annoying Jai to get Aditi hyper, sketching and playing with his pet rat/mouse/whatever it is.

Best character of the movie to me. I really really liked him.

I was quite curious about Prateik as I liked Smita Patil a lot. He seems pretty talented, and played his complex character of moody but loving brother to Aditi quite well. I hope to see him in better movies that showcase him to his best.


Rest of the gang: Rest of the Gang seems to consist of a motley crew of random people. They're just all very irritating. Specially with all the singing they do. 🤢

*Slight spoiler below - highlight to read*

Mention goes to Arbaaz and Sohail Khan for being the best goddamn part of the movie. Every time they appeared on screen was the only time I truly enjoyed the movie. I do wish the three Khan brothers would appear in some comedies together as they seem to have impeccable comic timing, especially Sohail. These two made the movie for me, even though they just appeared for like 15 minutes overall.

Music of the movie grated on my nerves continuously, and the long, over winded, annoyingly kheeechofied climax (did we really have to see every turn, twist, pothole and bump in the road Jai is taking??? Cut to the point, goddamnnit! 😡) made the movie a definite wash out for me.

Overall, if you want to enjoy the movie, go with no expectations. Whatsoever. Switch your brain off, and watch it as an only timepass movie and maybe you'll like it. Either which way, as boring as this movie is, it's still gonna beat the pants off Love Story 2050. 🤢

I actually LOVED the movie, but I didnt find it perfect.

Oh but before I start, I gotta say, before the movie they showed a Kismet Konnection trailer, a new one, which was absoluting goddamn HILARIOUS!!!😆 😆 😆. I mean I wasn't so sure about the movie, but it has superhit written all over it. Shahid has come a long way and he REALLY impressed me in the trailer, more so than Vidya, who I consider to be the better actor of the two. They were damn good maan. Im so looking forward to this movie. You'll see what I mean when you watch the trailer.
Oh yeah and they also showed a Rock On trailer, looked like a great DCH type movie... Prachi Desai looked goooood and movie-like. 😊

Ok ok now I'll start with the review. But before I do, Just a disclaimer, there are spoilers in this review, so read at your own risk.

The movie starts out slow, but there were a lot of hilarious scenes in the first half, like the fight scenes or the disco scene... 😆 😆 😆

In the second half, again pacing problems, a lot could've been cut out IMO. Coz I thought it dragged a little bit. Though the last half an hour was awesome, especially the climax!!! 😆 😆 😆 But I agree with darkness_123 over here, I found it took too long to reach the climax, I mean there were too many obstacles, plot hotes etc. etc. It was a bit tedious.

Again the second half had some standout moments, like the one where Jai punched the guy. Loved loved that scene.

From the soundtrack, two songs are definite standouts and thats unsurprisingly Kabhi kabhi aditi zindagi and Pappu Cant dance.... others were just a hit and miss...

The acting was surprisingly good. I think Genelia was easily the best actor of the bunch, whihc is no surprise as she is the most experienced. But I thought she emoted really well, she didnt even have to say anything, yet you understood what she felt. It was damn cute, her sad look. Her hair looked horrible in the end though.

Imran Khan was great for this role, I cant really comment on his acting, but I guess it must be good coz I felt the role suited him to a T. But I've got to say something about the character though, I though Jai's transition to finally realizing his love for Aditi was a bit abrupt.

Ok, the story is the standard same one, but it was told in a refreshing and enjoyable way. I really liked the chemistry between Imran and Genelia. I mean I cant speak for anyone else, but I really wanted them to get 2gether... like soooo baddd.

Overall it was a great movie, definately worth watching in the theater, and from what I've seen from some other reviews, a much better choice to watch than Love Story 2050. 😳

Ok so I just watched this movie and overall, I have to say its pretty good.

It is definitely not anything new, and does remind one of Ishq Vishk in some ways, but the story is presented slightly differently and the actors are what make the film work so well.

Jai (Imran) is fab in his role. He looks like the typical college boy and you can see some of your own friends in him. He acted well - nothing OTT or anything - just right.

Aditi (Genelia) was brilliant. She acted really well and you could totally feel the love she had for Jai. Very good actress.

The rest of the cast was good too.

*spoiler below* (highlight to read)
Arbaaz and Sohail were a real treat and the Ranjhore Rathore track was funny when it came together in the end.

The end was nothing new for a bollywood movie but the last 30-45 mins were the most enjoyable for me.

The music is already a rave. At first I didnt see what was so great about Kabhi Kabhi Aditi but the track has definitely grown on me.

On the whole, a cute, light-hearted love story. An old plot, presented in a wonderful way with great casting.

toooooooooo good. guys please dont base ur decision on any review. Just go experience the movie. u will laugh so much much so much so much. The movie is a classic. Something which u will watch again and again.Its a classic which will be entertaining till 2050.IN the league like Andaz apna apna.(Of course way ahead of that but thats wht comes closest.)Its got a lil bit of evry thing. JUst go see it .RIght now> u will love it.

I sat in the theatres getting very excited to watch the film! watched the kismet konnections and Bachna ae hasion and Roadside Romeo trailer. lol they were fun to watch, and loved the fact that my mum and dad didn't cum to watch the film, as i knew this is a very youthful and energetic film which they could ruin with their constant commenting! lol ok back to the film

From the word go, the film starts entertaining, giving us over thousands of humorous moments, touching moments and feel good moments. Not once did the film got boring! it was like one rollercoaster ride! the friendship between 2 friends touched my heart, the friends made me laugh a lot! loved the song Pappu can't dance! loved nasrudin shah's photo talking sessions, lol he really made me crack up! everything was just so good about the movie, the hilarious gang scenes, the nice youthful songs and picturisation, the heart-warming friendship, all of this keeps you in splits and a feel good mood till the intermission. But the movie for me starts after the intermission, when aditi starts getting jealous of jai's gf, loved the scene when she gets angry at him , like in the car, at her surprise b-day party, then when jai started feeling hurt seeing aditi with another guy, that really touched my heart, loved the song 'Jaane kaha' beautiful song, displayed their emotions well! the screenplay was very tight, it wasn't that silly jealousy between 2 lovers, it was much more intense, they said it all with their eyes and expressions, you could feel their loneliness and sadness. Again in the second half loads of hillarious moments, the surprise b-day party, nasrudin shah enjoying his victory, arbaz khan and sohail khan's rathod act near the end, the whol end sequence was full of fun and comedy, it was too good, i dun think i have laughe sooo much in my life! i laughed way too much! beofre the end, loved the sequence when jai sees adit's face bruised, the look on his face was priceless, you could see the hurt and pain he is going through, you could see how much he loved and felt for aditi, his eyes expressed sooo much! and then loved the way he knocks out aditi's fiance! he rocked! he's a brilliant actor, u dun have to have hot biceps, and break dancing techniques to work, u need to know ur acting to work at the box office, and this guy is a charmer, he was amazing!, he didn't only play his character but actually lived it! he came like a breeze of fresh air! too good! Genellia d'souza was a complete natural! she has awesum screen presence, she is a good actor. All the friends were awsum and were completely into their characters, they rocked! and made me laugh a lot! Nasrudin shah was funny as, Sohail Khan and Arbaaz khan rocked, especially the end sequence they were sooooo funny! Raj Babar's son acted very well also, was veyr cute and adorable, i luved him! everything was sooo good about the movie, this film made me laugh, made me emotional and overall gave a very feel good feel, that's what a teenage film should do i guess! lots of people are right in saying that this film has no new script, but the older the wine the tastier. The film had lots to offer, the comedy was awesum, this movie is almost 3 hrs of laughter, the faces were fresh and new and performed very well, the screenplay was very tight and the film never got boring, the direction was excellent! everything was just great! awesum! the love story was very heart warming, too good! the emotional moments were extra-ordinary you could feel the pain of aditi and Jai. loved the scene when jai shouts in frustration 'this is a scooter damn it etc etc. lol u'll understand when you watch the movie, they've shown a prob with his gf, that she likes to fantasize her world. which many teenagers do to make their lives better. On the whole movie rocked, I will give it 5/5 rocked rocked and only rocked! it fits very well into the ishq vishq, jo jeeta wohi sikander category very well! the film rocks go and watch it!!!!!!! 😳

Originally posted by: rajkin

toooooooooo good. guys please dont base ur decision on any review. Just go experience the movie. u will laugh so much much so much so much. The movie is a classic. Something which u will watch again and again.Its a classic which will be entertaining till 2050.IN the league like Andaz apna apna.(Of course way ahead of that but thats wht comes closest.)Its got a lil bit of evry thing. JUst go see it .RIght now> u will love it.

ur absolutely right!

Can't wait to watch after reading such good reviews
Thanx a lot guys

I saw it last night with my family and everyone loved it! The entire theater was full, go see it! 😛

I think it'll be gud. I haven't seen it yet. And I can't wait to watch it!!! 😊