Jab We Met (2007)

A depressed wealthy businessman finds his life changing after he meets a spunky and care-free young woman.

Director:

Imtiaz Ali

Writer:

Imtiaz Ali

Stars:

Shahid Kapoor, Kareena Kapoor, Tarun Arora

6 wins & 13 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Shahid Kapoor	...	Aditya D, Kashyap
Kareena Kapoor	...	Geet Kaur Dhillon
Tarun Arora	...	Anshuman
Dara Singh	...	Dadaji
Pavan Malhotra	...	Geet's Chacha (as Pawan Malhotra)
Kamal Tiwari
Kiran Juneja	...	Mrs. Dhillon
Divya Shah	...	Mrs. Khanna
Saumya Tandon	...	Roop Kaur Dhillon
Nihar Thakkar	...	Raghav
Manushka Khisty	...	Meher
F.J. Jussawala	...	Mother's lawyer
Vishal Sharma	...	Aditya's lawyer
Rohini Sahni	...	Bride
Deepak Sharma	...	Groom

Storyline

Depressed after the passing of his father, Dharamraj; as well as his gorgeous girlfriend ditching him, Mumbai-based businessman Aditya Kashyap takes a BEST bus, goes to Chatrapati Shivaji Train Terminus, and boards a train. This is where he meets Geet Kaur Dhillon, who is returning home to Bhatinda, and who pays for his ticket. At Bar Nagar, he decides to leave, but she follows him, missing her train. They manage to get a ride to Ratlam, miss the train again, but eventually make it to Bhatinda. Once there, he gets to meet her family; her pretty sister, Roop; as well as her to-be betrothed, Manjeet Singh Mann. Before the engagement could be finalized, she manages to convince her family that she wants to marry Aditya, and they welcome him with open arms. Before he could take stock of these new developments, she elopes with him - not to get married - but to re-locate to Manali - where her true love, Anshuman, is waiting, and who she hopes to get married to.

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Plot Keywords:

train | love | kiss | break up | star crossed lovers | 

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Genres:

Comedy | Romance

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Details

Country:

India

Language:

Hindi Panjabi English

Release Date:

26 October 2007 (USA)

Also Known As:

When We Met

Filming Locations:

Khandala, Maharashtra, India

Box Office

Budget:

INR 170,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend:

£155,964 (UK) (26 October 2007)

Gross:

£325,996 (UK) (2 November 2007)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Shree Ashtavinayak Cine Vision

Technical Specs

Runtime:

138 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Did You Know?

Trivia

The title of the film was decided by a popular vote. The other choices were 'Punjab Mail' and 'Ishq Via Bhatinda'.

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Goofs

Right before the scene when Geet and Aditya hitch a ride on the truck, Aditya is carrying the backpack when he signals to the truck. In the next shot, however, Geet is holding the backpack.

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Quotes

Geet Kaur Dhillon: [All dressed up and with a bag] I am running away to Anshuman
[her boyfriend]
Geet Kaur Dhillon: .
Aditya D, Kashyap: [Just woke up, trying to process] Are you crazy? Don't do that!
Geet Kaur Dhillon: I am running away, right now! You stay here for few days, then go back to your home.
Aditya D, Kashyap: Are you insane? They already doubt me of having a secret affair with you! If I stay, they will tie me with the cows and beat me all day.
Geet Kaur Dhillon: Okay, then run along with me.
Aditya D, Kashyap: What? Then their doubts will be confirmed!
Geet Kaur Dhillon: Why do you care?
[...]

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Connections

Referenced in I Hate Luv Storys (2010)

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Soundtracks

"Mauja Hi Mauja - II"
Written by Irshad Kamil
Composed by Pritam Chakraborty
Performed by Mika Singh
Courtesy of Super Cassettes Industries Limited (T-Series)

User Reviews

'Jab We Watch' it , we are totally entertained

This is an interesting romantic and funny movie from Imtiaz Ali Khan once again after Socha Na Tha, and it fulfilled my long waiting desires to watch it. Imtiaz is going on in his improvement to produce every time a better movie. And it should inspire all the directors of his genre. The scenes have been mostly shot at outdoor spots like Chandigarh, Kulu, Manali and Shimla, and this entertains us as if we are experiencing ourselves a real tour. Again and again seeing daily studio scenes made the eyes wounded and fed up the mind. And thats why it's a nice pick up at nice time.

Although the storyline is not that new with the old movies as a boy meets girl and slowly fall in love but the way Imtiaz presented each and every scenes are worth to watch. From the beginning to the end I personally enjoyed the whole movie, and happy to spend some amount of bucks on it. After Shikhar this is second time in which Shahid has proved that he has all the required potentialities to become a genius actor one day. But I was damn irritated by Kareena's irritating and annoying much chatty and talkative role. But still then, beside this the whole story became a sweet and funny love story. For Shahid's lovers and fans, you must have got something relaxed after watching this unique love story (just like ME!!!).