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

Top Rated Indian Movies #89 | 7 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 Om Prakash	...	Aditya's lawyer (as Vishal Sharma)
Rohini Sahni	...	Bride
Deepak Sharma	...	Groom

Storyline

Depressed after the passing of his father (Dharamraj) and a ditching by his gorgeous girlfriend, Mumbai-based businessman Aditya Kashyap takes a BEST bus, goes to the Chatrapati Shivaji Train Terminus, and boards a train. There 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 can be finalized, she manages to convince her fiancé that she wants to marry Aditya. Before Aditya can 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, awaits, and to whom she hopes to get married.

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Plot Keywords:

train | love | elopement | arranged marriage | deception | 

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Genres:

Comedy | Drama | Romance

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Certificate:

Not Rated

Details

Country:

India

Language:

Hindi Punjabi English

Release Date:

26 October 2007 (USA)

Also Known As:

Als ich Dich traf

Filming Locations:

Khandala, Maharashtra, India

Box Office

Budget:

INR 170,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend:

INR 109,350,408 (India), 1 November 2007

Gross USA:

$410,800

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$7,874,081

Company Credits

Production Co:

Shree Ashtavinayak Cine Vision

Technical Specs

Runtime:

138 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital Stereo (Song Recording and Mixing Engineer)

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Dehli's PVR Cinemas held special screenings of the film on Valentine's Day 2008 to celebrate its 100 days run at the box office.

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Goofs

The security person at the railway station on the bridge when Aditya runs to catch the taxi is the same one who was at the reception of the hotel.

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Quotes

Aditya D, Kashyap: Have your first extra-marital affair with me. Then, I will ALSO be happy.

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Connections

Referenced in Tery Mery Love Story (2016)

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Soundtracks

Nagada Nagada
Written by Irshad Kamil
Composed by Pritam Chakraborty
Performed by Sonu Nigam
Courtesy of Super Cassettes Industries Limited (T-Series)

User Reviews

.Imtaz Ali is Hrishikesh Mukherjee of modern times....

Remember Hrishida's movies? We laughed with it, loved it, because he created the characters who we could relate. You look around, these characters are in one of your friends. Imtiaz Ali is in the same league. The characters, the shots, the sets, the train, the bus - we have been there! We have lived them.

And he creates a gem incorporating these elements. It is humour in pure form! It will brighten you up, no matter how grumpy you may be feeling! I think this is one of the loveliest movie of the year. Pure, unadulterated fun! The strength of the movie is in its script, and in its characters, esp that of Kreena Kpoor (try saying that, you know what I mean) - yeah - Ms Kapoor is in her elements. She plays the role of sikhni convincingly! The lingo, the body language, the attitude, she is 100%! Kareena Kapoor 2.0 (that's what I call post Chameli) rocks! Every movie, she surprises with histrionics, that is very few in current Bollywood can match! And what a transformation from Omkara's Dolly? That's real actress right there! Shahid Kapoor... mmmm, could improve in the acting dept. If I were to choose, I would choose someone like Shreyas Talpade for this role. Shahid has definitely matured as an actor from his chocolate-boy image, but still leaves something to be desired.

In my opinion, the comedy is one of the most difficult of the genres. To execute it well without sounding cheap, or going overboard, or cheesy, is not really easy. Imtiaz Ali, in this case does justice to two most important depts, Writing & Direction! A word about music: Pritam brings a fresh set of music, some of it grows on you after listening few times. Definitely I am not talking of the radio-friendly Mauja Hi Mauja, which is tailor-made for music video channels. Songs like Aao Milo Chalo, Tum Se Hi are real nice pop or soft-rockish tunes. Sandesh Shandilya shares the burden on Aaoge Jab Tum, and Rashid Khan does a fine job on the vocals. On Tum Se Hi, watch out for Ustad Sultan Khan's ever soulful crooning.

I still give it a 8/10 because Shahid Kapoor's acting has rooms for improvement, the second half has rooms for editing and making it more compact. But the movie is worth watching just for Kareena Kapoor's acting! Way to go Imtiaz Ali!