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 #104 | 7 wins & 15 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:

When We Met

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

Dara Bubamara song "Nemam elana" is a cover version of "Yeh Ishq Hai".

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Goofs

At the station when Geet buys a water bottle, she takes a very small sip in the beginning; however, after a chat with the shop-owner, a considerably larger amount of water is missing from the bottle.

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Quotes

Station master: A girl traveling alone is like an open treasure box. Yes. Do you know? Do you know what could happen with you?

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Connections

References Deewaar (1975)

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Soundtracks

Yeh Ishq Hai - Remix
Written by Irshad Kamil
Composed by Pritam Chakraborty
Performed by Shreya Ghoshal
Courtesy of Super Cassettes Industries Limited (T-Series)

User Reviews

One of the best romcoms of the 2000s

2000s, especially the later half, saw emergence of the romcom genre in Bollywood. Towards the end of 2000s, we were almost inundated with many of these to the point that most viewers were tired of it. So when I saw this one a couple of years ago, my expectations were minimal to zero. I watched it while working on computer, something in the background. I did not care to watch it until it came out on DVDs. However, it turned out to be the best romcom I have seen to date. It works primarily because of these three ingredients: - Genuine storyline, quite realistic without going too OTT - Charming and very likable character played by Kareena - Music by Pritam, the recycling king/Bhappi Lahri of the 2000s

Too bad Imitiaz Ali could not follow it up with as good a movie. Love Aaj Kal, while pretty good, does not come close to this. I have watched it 3 times since my first viewing. Highly recommend!