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 #138 | 13 wins & 19 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Shahid Kapoor	...	Aditya D. Kashyap
Kareena Kapoor	...	Geet Kaur Dhillon
Tarun Arora	...	Anshuman
Dara Singh	...	Dadaji
Pawan Malhotra	...	Geet's Chacha
Kamal Tiwari
Kiran Juneja	...	Mrs. Dhillon
Divya Seth Shah	...	Mrs. Khanna (as Divya Shah)
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:

girls' school | breakup | laundry drying on a clothesline | train | elopement | 

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Genres:

Comedy | Drama | Romance

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Certificate:

Not Rated

Did You Know?

Trivia

As part of the film's promotion, the producers painted two full local trains in Mumbai from the Western and Central lines with imagery from the film, with Shahid Kapoor present to chat with fellow passengers and inform them about the movie.

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Goofs

The train 2137 Punjab Mail runs between Mumbai and Firozpur (Punjab), not between Mumbai-Delhi as shown in movie.

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Quotes

Geet Kaur Dhillon: You are so selfish. You are thinking only about yourself. What about me?
Aditya D, Kashyap: What about YOU? This is YOUR life. It's YOUR plan. You are going to elope. What am I doing here? I mean, I am taking the risk of running away with the girl, people are looking for me to murder me, and I don't even GET the girl!

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Connections

Remake of It Happened One Night (1934)

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Soundtracks

Instrumental
Composed by Pritam Chakraborty
Courtesy of Super Cassettes Industries Limited (T-Series)

User Reviews

My faith has been restored !

I love everything about Indian movies. Even if they sometimes come as unrealistic, but this movie is something different. I've had the misfortune of watching many movies that were either too unrealistic or too westernised which made them lose that special magical Indian touch.

This movie had that touch. Kareena proved that she can indeed act without over-acting and the chemistry between her and Shaheed was incredible. Shaheed also proved that he can be taken as a serious actor.

I loved the songs and the simplicity of the sets. there were no over-budgeted scenes of Indians living abroad. This movie was all in all Indian in its essence and that's what made it a big hit.

Details

Country:

India

Language:

Hindi

Release Date:

26 October 2007 (USA)

Also Known As:

When We Met

Filming Locations:

Khandala, Maharashtra, India

Box Office

Budget:

INR170,000,000 (estimated)

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$10,065,630

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