Film: Jaane Tu.. Yaa Jaane Naa
Dir: Abbas Tyrewaala
Banner: Aamir Khan Prod
Length: 150 mins approx
Date of Release: 4th July 2008
Featuring: Imran, Genelia, Ratna Pathak Shah.....
Rating: **** (4/5)
REVIEW
The story of the movie is not a rocket science for any average bollywood fan. Jaane Tu revolves around a group of friends and more importantly two best of friends played by Imran and Genelia. These two are the bestest of friends and are so attached to each other that the entire group thinks they are in love. But they deny it. The later part of the story deals with the realisation of love for each other and leads into a typical masala climax. Doesnot sound new!! But what makes the idea really work is the desired treatment and the execution of it.
The narrative of the film resembles SRK starrer Chalte Chalte. CC had a group discussing the love story of SRK and Rani. Here the story is similar where they are discussing Imran and Genelia. The climax at the airport is also similar to Chalte Chalte. What makes Jaane Tu work are witty dialouges, great performances and great music. The characters are very real. Pick up any track and there is so much of life injected into it. There are a lot of sequences you remember. Be it the condolence meeting sequence, be it the parents mistaking that the two want to get married, or the sequence in the pub where Aditi (Genelia) tries to find a girl for Jai (Imran) you pick up any track or any sequence you enjoy it.
The director, Abbas Tyrewala is the winner. He handles the story perfectly well. You remember almost all characters be it Aditi, Jai, Rotdu, Jignes. Camera work is top notch. Music is brilliant. Songs are very imaginatively placed. Especially the situation of 'Kabhi Kabhi' almost made me fall out of the seat. I always thought that maybe 'Aditi' had broken up with someone or lost someone really precious. But what happended and also the way her friends console her is
amusing. The romanctic track in the second half is superb.
Performance wise, Imran and Genelia stand out. Both suit the characters to the T. The actors acting out their friends do more than justice to the role. Prateik Babbar as Genelia's brother in the film is superb. Ditto for Ratna Pathak. Nasseruddin Shah, Paresh Rawal, Arbas Khan, Sohail Khan and Murli Sharma leave their mark in the cameos.
But to sum it up the film belongs to Abbas Tyrewala.
