Jaane tu ya........

Jaane tu ya Jaane na. Finally watched the movie. Well had in fact wanted to watch it a while back, but the kind of mixed reviews I had received had kind of put me off. And well even today I was putting it off till it was nearly midnight. What was the movie all about? In a nutshell it’s a feel good teen romance in some part of Mumbai where students go to college for 5 years and graduate/post-graduate (?) by their teens.

Lets start with the good parts. The hang out group in question does have its characters - ahem! A pot-pourrie of cute to queasy, charismatic to “rotlu”; it’s an eclectic mix which will transport few to their own college days and hangout groups. The cast is nice and played their respective parts rather well. A rather goody goody story with some really good scenes interlaced with teenage comedy. And the music – its classic Rehman. "Kahin toh hogi Woh" is the best song, a touching number by the maestro – have fallen in love with this one, Kabhi Kabhi Aditi is a nice fun song while "Pappu cant dance saalaa" is already the youth icon number of the year. .

Now coming to the bad part - Well lets be a bit sceptical, the movie is a cross between American Pie, My Best Friend's Wedding and Harry met Sally and of course Archies (The oh-so obvious Juggie is too “subtle” to miss). And this is what takes the movie down. The scenes are entirely predictable. A nice teeny bopper romance it set out to be was achieved only in part. What I did not like about the movie, well a third party narrative is supposed to keep the suspense tight, but that was majorly lacking.

I would only give it a 60% thumbs up of which a big share will definitely go to Rahman. My suggestion , go with an open mind - in case you havent watched the previously mentioned movies or their numerous Hindi remakes you might even give the movie full marks. The cast is rock solid as claimed by many other reviewers but I will give out a secret; despite his good looks, "someone" cant act saala!