Jaane Tu…ya jaane na – Movie Review
Posted by Ashok Varma on Monday, July 7th, 2008
Jaane Tu…ya jaane na – 6/10
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Cast: Imran Khan, Genelia
Music: A.R.Rahman
Lyrics, Writer, Director: Abbas Tyrewala
Banner: Aamir Khan Productions, PVR Cinemas
Soup/Starters: This is the debute movie of Imran Khan, nephew of Aamir Khan. Everything that Aamir takes up drives interest and this was the biggest pulling factor for this movie.
The film’s tagline ‘So when do you know it’s love ?’ is the film all about.
A friend’s group comprises a close pair Imran, Genelia. They are mistook by everyone to be lovers. Finally they realize that it was they who mistook their relation.
Spicy Items:
– First half of the film is its main asset. It is refreshing and is an instant winner.
– The narration of the film is innovative. Using the delay factor in airports for narrating the story is a good idea.
– The writer’s effort is obvious as every character has its own identity.
- Genelia’s brother character is very good.
- Conversations between
– Genelia and her brother.
– Genelia and Imran when Imran gets a new girl friend and starts ignoring friends.
are outstanding.
– The scene in which Genelia’s parents bring in the topic of marriage before Imran and Genelia has been shot well.
- Dialogues:
- Guy in the group: Aaj meraa surprise birthday party hai
– Genelia: College life kaisey gujargayi patha hi nahi chala Aunty
Aunty(Imran’s Mom): Phone pey beta, Phone pey
– Naseeruddin Shah: You can take Rathod out of Ranjore but not Ranjore out of Rathod.
– Murali Sharma’s dialogues in the climax.
– ‘What’s this’ game is very good and has been used effectively.
– Pappu dance is nice.
– Music by A.R.Rahman sounds interesting with respect to instrumentation. For a first timer the music is not that great. It might grow on repeated hearing.
– Imran excelled in his role. He looked very innocent. He proved that he is not A MERE relative of AAMIR. He sticked very well for his role.
– Itz new Genelia for all, who have been watching her in South Indian films. Its interesting to see her performing with her own voice.
– Manjari (Girlfriend of Imran) is good in her role. She seems to be a clone of Ankita, the Rasna girl.
Dry Items:
– Second half of the film is a big minus to the film. It goes on a predictable note. It puts off the entire feel of the first half. Using the jealousy factor in justifying the tagline ‘So when do you know its love ?’ is too routine.
– There are many striking resemblances of many Telugu films in the film.
Eg:
- Genelia, Imran’s friendship elements are much similar to the ones in ‘Iddaru Mitrulu’ (Chiranjeevi, Sakshi Sivanand), ‘Nuvve Kavali’ (Tarun, Richa).
- Using disease factor to deceive goons is a straight lift from ‘Gudumba Shankar’
– Naseeruddin Shah’s role didn’t stick well.
– Paresh Rawal, Arbaaz Khan, Sohail Khan’s roles are bad and needed improvement.
– Horse episodes in the film irritate as there are too many.
– Climax is too dramatic. Arbaaz Khan, Sohail Khan’s entry in the climax is odd. Transport strike, Horse riding…are too cinematic in a realistic film. It is unconvincing. There’s no point in Genelia leaving India when she knew that Imran loves her.
– Imran’s dance movements and his running style in the climax are not impressive. He needs a lot of improvement.
– It is a suprising thing to find most of the male actors having fair complexion than their female counterparts. Genelia looked dark beside Imran.
Finger Bowl:
First half of the film is fantastic and second half is elastic. You do not know how the time goes on in the first half and you do not know where to go to pass the time in the second half. The justification to the tagline ‘So when do know it’s love ?’ is not good. It is shown that only when your best friend gets someone else, you’ll identify that you are in love with him. This is not a great thought and is not appealing. The film could have been made lot better in the second half. They are numerous close friends who are in dilemma with regard to love. Had this confusion in friendship was clarified effectively this film would have become a masterpiece.
It can be watched for its trendy first half.
Filed in Creation, Movies, Reviews | 5 responses so far
Hitchcockon 29 Jul 2008 at 5:51 am 1hey friend,
i have read quite a number of your reviews. And, this one as well. The review is good, but it could have been even better if you have reviewed few culture specific aspects that are prevalent only in metros such as mumbai and delhi, where the boy-girl friendship has some stretched limits that are not often seen in hyderabad. This makes the movie unrealistic to some viewers. Still, the review holds the readers’ interest. Yes, the Genelia’s brother character is well filmed, but that takes the readers back to the Ishaan’s character in Taare Zameen Par- Aamir’s influence. And the Friendship scenes picturised remember us of Dil Chahta Hai (DCH), yet another Aamir’s influence. And, the sacrifice of Meghana and the conversation between Imran and her, is another resemblance of DCH, where Deepa (girl who loves Aamir) talks to Akshay Khanna who explains her about love and relationship. And, Sushanth’s character is a replica of Rohit in DCH, and the tug-of-war between Jai (Imran) and Sushanth has striking resemblances with Aamir and Rohit’s characters in DCH.
I dont think much of the movie except the ‘Kabhi Kabhi Aditi’ song, to be rated as 6/10. Instead it should be 3/10.
I have reviews the review, and no offence meant.
Hitchcock
Ashok Varmaon 29 Jul 2008 at 12:02 pm 2@ Mr. Hitchcock,
Nice to see your review on the review.
Your words carry lot of strength to your views.
I agree to all of your points. I was surprised to see the audience response towards it.
I was in a hurry while penning the review and missed out many points that I thought of putting in.
Regarding music I thought that I shouldn’t judge it with one hearing. Now on repeated listening,
I liked the music. However, though “KABHI KABHI ADITI” is good surprisingly it has shades of “APPUDO IPPUDO”
song of Devi Sri Prasad in Bommarillu.
Thanks for sharing your views.
Regards,
Ashok Varma
hitchcockon 01 Aug 2008 at 5:59 am 3Dear Mr. Ashok,
Thanks for the reply.
And, absolutely, I had the same experience when I listened to the song, Kabhi Kabhi Aditi for some times. Another interesting thing about the narrative style taking off at the airport and friends narrating the love story to the girl, immediately reminds me of a Telugu Movie- Idi… Maa Ashoggadi Love Story, directed by yesteryear popular director, Suresh Krishna during the years 2003-04with Shiva Balaji in the lead, where friends of hero narrate the story in the similar fashion.
We should be proud about the Tollywood Industry for producing such novel narrative styles way back half a decade ago, or should sympathise the Telugu Audience for generously (blindly and innocently would be appropriate but hurt the audience’s sentiments) welcoming the script and the movie and accepting the monopoly of the Bollywood. Let us Say Three Cheers to the Audience,
Hip Hip Hurray….
Regards,
Hitckcock
Ashok Varmaon 01 Aug 2008 at 12:39 pm 4Oh is it ? I didn’t about that narration pattern in “Idi… Maa Ashoggadi Love Story”. Abbas Tyrewala seems to have watched lots of Telugu movies. I was thrilled with the idea in “Jaane Tu”. Many are talking high about it. If he got inspired from this film, then the credit should go to some one else. Anywayz kudos to the creator. Thanks for pointing it out.
GUESTon 26 Jan 2009 at 9:08 am 5I myself agree tat the tune for the line “KABHI KABHI ADITI……APNA LAGTA HAI” has been ripped off from Appudo Ippudo’s first line. WOW!!!!! Even Rehman has started copying tunes of other Miusic Directors. He has to be sued. Whether he is a famous and reputed one shouldn’t make a difference