Jaane Tu Ya Jaane Na:

Sitting through 'Jaane Thu......' is like taking a walk and spending time in a rose garden along with your loved ones for about two hours accompanied with some breeze . If the roses were the characters , the breeze were the light moments which were plenty in the movie. 'Jaane thu....' actually is not those typical launch films of a star relative. The star of the film is its narration. When I was in my undergrad. the benchmark urban tale was 'Dil Chahta Hai'. Well, 'Jaane thu....' can actually become the 'Dil Chahtha Hai' for today's college going crowd. An almost authentic screenplay in its own sense 'Jaane Thu.....' is actually handled very delicately by Abbas Tyrewala, the writer& director of the film. I use the word delicate because of the reason that he introduces a lot many characters in the film including the main lead Jai Rathore(Imran Khan) and Aditi Mahant( Genelia D'souza) and yet has customized each one of them perfectly to narrate the story well. And wait.....how can I forget Sohail and Arbaaz Khan who play 'Bhageera' and 'Bhaloo' the modern day cow boys riding on horses even to go to a disco. They definitely have taught us an alternate way of going to a Disco especially in these days of skyrocketing gas charges. And Naseeruddin Shah always waiting to peep out of his frame to talk to his widow wife(Jai's mother) set the mood for a complete humour. 'Jaane Thu.....' was so refreshing that I cannot call it a typical romantic hindi film which are famous for its melodrama and twists. Not that there weren't movies involving such plots before. Audience familiar with Telugu films will relate this movie directly to the hit movie 'Nuvve Kavali' starring Tarun and Richa. But still 'Jaane Thu....' is a sincere effort from Abbas.Obviously the story revolves around friendship of Jai and Aditi in the first half and realization of love for each other in the second half. The story is entirely narrated by their friends at the Chatrapathi Sivaji International Airport, Mumbai to a new member in their gang. This part reminded me of the Shahrukh , Rani starrer 'Chalte Chalte'. The first two songs will take Jai, Aditi and their friends till the end of college graduation. This will take Jai closer to Aditi's family consisting of her super cool parents and younger brother(Amit) an absolute stud. Amit's character actually reminded me of one of my school friends and is one of the highlights of the film. He is always in his own world , a not so sociable guy but talks sense when it matters. He is also straight forward in expressing his opinions. For example he utters "ameer hone ka yehi faidha hai" to the then would be brother-in-law when asked what he does? Jai and Aditi immedietly declare themselves as friends contrary to the understandings of their friends and Aditi's parents who think they are ready to get married. This is when Meghna(Manjari Fadnis) enters the scene as Jai's love interest. Abbas must be complimented for the way he handled the romance of Jai and Meghna in a novel way. When Jai's relationship with Meghna is at its peak Aditi realizes her feelings towards Jai but still pairs up with Sushant Modi(Ayaz Khan) son of a family friend. The rest is all about how it converges back to Jai and Aditi. But this 'rest' I say is worth watching in Theatre and a complete paisa vasool for your tickets. As for the music A.R.Rahman keeps in touch with his peppy college numbers by composing music for a film like 'Jaane Thu.....' occasionally, offering some change out of his tracks for period/issue flicks.

MEET THE GANG:
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Rats(Imran), Meow(Genelia), Bombs, Rotlu, Jiggy and friends.

So that is about it. 'Jaane Thu.....' is a slam book or testimonials of all the above names.