Unloading my think tank...

Yes I'm talking about Jab We Met. Yes the movie is a typical Bollywood song and dance routine. Yes its a typical boy-meets-girls-goes-apart-only-to-realise-he's-in-love-with-the-girl story. Its all of that and more! Jab We Met is a treat for all the people who love to laugh and be entertained. Hell, you might even find yourself in the character's shoes, though you won't admit it probably.

Geet (Kareena) meets a jilted lover and failed businessman Aditya (Shahid) on a Bhatinda bound train and ends up taking him home, meanwhile making the distraught Aditya laugh, and tear his hear off at the same time. The journey also lights sparks of love for Aditya, though Geet has no idea about it and is ready to run away from home and marry Anshuman (he's some underwear model with no facial expressions). Aditya returns to Bombay. But Anshuman refuses to marry Geet, which sends her emotions spiralling. What follows next is how Aditya gets wind of this, hunts Geet and brings her to be back to her old self.

Simple story? Nothing great about it? There you go wrong. Its a simple story with wonderful moments that make you laugh and wanting to be like Geet. She's spunky, loud and effervesent with her smile. And no one could've played her part as well as Kareena did. She acts great, looks amazing (as usual) and even overacts in all the right places (like in when Manjeet catches her kissing Aditya and her reaction on being caught). She breezes through the film, bringing a fresh air to the story. The film reminds you of things you did in college, burning the photo of your ex and flushing it down the toilet, and actually feeling good about it! Shahid is earnest, but ends up being just alright. Either that, or I like Kareena more between them :D The locations are beautiful, and the mahal like home in Bhatinda looks perfect. The marriage and punjabi household were like deja vu to me :-)

The flaws? Aditya's sudden forgiveness for his mom as is his sudden rise in business post interval.

Apart from that, the songs, the screenplay, locations, dialogues (Main apni favourite hoon) are a real treat! Watch this one again if you already have! And watch out for Kareena!