Comments on: Jab We Met – movie review

By: noor

noor — Mon, 29 Aug 2011 17:27:35 +0000

karina i love u so so so so much

By: Samir Bharadwaj

Samir Bharadwaj — Mon, 21 Mar 2011 10:13:48 +0000

Thanks for all your comments, Aparajita. You're probably right in that there are few people who like something like Delhi-6 and Aisha or Jab We Met. I think it mostly comes from a need to strictly decide what sort of movie-watcher you are. Some choose to be the intellectual variety, and hence are forced to approve of anything that is supposed to be making a point, even if badly, and some choose to be the entertainment hounds, disliking anything that has a thought and automatically liking anything that comes across as light-hearted. I like movies themselves; The thing in all their flavours and the craft that goes into making them. I like the entertaining, I like the profound, and I recognise the strengths and shortcomings of each example individually, as much as humanly possible. The movies you mentioned do indeed capture various aspects of Indian-ness very well, which makes them rare gems in a rush to make our movies more international, with questionable results. The popularity of something like Jab We Met has grown with time, a good indication that we should make the best movies in our own style that we can make, and leave the rest to take care of itself. Thanks again, and hope to see you around more often. Your thoughts are much appreciated. Samir

By: Aparajita

Aparajita — Wed, 16 Mar 2011 10:56:59 +0000

Good to know that you love this movie too but then anybody does!
However, it is far more charming to know that there are people who love Socha na tha, Aisha, Delhi-6 and Jab We met.
They are so Indian, so entrenched in our society, so fresh. I loved Socha na Tha. It has the easy feel to it which just sinks in your psyche. Crisp cutting dialogues and Abhay Deol’s lovable natural, intense ways just add the perfect feel to such movies. Jab we met, was quite a fascinating story too and Kareena’s antics often reminded others and me of my random things too!

By: sabeen

sabeen — Sat, 22 May 2010 23:40:04 +0000

Superb movie ever. Imtiaz Ali is a best director. Very different Romantic story. I like the music and all songs. I love Shahid Kapoor.

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Chance Pe Dance – movie review | Samir Bharadwaj dot Com — Fri, 15 Jan 2010 22:36:17 +0000

[...] actor. His performances are now effortless, which is a rare talent. He did a wonderful job in Jab We Met, and brings the same amount of maturity to his role here as Sameer Behl, which on the surface seems [...]

By: Hindi Movies

Hindi Movies — Sun, 29 Nov 2009 01:57:32 +0000

I think this was an excellent movie.. and very well reviewed here. I loved the acting – wasn’t a big fan of Shahid until this movie!

By: yaaminee

yaaminee — Sun, 14 Sep 2008 09:25:38 +0000

tis movie is a very nice movie.tis movie is suitable 4 lovest like me

By: Samir Bharadwaj

Samir Bharadwaj — Mon, 28 Jan 2008 17:36:05 +0000

Thanks, Shantanu. Glad you liked the review and happy to know others agree about the emotional strengths of (good) Bollywood movies. I think a lot of reviews often look at Hindi cinema from almost a western theatrical point-of-view, which really is an unfair and irrelevant comparison.

Hope to see you around more often, and I will attempt to have more interesting content here regularly.

By: Shantanu

Shantanu — Tue, 15 Jan 2008 10:43:32 +0000

lovely review……yup….imtiaz has definitely succeeded in bringing out the character of the “girl” as you say…he’s succeeded where almost 99% of hindi films fail where girls are either godesses or vamps….and i agree completely that bollywood should stick to its strength “EMOTION”……wonderful blog……hope to see more good posts…i’ll be a regular from now on….
KEEP UP WITH THE GOOD WORK!!!!