Why we met? :-(

So people have been raving and ranting and deriving unparalleled pleasures out of 'Jab we met' and given that I cannot remain insulated from these 'Voices of the People', I had no option but to take the plunge. Naah, before you get it wrong, I haven't decided to marry yet (good news for my females fans :P), only took the well thought of decision to view the movie - on my laptop that is - and decide for myself.

For starters, I found the movie ok. Or if I could rephrase that, I did not, not like the movie. Just that I do not think I would be able to watch it again. For me, it was strictly a one time watch. And I think I could probably attribute that to the amazing reviews that I got about it from some of the close people around - CP and Kangana Rangawat, this one is for you guys - it simply did not live upto what my ears had heard.

The thing that probably worked for the movie was it was a very simple movie, hassle free, no strings attached, and clean. And probably that was precisely what worked against it, it was a plot that could be seen in many of the previously aired movies, something of a culmination of Dil hai ki Manta Nahi and Pyaar toh hona hi Tha, and if I were to be a movie buff, I am sure, there would have been more coming out of the closet. Probably the treatment of the subject was different, but the feeling of deja-vu always remained. Throughout the movie.


Kareena. Kareena Kareena Kareena. People have called this her best effort ever, as a lead heroine in a Bollywood flick. I don't quite know. In fact, I do not agree. And again, I am not sure what irritated me more, her acting, or the character itself, granting her the benefit of doubt, and accepting the fact that it is her character, I would still put out my neck and give her a 5 on 10. Nothing more. It just felt like a bout of over acting, more so in the second half, when Kareena needs to give up on her cherubic self.


There are two shades of Shaheed Kapoor - not only in this one, but generally in movies he has acted thus far - one is that serious, ponderous, "mai duniya ka bojhh uthata chala" man - with a pair of glasses to make him look older than he actually looks - and the other, a carefree, 20 something boy, who feels this strong urge to crack unnecessary jokes and show off a sense of "taking life as it comes" and a "happy-go-lucky" attitude. For me, he comes good in the former role, the more serious one of the two. The latter is no different from any of those actors the slapstick shows that one comes across on the telly, nothing special to be called anywhere near good. But coming back to the serious looking Shaheed Kapoor, there seems to be that sense of potential that he could do well to fulfill, fits into the character perfectly well.


My biggest problem with the movie was, and this is a problem with many of 'em, it seemed as far from reality as, probably Shaheed from Kareena, currently. And that, for me is the biggest bane. That, and the fact that the movie has been over hyped beyond comprehension, makes this a movie worth watching for the sake of it only. Nothing more.