Jab we met: A review.

I know, I know, Jab we met released ages ago and I saw it ages ago. Nevertheless, here goes:

The most striking thing about Jab we met is Kareena Kapoor. This is entirely Bebo’s film. She has outgrown her decorative bimbo roles which required her only to bat her eyelashes and dance around trees. This is her meatiest role yet, although there were flashes of her immense talent in Dev, Omkara, Yuva and Chameli. Kareena plays Geet, a Sikh-ni(to use her own term) from Bhatinda. Geet is vivacious, chirps non-stop, is scatterbrained and, in love with life and herself. Sometimes the bubbly act was a little OTT, but otherwise Geet’s non-pragmatic, I-take-things-as-they-come and innocent, even inane attitude towards life was thoroughly entertaining. Her mantra was simply to embrace life and get messy in the process. Kareena plays the effervescent girl to the hilt and is very believable in the role of Geet.

Shahid Kapoor did not disappoint either. His character was the perfect foil to Kareena’s character. He plays the quiet, practical, strong and silent Aditya who is disillusioned with his life and meets Geet when he is at his lowest point. Geet’s joie de vivre manages to rub off on the dour Aditya, gets him out of his blue funk and transforms his life. I thought Shahid was perfect for the role and that his formidable acting genes stand vindicated. I think he is a highly under-rated actor and should be given better roles, although he does manage to shine even in the worst, most sketchily scripted movies.

I am an unabashed, gushy fan of the film’s music. I was eagerly waiting for Pritam Chakraborty’s next after Life in a metro. I like almost all the songs- right from the energetic Naggara, Naggara and Mauja hi Mauja to the melodious Tera na hona to the unusual Yeh ishq.

The movie is a definitely worth a watch.