Once in a while Bollywood loves to throw a curve ball - this time it is called Jaane Tu Ya Jaane Na. It just goes to prove how 'anjaan' I am when it comes to forming an opinion about movies I am yet to watch. I had tried to stay 'grown-up' regarding the two phenomena unleashed by this film - Imran Khan mania and Genelia D'Souza making it to the top 10 of Google India Zeitgeist 2008 <http://sites.google.com/a/pressatgoogle.com/zeitgeist08-in/>. Imran Khan <http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1405359/> looked like his uncle Aamir Khan's clone and Genelia <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genelia_D%27Souza>, well, what was the big fuss about her, we had already seen her in Boys<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boys_(film)>, right? Well, the credit of all the hoopla goes to the film.
It is the usual handsome guy falls for the beautiful girl type of college romance, but it becomes interesting because it is contemporary, the dialogs are natural so are the actors and have some hummable songs thanks to A.R.Rehman. I think credit for making this run of the mill story a success goes to the writer-director, Abbas Tyrewala<http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1063072/> . Also worth mentioning is the unique vein of comedy in the film. There is the framed and revered picture of Amar Singh Rathore(played by Naseeruddin Shah who is a talking picture a la Harry Potter) which conducts an ongoing fight from beyond the grave with his wife Savitri(played by Reena Pathak Shah, Naseeruddin Shah's real life wife) which is entertaining to say the least. Another actor with perfect comic timing is Sohail Khan, another of those unexpected funny characters and yes, don't to forget the horses - the Rajput way of fighting global warming. Review: A timepass full-fledged entertainer. http://drummersdiaries.blogspot.com/2008/12/jaane-tu-ya-jaane-na.html -- regards, Vithur
