Movie Review: Jaane Tu Ya Jaane Na

I saw jaane tu ya jaane Na today at select citywalk in Saket (that’s a really pricy mall, but that’s another story) and I will give a no-holds barred critique of the movie today. I am kind of scared to do a critique through any other media, especially vocally, because the movie was liked and appreciated by many and they would descend on me in droves for that. So I won’t rate the movie or have an overall impression of it. I just intend to bang on my keyboard whatever crosses my mind during this time.
Ok. Imran Khan has been cast well into a role that suits him. But what’s the deal with Genelia (I think that’s the name of the female lead actress). She’s slightly screechy, shrieky and annoying. I don’t think that she does justice to the role. I thought that the role of the hot-headed, red-blooded Aditi deserved somebody better. The actress is good in pieces, and sometimes she’s really great, but I don’t feel that is a consistent performance.
You, the reader may have extremely different views but I guess everyone is entitled to their point of view and I am just expressing mine.
I really liked the characters like the corrupt police guy, played by Paresh Rawal; the lead guy’s parents and their extremely different views on violence and parenting, Aditi’s introvert brother and the two weird people on horseback.
The movie was quite funny in places but some of the jokes were old and worn.
The movie became really stretchy in places where the two lead actors contemplate their feelings, and do pretty much nothing else. Also it was very predictable, especially in the middle.
Oh yeah. And people whose parents don’t get along, or fight all the time, or get a divorce, or are about ( you get the drift) do not always end up distorting reality and living in denial unlike the character Meghna in the movie ( I guess that was the name of the female who had the bizarre “what’s this” game).
Oh and the songs. I liked most of them, but for the life of me I cant remember them, let alone hum them, except for maybe “kahin pe nigahein” and that is because I heard it on the radio a couple of times today.

In the end… I won’t conclude because I leave that to you.

However I realised that my reality is very different form what was depicted in the movie. I don’t know why but I just felt that way.