Review: Jab We Met

A lot of people who visit my blog( I say a lot, but it's only really a handful :) ) have told me that I should write something on a subject other than my favourite sport, so here's a change of pace. I've decided to do a review on Jab We Met(Surprised! Don't be the blog is called Random Musings you know.). I would not call myself a keen movie critic , neither do I have a critic's eye, nor do I watch many movies(especially not Bollywood). I'm doing this just for fun and advise you not to form an opinion on Jab we Met based on my silly ramblings.

So here it goes, you will love Jab we Met, if you are a middle aged woman(since you are reading my blog, I suppose that is unlikely), if not, it'll come off as a so-so timepass. This is one of Shahid kapoor's better performances(anything will be better than 36 China Town), though nothing too special. Kareena Kapoor tries hard to fit her role, but you just can't see her as a whole hearted Punjabi extrovert. The movie moves back and forth between a slapstick comedy and an overdone melodrama, with plenty of not so subtle jokes on our favourite three letter word(you can guess it, can't you?). The movie begins with a chance meeting between Shahid and Kareena in a train. Shahid is depressed because he has just lost his girlfriend but Kareena is jubilant because she is all set to elope with her boyfriend. Kareena's energy and zest for life manages to change Shahid's outlook(he goes from being suicidal to Mr. Happy Go Lucky by the interval) and they set about singing and dancing(the typical stuff) to unite Kareena with her boyfriend. In the process Kareena starts to fall in love with Shahid(could that have been more obvious), an hour of cliches later they are happily married and the movie ends with an item song. There, that is my frank opinion on the movie. The only outstanding aspect of the movie is the soundtrack, that exudes Punjabi energy( spoken like a true Punjabi, ehh...?), the rest is all routine and uninspiring.
Watch Jab we Met if you have nothing better to do, but if you decide to devote two and a half hours to it during CTs or end sems you'll be disappointed. I give it 3/5.