Jab We Met (
Hindi: जब वी मेट,
English: When We Met) is a
2007 Hindi romantic comedy film. Directed and written by Imtiaz Ali, the film, produced by Dhillin Mehta under Shree Ashtavinayak Cinevision Ltd, stars
Shahid Kapoor and
Kareena Kapoor in their fourth film together.
Dara Singh and
Saumya Tandon, prominent actors from the north
Indian film industry, played the roles of the lead character's relatives in the movie.
The film tells the story of a feisty Punjabi girl who is sent off track when she bumps into a depressed Mumbai businessman on an overnight sleeper to Delhi. While attempting to get him back on board when he alights at a station stop, both are left stranded in the middle of nowhere. Having walked out of his pressurised corporate job, the man has no destination in mind, until the girl forces him to accompany her back home and then on to elope with her secret boyfriend.
Releasing in the
U.K., a day before its worldwide release of
October 26,
2007, the film went on to become a major hit at the Indian box office as well as doing good business overseas. Owing to its success, the distributors of the film, Shree Ashtavinayak Cinevision Ltd, announced that Jab We Met would be remade by corporate entity Moser Baer in four South Indian languages --
Tamil,
Telugu,
Kannada and
MalayalamAditya Kashyap (
Shahid Kapoor), a demoralized industrialist, gets even more depressed after attending the marriage of the girl he loves to another. Feeling ashamed to face the world, he walks out of the marriage gathering and boards a train in the night. There he meets Geet Dhillon (
Kareena Kapoor), a beautiful, talkative girl who is leaving Mumbai to go to her hometown - Bhatinda (Punjab).
Initially, Geet irritates Aditya greatly, and every meeting becomes mental torture for him. She discloses big plans to him of eloping with her boyfriend Anshuman (Tarun Arora) as she fears resentment from her parents. Geet irritates Aditya to the point of getting him to leave the train. As she tries to get him back on the train, she ends up missing it and the two find themselves stranded on a desolate station with no luggage or money. Geet confronts Aditya and tells him that he is now responsible for getting her safely to her house in Punjab. Both of them begin an idyllic journey through the exuberant North Indian heartland, and make their way through buses, taxis and camel-carts to reach her house.
Kareena Kapoor as Geet Dhillon in the film
On arrival, Geet's family (Pawan Malhotra,
Dara Singh and Kiran Juneja) mistakes the two for lovers. Before this misconception can be cleared, Geet escapes to her boyfriend in Manali. Aditya leaves with her, confirming the suspicion that they are lovers. In Manali, Aditya feels empowered to return to Mumbai and resurrect his ailing business.
Destiny despises Geet's love story as Anshuman avoids and dumps her. On the other hand, Aditya begins to do well in life after he resurrects his failing business empire. One day, Geet's family, who think that she is with him, confronts Aditya. He is shocked to learn that Geet has not returned home. He takes it upon himself to find her and tells her family that he will bring her home in ten days.
Aditya finally tracks her down in a Himalayan town and is traumatized to learn about Geet's misfortune. Convincing her to face her circumstances, he manages to patch up her relationship with Anshuman, and all three travel back to Bhatinda to announce that Geet and Anshuman are involved. Back in Bhatinda, the family again assumes that Geet and Aditya are together. While trying to clear the misconception, situations make Geet realise that she is in love with Aditya not Anshuman, and they get married.
[
edit] Cast
As featured in the film:
Shahid Kapoor and
Kareena Kapoor (l-r) in the film
Shahid Kapoor as Aditya Kashyap - Burdened by the thought of having to live up to the formidable reputation of his late father, Aditya, a young industrialist is full of angst and despair. He is so busy fighting his own insecurities that he refuses to enjoy life. Till a hurricane named Geet enters his dreary, grey world and shows him how colorful life can be.
Kareena Kapoor as Geet Dhillon - A Sikhni from Bhatinda, Geet is the incessant chatterbox who views the world through rose coloured spectacles. Everything looks pink and beautiful in her life. For her, life is fun and a game – to be enjoyed to the fullest. Nothing can ever go wrong in Geet’s world because she just won’t let it.
Pawan Malhotra as ... Geet's uncle
Dara Singh as ... Geet's grandfather
Kiran Juneja as ... Geet's mother
Saumya Tandon as ... Roop
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