Jaane Tu …. Ya Jaane Na..........................When do you know........ its love?

Cast: Imran Khan,Genelia D’souza, Alishka Varde, Nirav Mehta, Suganda Garg,, Karan Makhija, Manjari, Ayaz Khan, Pratiek Babbar, Ratna Pathak Shah, Naseeruddin Shah, Anuradha Patel, Jayant Kriplani, Renuka Kunzru,

Director, Story, Lyrics: Abbas Tyrewala
Music: A.R. Rahman
Producers: Aamir Khan & Mansoor Khan

Genre: Teen Romance; family viewing possible.
Official Website: http://www.jaanetu.com/
Rating: ***1/2
Review: Birjis Adeni Rashed

The aim and intention of my reviews is to critique and recommend while not revealing the whole story to enjoy the movie when seen. Minor details may have been divulged for proper review!


Every few years Bollywood releases a Teen Romance with new faces, fresh and innocent characters, and simplistic storyline but presented differently. Qaymat se Qayamat tak, Jo Jeeta Wohi Sikander, Kuch kuch hota hai, and such fall in this slot. Jaane Tu… Ya Jaane Na is another such fresh performance. Jaane Tu though is not on par with QSQT or Kuch Kuch.. but some times good timing( interval of few years between such romance’s) works!

This movie is about adopted pet names Rats (Jai Rathore –Imran Khan) Meow (Aditi- Genelia D’souza),Jiggy(Jignesh-Nirav Mehta) Rotlu/whiner( Ravidran- Karan Makhija) Bombs( Sandhya-Alishka Varde), Shaleen(Suganda Garg) and fun parties and college; friendships and relationships; Love and romance, and confusion in understanding what it is!

The movie’s novelty was in building depth in some characters and detailing on relationships and bonding. It makes earnest effort to show special connections in relationships of friends, relationships of siblings, and parents with kids. The spontaneity in acting; very casual and jovial dialogues (“phone pe beta, phone pe…” a response to how the past 5 years in college went by!); happy, simplistic and realist characters with clean story for a change, make it a comfortable watch.


The movie also had some inadequacies. The not so strong story, filled with a lot of clichés and filmy style situations, looses its grip in the middle of the movie. Luckily for some freshness sake the audience accepts the glitches and enjoys the fun ride.

Imran shows a lot of polish and maturity in his debut performance and his spontaneity and looks remind you of Aamir, but he lacks Aamir’s QSQT cute looks. Genelia is lively and very expressive and natural performer. The gang of friends- all new faces handle their characters well, though a balding teenager is odd! Ratna Pathak Shah and Pratiek Babbar (smita patil’s son ) have excellent performances. Naseeruddin shah talking in portrait has a hilarious act.


The music by A.R. Rahman has two songs which stand out-“Kabhi Kabhi Aditi” with a melodious new playback singer Rashid Ali, and “Papu can’t Dance Sala!”