Socha Na Tha, Ahista Ahista, Jab We Met & Love Aaj Kal.. so what’s common here? haha, not many know but.. the guy Imtiaz Ali, the director is the common man.. he was involved majorly in all these movies.. (As a director in all except Ahista Ahista) and I must say, whenever this guy is around, the movie has to be good.. his movies make me feel that, Yeah, there is someone who believes in a common man story, no hanky panky, no complications.. simple straightforward story told in a way which a common man understands..
Okay, so without praising the guy much, let me jump directly to the story and review..
The story is very very simple.. actually it is quite predictable too.. but then, all the love stories are predictable..
Jay (Saif Ali Khan) & Meera (Deepika Padukone) are crazy guys, they both hang out with each other but they don’t realize that they are in love.. though they are officially carrying on but they just don’t know if it’s love or not.. One fine day.. they decide to break up as Meera was moving out to India for work and Jay was not ready for the long distance relationship. (Basically they didn’t believe in long distance relationship) But they both remained in constant touch, after sometime, they both decide to find their life partners, infact, they both find too.. but now the question is, do they still love each other? Well.. it’s not so difficult to guess the other part of the story but it will be good idea to watch the movie and finding it out 
Now, it’s time for my views..
Actually, it took me 10 – 15 minutes in the start to catch up with the pace of the movie.. it was way too fast for me.. but then I realized, it wasn’t fast.. the fast pace was needed as “how they meet each other” was not so important here.. I really liked the way Jay & Meera were portrayed but for some reason, I found something lacking in the part of Veer & Halreen Harmeet, though their part had many good scenes but somehow it just did not click much compared to Jay & Meera. (May be they tried to do things little bit in hurry there) But apart from that, everything was pretty much in good place. Well directed, well edited.. in short a well crafted movie..
Now time for the quick take on few other things. Dialogues, I think, after a long time, I have seen a movie with meaningful & funny dialogues.. I was actually fed up of those double meaning, crappy dialogues where actors force themselves to make every laugh.. (Kambakht Ishq is the best example), it was pretty natural here.. haha the break up party was pretty new concept LOL
On the acting front, Deepika Padukone rocked.. infact, she was excellent right from her first movie, Om Shanti Om.. I can see this female taking number one spot very soon.. great acting.. Saif Ali Khan was very impressive too.. Oh yea, how can I forget, Rishi Kapoor, he had a very limited role but whatever he did, he did perfectly..
On the music front, I really liked the songs. infact, I loved each and every song.. the dance numbers were, too good… (specially, Chor Bazari & Aahun Aahun)
As mentioned earlier, Direction and Editing were just perfect, just the Veer’s part should have handled in bit better way.. but never mind, it doesn’t affect he whole movie much..
So overall, I really liked the movie and I am pretty much sure that you will also like it.. I would rate it Rating: 
and you must watch it in theater.. book your tickets now, there are high chances of not getting the tickets..
On the box office front, I see it passing with flying colors
7.31.2009
Wow so worth watching! Thanks for the review
7.31.2009
Love- old wine in new(er) bottle. Not gonna watch it in theater. Thanks for the review
7.31.2009
u sure i can watch this movie after jvm.?
7.31.2009
Oh yea, definitely, both are different type of movies..
7.31.2009
Interesting, finally after a loooooooooooooooong time get to see a good movie review, so hopefully bollywood is back on track after a long strike and flops
8.1.2009
awesome movie yaar, refreshing and new.. Not very filmy.. Had some very funny lines..
The punjabi girl was cute, couldnt see her real name, any idea??? And yeah, her movie name was Harleen Kaur..
8.1.2009
Utkarsh – her name is Fagun Thakrar – here is the bio: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm2169811/
8.1.2009
THE MOVIE HAS GOOD STUFF OF ROMANCE AND VALUE OF LOVE. IT WILL ROCK IN EVERY SOFT HEART. THE PERFORMANCES OF ALL IS ABOVE GOOD. SUPERB WORK IMTIAZ……AFTER A LONG TIME IT HAS WORTH TO SPEND MONEY IN MULTIPLEX.
8.1.2009
Certainly failed to meet my expectations.. The last 30 mins were terrible.. Nothing new and completely lacks entertainment value…
Dud from Imtiaz.. finally
2.5
8.3.2009
Nice Review. Will watch it tomorrow. I specially liked the dance number – Twist.
8.3.2009
Nice review… Watched the movie yesterday… really an enjoyable film…
btw, the real name of harleen kaur seems to be Giselle Monterio..
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giselle_Monteiro
8.3.2009
Ronak – it’s Fagun Tharkar. Check my reply to Utkarsh.
8.5.2009
3.5 Stars, I don’t think this movie is worthily of that. 2.5 should do the job
Can be better movie if
1. replace Deepika with Katrnia, Saif with Akki, Sardar Saif with Sardar Akki.
2. Direction need improvements in some scenes
Its a one time watch. PERIOD
8.7.2009
Ronak – You were right, the name is Giselle Monteiro, I made a goofup
8.8.2009
Well, your review’s exactly opposite to my opinions! Me thot Jai-Meera story was lacking everything, never mind love itself! Veer-Harleen was more impressive and well handled.
Deepika’s a dud actress…mebbe she’ll clinch the numero uno non-acting-heroine spot someday. Her BSNL ad was better than her portrayal of Meera Pandit!
The two-and-half reasons for watching this would be for Saif, Rishi and Giselle(0.25)/Songs(0.25).
P.S: IMO, of corz.
8.14.2009
Friday is here again. No going to movies without reading a review here first
8.14.2009
No movie reviews today.. theaters are shut in Mumbai
10.6.2009
THE MOVIE HAS GOOD STUFF OF ROMANCE AND VALUE OF LOVE. IT WILL ROCK IN EVERY SOFT HEART. THE PERFORMANCES OF ALL IS ABOVE GOOD. SUPERB WORK IMTIAZ……AFTER A LONG TIME IT HAS WORTH TO SPEND MONEY IN MULTIPLEX.