Jab We Met movie is a 2007 Bollywood romantic comedy film writer and directer is Imtiaz Ali. The film, producer is Dhillin Mehta under Shree Ashtavinayak Cinevision Ltd, This film leading stars cast are Kareena Kapoor and Shahid Kapoor with Dara Singh, Pavan Malhotra and Saumya Tandon in supporting roles.
Primarily based in Mumbai, Bathinda, and Shimla, Jab We Met tells the story of a feisty Punjabi girl, Geet Dhillon, who is sent off track when she bumps into a depressed Mumbai businessman, Aditya Kashyap, on an overnight train 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 corporate business after being dumped by his girlfriend, Aditya has no destination in mind, until Geet forces him to accompany her back home to her family, and then on to elope with her secret boyfriend, Anshuman.
Jab We Met movie Released 26th October worldwide Except in the United Kingdom one day ahead on 25th October, with mostly Critics Positive remaks and also the film became a hit at the Indian box office as well as overseas.
The distributors of the film, Shree Ashtavinayak Cinevision Ltd, announced that Jab We Met would be remade by corporate entity Moser Baer in four other Indian languages: Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, and Malayalam. However, eventually, it was remade only in Tamil as Kanden Kadhalai.
Jab We Met film won several awards, including a National Film Award for Best Female Playback Singer awarded to Shreya Ghoshal for the song Yeh Ishq Haaye, which remained a chartbuster for many weeks.
- Directer : Imtiaz Ali
- Producer : Dhillin Mehta
- Screenplay : Imtiaz Ali
- Story : Imtiaz Ali
- Starring : Kareena Kapoor,Shahid Kapoor,Saumya Tandon
- Music/Songs : Pritam,Sandesh Shandilya
- Background score : Sanjoy Chowdhury
- Cinematography : Natarajan Subramaniam
- Editor : Aarti Bajaj
- Art Direction : Teddy Maurya
- Assistant Director : Vikash Agarwal, Sunaina Bhatnagar, Suma K., Satish Raj Kasireddi, Rajesh Tibrawal
- Action Director : R.P. Yadav
- Distributor : Shree Ashtavinayak Cine Vision Ltd
- Genres : Comedy, Drama, Romance
- Release date : 26 October 2007
- Running time : 142 min
- Country : India
- Language : Hindi
Jab We Met full movie :
Star Cast of the film :
- Shahid Kapoor as a Aditya D. Kashyap
- Kareena Kapoor as a Geet Kaur Dhillon
- Tarun Arora as a Anshuman
- Dara Singh as a Dadaji
- Pavan Malhotra as a Geet’s Chacha
- Kamal Tiwari
- Kiran Juneja as a Mrs. Dhillon
- Divya Seth Shah as a Mrs. Khanna
- Saumya Tandon as a Roop Kaur Dhillon
- Nihar Thakkar as a Raghav
- Manushka Khisty as a Meher
- F.J. Jussawala as a Mother’s lawyer
- Vishal Om Prakash as a Aditya’s lawyer
- Rohini Sahni as a Bride
- Deepak Sharma as a Groom
- Sheikh Noor Islaam as a Beggar
- Basant Sinha as a Coolie
- Shyam Mashalkar as a Man 1
- Lalit Parashar as a Man 2
- Vidyasagar Singh as a Man 3
- Arnab Mukherjee as a Man at the toilet door
- Nishikant Dixit as a Ticket master
- Abbas Saed as a Man at train door
- Nishi Singh as a Vendor woman
- Arvind Jayant as a Guard
- Brijendra Kala as a Taxi driver
- Asif Basra as a Ratlam Station Vendor
- Sada Yadav as a Vendor 2 (as Sadanand Yadav)
- Sushil Pandey as a Gang of four: Man 1
- Vijay Singh as a Gang of four: Man 2
- Raymond D’Souza as a Gang of four: Man 3
- Jitendra Rai as a Gang of four: Man 4
- Kishore Pradhan as a Station master
- Yajuvendra Singh as a Motor biker
- Teddy Maurya as a Hotel clerk
- Ismeet Kaur as a Aditya and Geet’s kid 1
- Shreya Bhatt as a Aditya and Geet’s kid 2
- Veer Pratap Singh as a Manjeet Khosla
- Pravin Purva as a Dadiji
- Gurveer Singh as a Geet’s brother
- Billa as a Roop’s father
- Anita Meet as a Roop’s mother
- Jassimrat Kaur as a Roop’s sister
- Prem Puneeta as a Sexy aunty
- Kaka Canadian as a Amrik (as Kaka Canadian ‘KC’)
- Ananya Khare as a Amrik’s Sister 1
- Zoya as a Amrik’s sister 2
- Narendra Neena as a Chacha 2
- Aman Bhogal as a Chachi #2
- Harkeerat as a Cousin 1
- Meenakshi as a Bhabhi
- Harsimran as a Bhabhi’s husband
- Raman Dhillon as a Aunty Raman
- Aman Sahota as a Maid
- Ikhatar Singh as a Servant
- Majhi as a Gardener
- Amanda Jajoo as a Mandi
- Rubina as a Geet’s Sister
Jab We Met movie Songs / Music :
This film Music Director is Pritam Chakraborty with lyrics writer is Irshad Kamil.The Background score composer is Sanjoy Chowdhury.
One song “Aaoge Jab Tum” is Composed by Sandesh Shandilya and lyricist is Faaiz Anwar, the film’s music was released on 21 September 2007 by lead actress, Kareena Kapoor on the musical show Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Challenge 2007.
List of Songs with Playback singer’s name as per below :
- “Mauja Hi Mauja”……………Mika Singh
- “Tum Se Hi”…………………Mohit Chauhan
- “Yeh Ishq Haye”…………….Shreya Ghoshal
- “Nagada Nagada”…………..Sonu Nigam, Javed Ali
- “Aao Milo Chalein”…………..Shaan, Ustad Sultan Khan
- “Aaoge Jab Tum”……………..Rashid Khan
- “Tum Se Hi (Remix)”………….Mohit Chauhan
- “Yeh Ishq Haye (Remix)”………….Shreya Ghoshal, Antara Mitra
- “Mauja Hi Mauja (Remix)”…………Mika Singh
- “Tum Se Hi (Instrumental)”……..Instrumental
“Mauja Hi Mauja” full video song :
- Singer : Mika Singh
- Lyricist : Irshad Kamil
- Music : Pritam
- Music Label : T-Series
“Yeh Ishq Haye” full song :
- Singer : Shreya Ghoshal
- Lyricist : Irshad Kamil
- Music : Pritam
- Music Label : T-Series
“Tum Se Hi” full video song :
- Singer : Mohit Chauhan
- Lyricist : Irshad Kamil
- Music : Pritam
- Music Label : T-Series
Joginder Tuteja from IndiaFM gave the music 3.5 out of 5 stars saying, “In 2007, Pritam may have been come up with good music in number of films […] But if there is one album that impresses most after Life in a… Metro and turns out to be most satisfying experience, it is Jab We Met. The album is a perfect example of how to get a quality music which mixes songs for different segments of audience.”
Movietalkies.com rated the album 4 out of 5 stars, describing the album as “certainly one of the better albums that have come out this year … Pritam has shown a depth and width of imagination in the manner in which he has used so many different genres and mixed them together to create a fascinating journey of music.”
The film’s music started at number 8 and later reached to number 5 during its second week. Over the next several weeks, the album steadily started climbing up the music charts and saw the album sales increase after the film’s release.
During the week of 19 November the album replaced the music of Om Shanti Om and moved up to number 1 but fell back to number 2 the following week. Despite competition from the release of newer music album, the album stayed at the top for over nine weeks. According to the Indian trade website Box Office India, with around 19,00,000 units sold, this film’s music album was the year’s second highest-selling.
Pre -Post Production :
Pre-Production :
Pre-production work on the film started in early 2007 when Shree Ashtavinayak Cinevision Ltd announced that director Imtiaz Ali would be directing the then real-life couple Shahid and Kareena Kapoor in their first “full-fledged romantic drama”. When Imtiaz started casting for the film, Preity Zinta was the director’s first choice to portray the role of Geet Dhillon whilst actor Bobby Deol was the first choice for the role of Aditya Kashyap but Shahid replaced Bobby after Imtiaz met him and discovered the actor was more than a poster boy, while when Preity refused to do the film the role went to Kareena.
On the two lead actors, Imtiaz said that, “I wanted a girl who could look natural in scenes where she misses the train. She had to be without make-up, someone who could be hyper, talkative and interesting but not irritating. I was never a fan of Kareena and hadn’t seen too many of her flicks, but I just knew Kareena was perfect as Geet, On the other hand, When I met Shahid, I realised he wasn’t the forgettable actor that he comes across in several of his movies. He has gone through a lot in life and that maturity had never been brought out. He was perfect for the role of a young, mature, quiet guy.”
Shooting of the film :
The film was shot throughout the Punjab region, and film shooting started on 20 March 2007 in Chandigarh and later headed to Shimla and Manali, where the crew filmed a song on the Himalayas and the Rohtang Pass.
Manish Malhotra selected as a the costume designer. The summer shots in Punjab of the haveli were filmed in Nabha near Patiala. While shooting the final schedule of the film in Mumbai, sources had indicated that the lead pair (Shahid Kapoor – Kareena Kapoor ) had broken up. Though the media projected it as a publicity stunt for the film, it was later confirmed that the couple had indeed parted ways.
The title of the film was decided by a popular vote; moviegoers had a choice between Punjab Mail, Ishq Via Bhatinda (‘Love via Bhatinda’) and Jab We Met.
Post-Production and Promotion :
To promote the film, the actors appeared separately on different television shows. Kareena Kapoor appeared as guest judge on the singing talent contest Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Challenge 2007 whilst Shahid Kapoor appeared on Amul STAR Voice of India and Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa; they later appeared together on the television show Nach Baliye.
Apart from this, the producers also painted two full local trains in Mumbai from the Western and Central lines with Jab We Met imagery, where Shahid Kapoor chatted up with fellow passengers and informed them about the movie. On the night of 23 October 2007, a special preview of the film was organized at Yash Raj Studios in Mumbai for those associated with the film and their families.
Review of the film :
This film reviews are Highly positive reviews from Critics.
- Critics mainly appreciated the film for its simplicity, its romance, saying that it was “one of the finest romantic films to come out of Bollywood in 2007”. The film’s direction and performances were particularly appreciated.
- Taran Adarsh from indiaFM gave the film a 3.5 out of 5 rating saying it is “as refreshing as an ice-cold watermelon juice in scorching heat.”
- Subhash K. Jha wrote, “…Jab We Met is the kind of cinematic experience that is hard to come by in this day and age of smoky cynicism and borrowed rage.”
- Rajeev Masand from CNN-IBN, who gave the film 3 stars out of 5, described it as “a film bursting with the kind of lovely little moments that’ll bring a smile to your face.
- Khaled Mohamed, of the Hindustan Times, gave the film 3 out of 5 stars, saying the film, “is quite a delight, particularly for the chirpy-chirpy-cheep-cheep girl and the retentive, moan-groan boy. Directed with a flair for garnishing even the most abject of circumstances with humour and irony, here’s a feel-cool movie. Wonderful.
Box office Collection :
- Day 1-Friday…………..1.70 Cr
- Day 2-Saturday………2.30 Cr
- Day 3-Sunday………..2.80 Cr
- Day 4-Monday………..2.10 Cr
- Day 5-Tuesday………..1.50 Cr
- Day 6-Wednesday…….0.85 Cr
- Day 7-Thursday……….0.35 Cr
- Week 1 Collection…….11.60 Cr
- Day 8 -Friday………….1.43 Cr
- Day 9-Saturday……….1.60 Cr
- Day 10-Sunday………..2.04 Cr
- Day 11-Monday……….1.20 Cr
- Day 12-Tuesday………..0.80 Cr
- Day 13-Wednesday……0.55 Cr
- Day 14 -Thursday……..0.30 Cr
- Week 2 Collection……..7.92 Cr
- Week 3 Collection……..5.40 Cr
- Week 4 Collection…….3.58 Cr
- Week 5 Collection……1.50 Cr
- Week 6 Collection……0.60 Cr
- Week 7 Collection……0.20 Cr
- Week 8 Collection……..0.05 Cr
- Total Net Collection…..30.85 Cr
- India Gross Collection…….41.65 Cr
- Overseas Collection……….7.22 Cr
- Worldwide Collection Gross…….48.87 Cr
- Jab We Met movie Budget :…… 15.00 Cr
- Jab We Met Verdict : SUPER HIT
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