Ah well. This is definitely one of the better Bollywood attempts at Romantic Comedy. This film is essentially old wine in a new bottle - a very new bottle. Take a bit of "It happened One Night", toss it with a pinch of "Jetlag" and add parts of "French Kiss" for fluffiness. You get the idea. But the point here is that this heady mixture does seem to work! Aditya Kashyap (Shahid) is the scion of a grand business empire and has recently taken over as the head of the group after the death of his father. But currently work is the last thing on his mind as his girlfriend ditches him. In a very melancholy mood, Aditya just walks into a Delhi-bound train where he meets Geet (Kareena). Geet is a complete day-dreamer of a girl and is in high spirits as she plans to elope with her old boyfriend. Only she hasn't planned it out.
Aditya and Geet don't along well at all but as fate could have it they both miss the train at an nondescript station. Out of obligation, Aditya helps Geet to get to her parents' place, Bhatinda. But the story doesn't end there.
Geet wants to run off to Manali to her boyfriend before her folks marry her off to some old family friend. And for the lack of a better person, she drags Aditya into the mess as well. At the end of it, Aditya goes home completely inspired by Geet's optimism and the positive attitude and applies the same to mend his broken personal life and business.
Then there are some plot twists here and there. But the screenplay is excellent and engages the viewer. It is quite light hearted film and avoids clichéd or raunchy humour. The comedy and the relationship between the lead pair is handled superbly.
Kareena has never been among my favourites but she has always given some good performance and she doesn't disappoint this time either. However, I was quite pleasantly surprised at Shahid Kapoor's performance. He has underplayed his role in the first half beautifully. I was quite impressed really - I was hoping that this will turn out to be one of his SRK-aping ham marathons. Good work. And, if I use this overused term, the "chemistry" between the 2 Kapoors is brilliant. The cinematography doesn't let the film down either. Plus it has been mostly shot on location (Shimla, Manali, etc.) so it is refreshing to watch. The first half especially has all the shades of a road movie - a genre I love. Good script and spunky music adds to the effect. On the whole, nothing is out of note. Good movie.
Aditya and Geet don't along well at all but as fate could have it they both miss the train at an nondescript station. Out of obligation, Aditya helps Geet to get to her parents' place, Bhatinda. But the story doesn't end there.
Geet wants to run off to Manali to her boyfriend before her folks marry her off to some old family friend. And for the lack of a better person, she drags Aditya into the mess as well. At the end of it, Aditya goes home completely inspired by Geet's optimism and the positive attitude and applies the same to mend his broken personal life and business.
Then there are some plot twists here and there. But the screenplay is excellent and engages the viewer. It is quite light hearted film and avoids clichéd or raunchy humour. The comedy and the relationship between the lead pair is handled superbly.
Kareena has never been among my favourites but she has always given some good performance and she doesn't disappoint this time either. However, I was quite pleasantly surprised at Shahid Kapoor's performance. He has underplayed his role in the first half beautifully. I was quite impressed really - I was hoping that this will turn out to be one of his SRK-aping ham marathons. Good work. And, if I use this overused term, the "chemistry" between the 2 Kapoors is brilliant. The cinematography doesn't let the film down either. Plus it has been mostly shot on location (Shimla, Manali, etc.) so it is refreshing to watch. The first half especially has all the shades of a road movie - a genre I love. Good script and spunky music adds to the effect. On the whole, nothing is out of note. Good movie.