Jaane Tu Ya Jaane Na
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Jaane Tu... Ya Jaane Na is a 2008 Bollywood
Bollywood
Bollywood is the informal term popularly used for the Hindi-language film industry based in Mumbai , Maharashtra, India. The term is often incorrectly used to refer to the whole of Indian cinema; it is only a part of the total Indian film industry, which includes other production centers producing...

 film, written and directed by Abbas Tyrewala
Abbas Tyrewala
Abbas Tyrewala is an Hindi film storywriter, screenwriter, dialogue writer and director. After making his mark as a screenwriter and dialogue writer in early 2000s, with award winning films like Maqbool , Munnabhai M.B.B.S. , he made his debut as a director with a breezy romantic comedy, Jaane Tu...

. The film stars Imran Khan
Imran Khan (actor)
Imran Khan is an Indian American film actor. He is the nephew of actor Aamir Khan and producer-director Mansoor Khan.Khan rose to stardom for his debut role in the 2008 blockbuster film Jaane Tu... Ya Jaane Na. The film won him the Filmfare Award for Best Male Debut...

 and Genelia D'Souza
Genelia D'Souza
Genelia D'Souza is an Indian actress, model, and host. She has appeared in Telugu, Hindi, Tamil, Kannada, and Malayalam language films. After gaining wide attention in a Parker Pen commercial with Amitabh Bachchan, D'Souza began her acting career with Tujhe Meri Kasam in 2003...

 in pivotal roles. Produced by Mansoor Khan
Mansoor Khan
Mansoor Khan, son of film maker Nasir Hussain, made his directorial debut with Qayamat Se Qayamat Tak which launched the career of his cousin Aamir Khan. The film, a soft Romeo-Juliet inspired romantic drama, was a huge success...

 and Aamir Khan
Aamir Khan
Aamir Hussain Khan is an Indian film actor, director and producer who has established himself as one of the leading actors of Hindi cinema....

, it marks the directional debut of Abbas Tyrewala, the debut of Imran Khan (Aamir Khan's nephew) as an actor, and the re-appearance of D'Souza in Hindi cinema. Released on 4 July 2008, the film received favourable reviews, and went on to enjoy success at the box office.

Plot

The story begins at the airport, when Rotlu, Jiggy, Bombs and Shaleen offer to tell Mala the tale of Jai and Aditi, a love story with joys and sorrows, happiness and heartbreaks, laughter, songs and fights, and...a climax at the airport.

Meet Jai Singh Rathore, a.k.a ‘Rats’, the most non-violent Rajput ever. Meet Aditi Mahant, aka ‘Meow‘, a highly aggressive, impulsive girl. She abuses. She scratches (hence the name Meow).However, Jai and Aditi are college-going best buddies.

Jai and Aditi are perfect for each other. Their friends know this. Their parents know this. Everybody but the two themselves know this.

Aditi dreams of a virile, macho husband, while Jai wants a sweet, romantic girl. Since the two of them don't believe that they are in love, they decide to hunt for a perfect life partner for each other.

Jai falls in love with Meghna at first sight in a club where two psychos were misbehaving with her. He saves her, not by fighting but by tricking the two psychos, who always ride horses. Meghna always plays the game of imagination, “What’s this?” When Meghna and Jai get close to each other, Rotlu, Jiggy, Bombs and Shaleen are happy for Jai but nobody notices that Aditi was missing Jai’s company. Aditi notices changes in Jai’s behaviour.

Meghna informs Jai that her parents squabble together but cannot stay without each other. She says this is really "cute." Jai visits Meghna’s parents. Her father is an alcoholic. Her parents always argue with each other and Jai feels uncomfortable with them.

When Jai goes to meet Meghna's parents, he misses Aditi's surprise birthday party. She is hurt by this and acts rudely to Jai when he goes to wish her later that evening.

Aditi gets engaged to her father’s friend’s son, Sushant. Sushant is a spoilt playboy. At Jiggy’s birthday bash, Aditi introduces her fiancé. Then everyone decides to dance. Aditi is disturbed because she is jealous seeing Jai with Meghna, and Jai is upset that Aditi is engaged and disturbed. Aditi becomes emotional seeing Jai. In the middle of the dance, Sushant thinks Aditi is crying because she likes him and kisses her. Jai sees this and stops dancing abruptly. While taking Meghana home, she tries to cheer him up, but it just results him in becoming more angry. He shouts at Meghana for acting childishly.

Jai realizes that Meghna is a girl who runs from the reality and hides in rather stupid refuges. Meghna breaks down, and lets Jai know how she became this way, and why. Meghna shares her dark childhood story of her father having an extra-marital affair and her mother leaving the residence, but later only returning for Meghna's sake. Meghna is hurt when she sees her parents in pain solely on her account. But since there's no other way round, she decides to close her eyes and see things the way she wants, in a happy manner. Therefore, according to her, her parents fight in a very 'cute' manner. All is happy in the way she sees things, and does not want anyone to remove this veil before her eyes until she is ready for it. The next day, to cheer up things, she kids Jai by saying that Aditi is the right girl for him and he should marry her instead. Jai is taken aback when Meghna laughs and apologises, saying that she was only joking, and did not intend to shock Jai. But Jai reveals that there is more truth to the joke than Meghna thinks, and says that he is actually in love with Aditi. Meghna is shattered and leaves with a goodbye kiss. Aditi reveals her feelings for Jai under duress from Sushant, who slaps her on her face, leaving a bruise. Aditi decides to go to America to study film at New York University. Jai spots the bruise on Aditi’s face and thrashes Sushant for daring to lay a hand on her.

Jai gets arrested for thrashing Sushant and is put behind bars. There, he encounters the two psychos, Bhaloo and Bhageere, who were harassing Meghna in the club. However, they find out that they are closely related cousins, separated in childhood. They tell him that to become a man in their Rathore clan, he must complete three conditions: 1.) Thrash someone 2.) Get arrested 3.) Ride a horse. They tell him that his father was a brave man and fought heroically but died while doing so. Jai realizes that his mother lied to him by claiming that his father was a non-violent person. Unaware of all this, Aditi makes her way to the international airport. Jai rides a horse, borrowed from his cousin, and heads towards the airport to chase her.

He crosses the security and seeks for Aditi. He finds her and sings a song for her - "Tera Mujhse Hai Pehle Ka Nata Koi" - which is the same song that Jai had said in the beginning he'd sing for the love of his life. Aditi, delighted, hugs him.

Rotlu, Jiggy, Bombs and Shaleen conclude the story and welcome Jai and Aditi, just returning from their honeymoon, at the airport. Mala introduces herself to them as Jiggy’s girlfriend.

Cast

  • Imran Khan
    Imran Khan (actor)
    Imran Khan is an Indian American film actor. He is the nephew of actor Aamir Khan and producer-director Mansoor Khan.Khan rose to stardom for his debut role in the 2008 blockbuster film Jaane Tu... Ya Jaane Na. The film won him the Filmfare Award for Best Male Debut...

     as Jai Singh Rathore ('Rats')
  • Genelia D'Souza
    Genelia D'Souza
    Genelia D'Souza is an Indian actress, model, and host. She has appeared in Telugu, Hindi, Tamil, Kannada, and Malayalam language films. After gaining wide attention in a Parker Pen commercial with Amitabh Bachchan, D'Souza began her acting career with Tujhe Meri Kasam in 2003...

     as Aditi Mahant ('Meow')
  • Prateik Babbar as Amit Mahant
  • Ratna Pathak
    Ratna Pathak
    Ratna Pathak Shah is an Indian actress who works in Bollywood films.-Early life:Ratna Pathak was born in Mumbai, India to Bollywood actress, Dina Pathak. Her sister is actress Supriya Pathak. She is a very fine stage actor-Career:...

     as Savitri
  • Manjari Phadnis
    Manjari Phadnis
    Manjari Fadnis is an Indian film actress, who has appeared in Hindi, Telugu, Bengali and Tamil language films. She is best known for her performance in the 2008 Hindi film Jaane Tu... Ya Jaane Na.-Career:...

     as Meghna
  • Anuradha Patel
    Anuradha Patel
    -Early life:She was born in Mumbai. She is the maternal grand daughter of famous Hindi actor Ashok Kumar.-Personal life:She is married to actor Kanwaljit Singh. They have two sons Sidharth and Aaditya and a god-daughter, Mariam, who resides in the United States....

     as Aditi's mother
  • Jayant Kripalani
    Jayant Kripalani
    Jayant Kripalani is an Indian film, television and stage actor, director and trainer. Most known for TV series, like Khandaan, Mr. Ya Mrs and and Ji Mantriji . He also wrote the screenplay for Shyam Benegal's film, Well Done Abba...

     as Aditi's Father
  • Alishka Varde as Boms
  • Nirav Mehta as Jignesh Patel
  • Ayaz Khan
    Ayaz Khan
    Ayaz Khan is an Indian actor and model. He has appeared in such Hindi films as Jaane Tu... Ya Jaane Na. He also appeared as Shubhankar Rai on the STAR One medical drama Dill Mill Gayye. In 2010 he will appear opposite Rahul Bose and Esha Deol in Ghost Ghost Na Raha and will star in Apna Sa with...

     as Sushant Modi
  • Karan Makhija as Rotlu
  • Sugandha Garg
    Sugandha Garg
    -Career:She appeared as Shaleen in the Hindi-language film Jaane Tu... Ya Jaane Na . She also played the role of best friend to Gayatri Patel in the movie Let's Dance, released on June 19, 2009. She also played a role in My Name is Khan as a student reporter...

     as Shaleen
  • Renuka Kunzru as Mala
  • Naseeruddin Shah
    Naseeruddin Shah
    Naseeruddin Shah is an Indian / Bollywood film actor and director. He is considered to be one of the finest actors of Indian cinema. In 2003, the Government of India honored him with the Padma Bhushan for his contributions towards Indian cinema.-Early life:...

     as Jai Singh Rathore's father
  • Sohail Khan
    Sohail Khan
    Sohail Khan is an Indian director, writer, producer and actor working in the Hindi cinema. He is the younger brother of actors Salman Khan and Arbaaz Khan...

     as Vinay Singh Rathore
  • Arbaaz Khan as Kuber Singh Rathore
  • Paresh Rawal
    Paresh Rawal
    Paresh Rawal is an Indian actor of Gujarati background.Making his film debut in 1984, he mainly played supporting and villain roles throughout the 1980s and 1990s. Since 2000 he has mostly played comic roles.- Family and early life :...

     as Inspector P K Waghmare
  • Murli Sharma as Inspector Prakash
  • Kitu Gidwani
    Kitu Gidwani
    Kitu Gidwani is an Indian actress and model. She has starred in some movies as well as serials in Indian television. She became popular after a TV series, Air Hostess aired on Doordarshan in 1986, and received critical acclaimed for her roles in Dance of the Wind , Deepa Mehta's Earth , Govind...

     as Sheela (Meghna's mother)
  • Rajat Kapoor
    Rajat Kapoor
    Rajat Kapoor is an Indian actor, writer and director born in 1961.Kapoor was born in Delhi, India. As a teenager he would watch films with his family and decided to become a filmmaker at the age of 14. He mainly focused on acting at first...

     as Meghna's father
  • Padam Bhola as Vivek
  • Urvashi Shah as Richa

Release

The film was released on 4 July 2008. The premiere of the film was held at the PVR Cinemas in Goregaon
Goregaon
Goregaon is the locality situated at the north of Mumbai . It is a railway station on the Mumbai suburban railway on the Western Railway railway line....

, Mumbai
Mumbai
Mumbai , formerly known as Bombay in English, is the capital of the Indian state of Maharashtra. It is the most populous city in India, and the fourth most populous city in the world, with a total metropolitan area population of approximately 20.5 million...

 where many Bollywood stars were present. The film was released with 473 prints worldwide, which includes 282 analog prints, 81 digital screens and 110 prints overseas. In its second week, the number of shows at multiplexes were increased while 100 more centers were opened.

Critical response

The movie got positive responses from the critics as well. Rediff.com
Rediff.com
Rediff.com India is a news, information, entertainment, and shopping portal. It was founded in 1996 as "Rediff On The NeT" and is headquartered in Mumbai, India with offices in New Delhi and New York City, USA....

gave it a 4 out of 5, "a rock-solid ensemble cast that is mouthwateringly perfect". Movie Talkies has given it 4 stars, "the coolest, warmest, hippest and funniest musical romantic comedy in years has arrived, and a new Khan is born." Glamsham gave it another 4 out of 5, "another fruitful outing for Aamir Khan. This man certainly knows what he is doing." Planet Bollywood gave it 4 stars, "a fresh breezy entertainer which undoubtedly is the best the year has seen so far." AOL India reviewer Noyon Jyoti Parasara gave it 3.5 out of 5 and said, "Jaane Tu... weaves in a lot of emotions right from friendship, love to insecurity. Every character is shown to have a definite backing. Which means a very good job by the writer." Taran Adarsh
Taran Adarsh
Taran Adarsh is an Indian film critic, journalist, editor and film trade analyst. He is also a former producer and screenwriter. He is the son of film director and producer, B.K. Adarsh....

 of IndiaFM gave it 3.5 stars, "a breezy entertainer which will be loved by its target audience -- the youth".

Box office

Jaane Tu... Ya Jaane Na was an early success, with 80% or more in morning shows and 100% by the noon shows across India. Monday usually witnesses a drop in business for films in India, but Jaane Tu... Ya Jaane Na had strong showings on Monday (75%), Tuesday (70%) and Wednesday (60%+). The first week all-India net was Rs. 20.01 crore with an average of Rs. 6,56,524 per print. For the second week, the number of shows were increased and it started the week grossing almost 100% at several screens. The film grossed 17.50 crore in its second week, taking its total to 37.50 crore. It grossed approximately 83.20 crores, thus being declared a Superhit.

Music

The music of Jaane Tu... Ya Jaane Na, composed by A. R. Rahman
A. R. Rahman
Allah Rakha Rahman is an Indian composer, singer-songwriter, record producer, musician, and philanthropist. Described as the world's most prominent and prolific film composer by Time, his works are notable for integrating eastern classical music with electronic music sounds, world music genres and...

 and lyrics by director Abbas Tyrewala
Abbas Tyrewala
Abbas Tyrewala is an Hindi film storywriter, screenwriter, dialogue writer and director. After making his mark as a screenwriter and dialogue writer in early 2000s, with award winning films like Maqbool , Munnabhai M.B.B.S. , he made his debut as a director with a breezy romantic comedy, Jaane Tu...

, was released in India
India
India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...

 on 20 May 2008 with producer Aamir Khan
Aamir Khan
Aamir Hussain Khan is an Indian film actor, director and producer who has established himself as one of the leading actors of Hindi cinema....

 presenting the first audio CD to veteran actor Shammi Kapoor
Shammi Kapoor
Shammi Kapoor was an Indian film actor and director. He was a prominent lead actor in Hindi cinema from the late 1950s until the early 1970s....

. The soundtrack held the number one spot on the music charts for several consecutive weeks. The soundtrack was well received by the audiences and the critics, with "Pappu Can't Dance" becoming one of the major hits of 2008.
Rahman, who won major international awards for his music in Slumdog Millionaire
Slumdog Millionaire
Slumdog Millionaire is a 2008 British epic romantic drama adventure film directed by Danny Boyle, written by Simon Beaufoy, and co-directed in India by Loveleen Tandan. It is an adaptation of the novel Q & A by Indian author and diplomat Vikas Swarup...

, was awarded with the Filmfare Best Music Director Award
Filmfare Best Music Director Award
The Filmfare Best Music Director Award is given by the Filmfare magazine as part of its annual Filmfare Awards for Hindi films, to the best composer/arranger of a soundtrack. This category was first presented in 1954. Naushad was the first recipient of this award for his song "Tu Ganga Ki Mauj"...

 and the Star Screen Award for Best Music Director for this soundtrack. The track "Kabhi Kabhi Aditi" was nominated for Best Playback Singer (Rashid Ali) and Best Lyrics (Tyrewala) at the Filmfare awards.

Star Screen Awards

  • Nominated Most Promising Newcomer (Male) - Imran Khan
    Imran Khan (actor)
    Imran Khan is an Indian American film actor. He is the nephew of actor Aamir Khan and producer-director Mansoor Khan.Khan rose to stardom for his debut role in the 2008 blockbuster film Jaane Tu... Ya Jaane Na. The film won him the Filmfare Award for Best Male Debut...

  • Winner Best Music Director - A. R. Rahman
    A. R. Rahman
    Allah Rakha Rahman is an Indian composer, singer-songwriter, record producer, musician, and philanthropist. Described as the world's most prominent and prolific film composer by Time, his works are notable for integrating eastern classical music with electronic music sounds, world music genres and...


Filmfare Awards

  • Best Male Debut - Imran Khan
    Imran Khan (actor)
    Imran Khan is an Indian American film actor. He is the nephew of actor Aamir Khan and producer-director Mansoor Khan.Khan rose to stardom for his debut role in the 2008 blockbuster film Jaane Tu... Ya Jaane Na. The film won him the Filmfare Award for Best Male Debut...

  • Best Music Director Award
    Filmfare Best Music Director Award
    The Filmfare Best Music Director Award is given by the Filmfare magazine as part of its annual Filmfare Awards for Hindi films, to the best composer/arranger of a soundtrack. This category was first presented in 1954. Naushad was the first recipient of this award for his song "Tu Ganga Ki Mauj"...

     - A. R. Rahman
    A. R. Rahman
    Allah Rakha Rahman is an Indian composer, singer-songwriter, record producer, musician, and philanthropist. Described as the world's most prominent and prolific film composer by Time, his works are notable for integrating eastern classical music with electronic music sounds, world music genres and...

  • Special Performance Award
    Filmfare Special Performance Award
    The Filmfare Special Award or Special Performance Award or Special Mention or Special Jury Award is given by the Filmfare magazine as part of its annual Filmfare Awards for Hindi films....

     - Prateik Babbar
  • Best Choreography Award
    Filmfare Best Choreography Award
    The Filmfare Best Choreography Award is given by the Filmfare magazine as part of its annual Filmfare Awards for Hindi films.Although the awards started in 1953, the best choreography category did not start until 1989.-Superlatives:Most Awards...

     - Longinus Fernandes
    Longinus Fernandes
    Longinus Fernandes is an Indian choreographer and dancer, who won the Filmfare Best Choreography Award in 2009; and internationally he is most known as the choreographer of the closing credits dance sequence featuring Academy Award for Best Original Song winning song, Jai Ho and another featuring...


Star Sabse Favourite kaun Awards

  • Naya Hero - Imran Khan
    Imran Khan (actor)
    Imran Khan is an Indian American film actor. He is the nephew of actor Aamir Khan and producer-director Mansoor Khan.Khan rose to stardom for his debut role in the 2008 blockbuster film Jaane Tu... Ya Jaane Na. The film won him the Filmfare Award for Best Male Debut...


Stardust Awards

  • Breakthrough Performance Award (Male)
    Stardust Breakthrough Performance Award (Male)
    The Stardust Breakthrough Performance Award is given as a part of the Stardust Awards, which are held annually to recognise upcoming talent in Bollywood....

     - Prateik Babbar
  • Breakthrough Performance Award (Female)
    Stardust Breakthrough Performance Award (Female)
    The Stardust Breakthrough Performance Award is given as a part of the Stardust Awards, which are held annually to recognise upcoming talent in Bollywood....

     - Manjari Phadnis
    Manjari Phadnis
    Manjari Fadnis is an Indian film actress, who has appeared in Hindi, Telugu, Bengali and Tamil language films. She is best known for her performance in the 2008 Hindi film Jaane Tu... Ya Jaane Na.-Career:...

  • New Musical Sensation (Male) - Benny Dayal
    Benny Dayal
    Benny Dayal is an Indian singer. He is a member of the band S5 launched by the channel SS Music. Originally from Kerala, he has worked as a playback singer with many noted composers to produce successful soundtracks.-Biography:Benny Dayal's parents hail from Kollam district, Kerala...

    for (Pappu Can't Dance)
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