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While the world was anxiously looking for Harman Baweja’s Love Story 2050 and waiting for the arrival of a new superstar in the bollywood, Imran Khan made his debut and has won the hearts of the audiences. Imran Khan does not have the muscles, he is not very tall, but he is really good looking. Apart from looks he has the boyish charms and he knows how to act to win the hearts of romance crazy audiences.

Imran Khan is the grand son of Nasir Hussein the legendary Director/Producer and he is nephew of Aamir Khan who also produced the movie Jaane Tu Ya Jaane Na. Imran studied film making at the New York University, in a recent interview he told that he wanted to be a director. Currently he is 25 years old, and a promising career is waiting for him a head.

Jaane Tu Ya Jaane Na, is a story of a group of teenagers where Jai (Imran Khan) and Aditi (Genelia D’souza) are the best friends. All the friends in their gang think that Jai and Aditi are in love, they looked perfect with eachother and they spent so much time with each other. So every one thought that they are going to get married after college. But they were wrong, Aditi and Jai were not in love, they were just best friends. As the story unfolds Aditi and Jay learn what the true love is and how they know that they are in love?

You would think that this is another bollywood romantic comedy with a campus backdrop. But honestly it is not just another such movie. The campus backdrop disappears in the first twenty minutes of the movie. This movie is about young people, made by young people for the young audiences. The music is outstanding it is different and hip. I loved the song Kabhi Kabhi Aditi Zindagi Mayn and Pappo Can’t Dance. Choreography is brilliant the dances are joyful just like the youth itself should be. The cinematography is great specially the way it captures the lives of the young and the Mumbai Metro, it beautifully captures the buggies, the sculptures the victorian and anglo-indian architectural heritage of Mumbai. Every one acted really well but Imran Khan was like above all. He portrayed the character of Jai so beautifully that you are going to fall in love with Jai. And as Aditi says in the movie “Woh Itna Pyara Hai”.

Jaane Tu Ya Jaane Na is also the directorial debut of Abbas Tyrewala. It is a light hearted movie. The comic treatment of characters such as Jai’s mother played by Ratna Pathak Shah, Amar Singh Rathore (Jai’s father) played by Naseeruddin Sha, Inspector Waghmare (Paresh Rawal), Baghero and Bhaloo bhayya (Arbaaz Khan and Sohail Khan) was amazingly well done. It is not laugh your heart out comedy but its going to make you smile, tickle your heart and make you fall in love. The movie comes as a breeze of fresh air, it is different but not too much. It is unique but not too much, its fun but not cheap and its cute.

Related Links:
Official Website Jaane Tu Ya Jaane Na
Imran Khan’s Official Website with pictures of Imran Khan
Imran Khan - Interview at Hindustan Times