TrueJoshNight Truly Dreadful Film

SoftInloveRox Horrible, fascist and poorly acted

Matialth Good concept, poorly executed.

Bereamic Awesome Movie

abhishekdrager one of the most amazing movie i have come across, one of the reason is that it resembles to my life as well but still great performance by everyone and i still watch it despite of this movies being old... Saif, Deepika Rishi sir all gave their best performance i'd say 9.5 out of 10. really good presentation.. one must watch this movie. highly recommended

Amit Aishwarya Jogi Indian love in the 21st century isn't quite as innocent- or for that matter, Beautiful- as what it used to be in our parents'- and grandparents'- day and age: these days, lovers' egos are much too big; their minds, much too fickle; and they never seem to mean what they say. This, anyway, is the message of Imtiaz Ali's latest offering. Personally, I didn't much care for it: for one thing, there is no chemistry between Mr Ali's pair of star cross'd lovers. They meet, have sex, break up, and somewhere in between all that, manage to fall in love: but when exactly, and why, and how, is left to our imaginations. Moreover, by alternately telling the stories of a yesteryear romance and the modern one, I have a feeling that Mr. Ali wanted to show us the timelessness of love; that underneath all the glitter, Love has always been the same, and will be so forever: Pure, 24 carat Gold.Unfortunately, that is a message this film fails to deliver.Rishi Kapoor, who plays Saif's amanuensis-cum-guide, is, as always, refreshing; but the one true revelation of this film is Harneet. She doesn't say a word, but her Innocence, such as it is, is worth more than all the words in the world. It's not difficult to imagine why anyone couldn't help but fall in love with her. (This reviewer certainly did!)In the end, Love Aaj Kal is too much icing, but too little cake. For real Gold- and not just glitter- see Jab We Met, Mr. Ali's first film.

m_shankar20 The three films that Imtiaz Ali has directed so far have a common theme running through them - the protagonists do not realize that they are in love till the very end. In all three the real drama is not in how the lovers meet or fall in love or the peripheral characters (like family or friends). It is about realization. That he does it successfully third time in a row probably tells that Imtiaz Ali either feels very strongly about the concept or that he has had some real life experience of his own.Love Aajkal starts with Jai (Saif) and Meera (Deepika) breaking up. They are apparently very practical about their relationship and plan it such that it goes along with their other plans for life. Only that life, as always, has plans of its own. The more time they spend away from each other, the more they realize they are meant to be together. To catalyze the Jai's end of the realization process we have an amiable old café owner, Veer (Rishi Kapoor). Veer's love story in flashback is a parallel track to Jai-Meera's. Both the stories run juxtaposed with each other to a predictable but nevertheless heart warming climax.Saif plays both Jai and the young Veer. He is top notch in both roles. Flambouyance comes naturally to him when he plays Jai and he is very convincing as the rugged and (at times) clumsy Veer. Deepika is at ease in the role of Meera. It seems as if she is playing herself. At the dramatic scenes, however, like the one immediately after her marriage where she is impatient to talk to Jai, and the scene following that when she is talking to Jai over the phone, she betrays that she still needs to learn the ropes. She looks stunning in every frame. Perfect foil to the glamorous Meera is the docile and beautiful Harleen. She is pretty as a picture, though she hardly speaks in the entire film.Imtiaz Ali is an inspired director. He knows his characters and his story. He is more focused on technique this time, compared to Jab We Met or Socha Na Tha. I guess that is because he was aware that he has a weaker story in hand. He handles the two tracks brilliantly, managing to keep both engaging. His editor delivers the goods for him to achieve that. A noteworthy good work by the editor is the sequence at the beginning where we see the cast and crew credits. It is a collage of scenes from the complete film.The songs go well with the film (though with Pritam, I don't know how much of it is original). The background score could have been more imaginative.Love Aajkal is easily the best romantic comedy of the year so far. Worth watching.

mohams11 I was motivated to watch this movie by a close friend as they thought it was kind of hatke bollywood movie. well part of it was true with a very early stage separation, which is certainly not Hindus movie style. Not to mention that there were no silly songs but only when needed, without hero/heroin dancing with dozen others. Anyways, the Brazillian girl who played Harleen seems perfect Indian plus a real sardarni. About Deepika, well not so much to act except play it cool acting. But she failed towards the end when the role she played too a serious emotional turn.At one point, during her honeymoon, the dialog she delivers on bed appeared as if she's gone mad. Talking about royalty, for some reason I always felt that Saif was best in photos with straight head standing. Acting, dialog delivery, body movement doesn't really flow out him. The sardarji get up, man a strict no no.Film beginning was good and relating to a 70's story was also perfectly balanced, however, carbon copying a 70's love story with a 2009 Indo Eurepeon Love story did not drill down too well. Again, what can Imtiaz Ali do, thats how most of the Hindi Movie goers like it. It has to be always and invariable a Happy Ending !!!!