Jaane Tu Ya Jaane Na

Characters:
Jai Singh Rathore – Imran Khan
Aditi “ Meow” Mahant – Genelia D’Souza
Meghna – Manjari Fadnis
Sandhya “ Bombs” – Alishka Varde
Ravindra “ Rotlu” – Karan Makhija
Jignesh Patel “ Jiggy” – Nirav Mehta
Shaleen – Sugandha Garg

Directed and written by Abbas Tyrewala and produced by Aamir Khan. The film, released on July 4, 2008, is categorized under the musical genre. Jaane tu ya Jaane Na, translated as “ Whether you know… or not”, opens with a group of old college friends—Bombs, Rotlu, Jiggy, and Shaleen at the airport with a new friend—Mala, as they await the arrival of their other two college friends—Jai and Aditi. While waiting for their friends to arrive, the group begins to tell their new friend Mala about the love story between Jai and Aditi that goes back to their college years. The film goes back to the time when the friends graduate college and start to ponder the question of love and their soul mates. Jai and Aditi have been friends for five years, but never during that time had considered each other as a romantic relationship. They admit to being complete opposites—Jai was raised not to be violent following the death of his father during battle, while Aditi is feisty and argumentative—only calmed down by Jai. This platonic friendship surprises Jai and Aditi’s parents, who had assumed the two would marry following their graduation. Jai and Aditi make an agreement to find love for each other. In the process of finding love, Bombs and Rotlu realize their own attraction to each other.. But Jai has to meet the three conditions set for him as a rajput —to get in a fight, be arrested, and ride a horse. With the encouragement of Aditi and the rest of his friends, Jai becomes involved with Meghna – a girl who has an inclination towards the imaginary. Aditi suddenly begins to act strangely, her feelings for Jai coming through. Aditi then becomes involved with Sushant—a man who is the opposite of Jai with his violent personality and long list of previous female suitors. Aditi comes to realize that Sushant is not the man of her dreams, the qualities she thought she was looking for no longer as appealing in reality. And Jai, at the same time, realizes that the attractions of Meghna are far from reality and impractical. The film follows Jai and Aditi in their journey towards finding love in the most expected of places with colorful and modern song and dance. -Stephanie Cohen