Movie Review: Love Aaj Kal

A movie for all those who love ............

Love has a sweet charm, an eerie captivating feeling that sweeps you of your feet. Generations may change but the feeling never changes.

This is a central theme of the movie Love Aaj Kal *ing Saif Ali Khan in double role (Veer Singh of 1965, Jai of present generation), Deepika Padukone as Meera Pandit, Rishi Kapoor as present day Veer Singh and Brazilian Model Giselle Monterio as Harleen Kaur who plays the role of Veer Singh's love interest.

Love Aaj Kal might not be that great film that you have seen like DDLJ, Dil Chahta Hai for that matter.But there are resons you should definately watch it,

1. It is a film which hits upon reality for most of its part and hits it hard.There are hardly any romantic flicks which do that but Love Aaj Kal does it so in a great good way.

This Movie would inspire the present day Happy Go Lucky Mod couples for whom Break ups and Link ups come as easy as the morning newspaper. Also, It would potray them the hardships that Lovers in that era of non communication faced just to catch a glimpse of each other. You may just realise the love that you have for your gf/bf where you were previously labelling it as just another sixer on the pitch of love.

2. Critics are complaining about Deepika's acting, Ya I agree she might not be Madhuri or Kajol for that matter, But she has delivered her career best performance in potraying a girl who belongs to the present generation and is unable to recede to the demands of her too confused present day Boyfriend Saif Ali Khan. In the scenes at the end of the break up party where she hugs Saif, when she sees the mirror and tries to smile, in chor bazari song, in the climax scene where she turns around and cries, She potrays the role with such an elan that you yourself want to root for her.

3. Even the other characters in the film potray the role as the character demands it, they do not go OTT and behave like actors but potray it according to the character be it Saif Ali Khan, Rishi Kapoor or the Brazilian Model Giselle as Harleen who for not a single frame appears a foreiner.Actually she approached Imtiaz for the role of Saif's GF Jo but eventually got to play the role of Harleen Kaur. She hasn't much to speak but does it all through her eyes.

4.Critics are complaining about the chemistry of Saif and Deepika, but if they are doing so I must sadly say that they have missed on the real beauty of the film which is its USP, some pairs do not need to shout their on-screen chemistries out, through the movie, but it should be seen by engaging your heart passionately with its characters.

5.The clever dialogue and the humour has been Imtiaz's forte for long but this time he hits an all time on high emotional quotient too. Agreed that characters apart from the main protagonist aren't fully developed but after seeing the movie you'll realise that they don't needed to.

6.Moving on to the script and the story which is proclaimed to be cliched, contrived and worn out.Agreed that the plot is very simple and waferline but the manner in which Imtiaz develops it is a pleasure to see as there is not a single dull frame in movie.

7.The music and the picturisation of songs is awesome spanning Delhi, San Fransisco,London and Kolkata.Except for one or two songs all carry the story forward.

Sure, it might not be Jab We Met and Socha Na Tha which were ahead of Love Aaj Kal on humorous qoutient but Love Aaj Kal beats both of them on the Emotional Note. As Saif refers to Mango ppl (aam aadmi), this sure is a film for mango ppl of today but they should be mature enough to enjoy the sheer beauty of the movie and "feel the love" between the Saif in both his roles and the leading lady Deepika and Harleen Kaur.

Engage your heart with it and you sure would find a Jai or Veer Singh hidden in you clinging on for the perfect soulmate.

Ratings: 7.5/10