Jaane Tu... Ya Jaane Na follows the lives of two best friends Jai and Aditi. They refuse to have romantic feelings but realise their love for each other once they start dating different people. It marked Tyrewala's full-fledged screenwriting and directorial debut. The film's soundtrack was composed by A. R. Rahman with lyrics written by Abbas Tyrewala.[3]
The film was theatrically released on 4 July 2008, and proved to be a major commercial success at the box office. Jaane Tu... Ya Jaane Na received positive reviews from critics, with praise towards its direction, story, screenplay, soundtrack, cinematography and cast's performances.[4][5]
The story begins as four friends Jiggy, Rotlu, Sandhya and Shaleen travel with a guest to an airport, when they offer to tell Jiggy's date—air hostess Mala Mishra—the love story of two college best friends: a polite and peaceful Rajput named Jai "Ratz" Singh Rathore, and an impulsive girl named Aditi "Meow" Mahant.
Aditi dreams of an overly virile husband, while Jai wants a sweet, romantic girl. Since they do not believe that they are in love, they search for a perfect life partner for each other after finishing college. Jai falls in love with Meghna Pariyar after spotting her in a club where two men were misbehaving with her. He rescues her by tricking the duo, thus winning Meghna's heart. When Meghna and Jai get close to each other, Rotlu, Jiggy, Sandhya, and Shaleen are happy for Jai, but nobody notices that Aditi is missing Jai's company. Meghna informs Jai that her parents squabble but cannot live without each other. Jai visits Meghna's parents and sees that her alcoholic father Mahesh has much friction with his ex-wife Sheela. Due to the meeting, he misses Aditi's surprise birthday party.
Feeling deserted, Aditi gets engaged to her father's friend's son Sushant Modi. She sees in him the macho man she always wanted. At Jiggy's party, she introduces Sushant to everyone. Both Jai and Aditi are upset with their relationship. During a romantic dance, Sushant finds that Aditi is crying and kisses her, which upsets Jai.
After Meghna tried to cheer him up, Jai chides her for being ignorant of her parents' issues. She breaks down and tells him about her parents' divorce due to Mahesh's extramarital affair. The next day, Jai breaks up with Meghna. After realising she loves Jai, Sushant slaps her on her face. She decides to break the engagement and go to New York to study alone. When she meets Jai, he spots the bruise on Aditi's face. Jai arrives at Sushant's and beats him up.
Later, inspector P.K. Waghmare arrests Jai and puts him behind bars. Later that night, while still in prison, he meets the two brothers who were found harassing Meghna at the club and is surprised to see them celebrating their imprisonment. They begin talking, and Jai inadvertently reveals his credentials as a Ranjhor native, which causes the other two to decipher his identity. He mentions that he is the son of late Amar Singh Rathore, and the brothers confirm that his mother's name is Savitri. They clutch him to the ground in joy, and he discovers in an epiphany when they address him as "Mowgli", that the brothets are his long-lost cousins, Kuber "Baloo" Singh Rathore and Vinay "Bagheere" Singh Rathore, from whom he had been separated in childhood. Jai realises that Amar was never the non-violent type Savitri had painted him as and that she was lying to him all along.
Meanwhile, Aditi makes her way to the airport to depart for New York. Baloo and Bagheere, who are sons of Amar's cousin, now an MLA, use their influence to bail Jai out, after which Jai rides to the airport on a borrowed horse to stop Aditi from leaving. Savitri spots him and decides to return home, dejected that Amar's dream came true. Jai finds Aditi at the airport lounge and sings her the titular song which he had confessed earlier as the one he would sing for the love of his life. Aditi, delighted, hugs him and cancels her travel plans.
Back in the present, the four friends welcome Jai and Aditi at the airport. Mala gets delighted to see them and introduces herself as Jiggy's girlfriend, before they leave the airport together.
Shakun Batra as Nilesh "Pappu" Pandit, Vivek's friend
Production
Development
Jaane Tu... Ya Jaane Na was first announced by producer Jhamu Sugandh, who later offered the script to Aamir Khan, after facing financial difficulties. Khan's production then announced the film in 2007.[7] The film marks Abbas Tyrewala's directorial debut. He also worked as the writer and lyricist for the film.[8] The title of the film is taken from a song of the same name from the 1973 Hindi film Aa Gale Lag Jaa.[9][10]
Casting
The film marked Khan's debut and D'Souza's return to Hindi films
Aamir Khan's nephew Imran Khan was cast as the lead, Jai, marking his acting debut.[11]Genelia D'Souza was cast as the other lead, Aditi. It marks Genelia's comeback to Hindi films after a long hiatus.[12][13]
Jaane Tu... Ya Jaane Na received widespread critical acclaim upon release. Raja Sen of Rediff.com gave it a 4 out of 5, praising it for "a rock-solid ensemble cast that is mouthwateringly perfect". Prasanna Zore of Rediff gave the film 3.5 out of 5, writing "Jaane Tu... Ya Jaane Na, written and directed by Abbas Tyrewala (who scripted the fun Munna Bhai series, Main Hoon Na and Maqbool among others) is a fun-filled, engaging entertainment. Rarely do you feel bored as four friends narrate the love story of the protagonists -- Jai and Aditi -- to a bored newcomer, who joins the group by the time the film ends."[30]
Taran Adarsh of IndiaFM gave it 3.5 stars, and called it "a breezy entertainer which will be loved by its target audience – the youth".[31]Khalid Mohamed of Hindustan Times gave the film 3.5 out of 5, writing "There’s enough comfort food on the platter. Tyrewala’s dialogue as well as first-time direction are skillful, with his cinematographer Manoj Lobo using the close-up lens brilliantly. A. R. Rahman’s music score is remarkably bouncy, especially the 'Kabhi Kabhi Aditi' and 'Pappu Can’t Dance Saala' tracks".[32]Shubhra Gupta of The Indian Express wrote, "In his sparkling debut feature, Abbas Tyrewala has his lead pair slapping backs rather than kissing cheeks, but he knows and we know that that's where Jaane Tu.. Ya Jaane Na is headed, even before its starts. The journey is cleverly-written, smartly-acted, and packed with enough fuzzy-frothy moments to make it a fun run".[33]
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.[34] 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%+).[35] The first week all-India gross was ₹200.1 million (US$2.3 million) with an average of ₹656,524 per print.[28] For the second week, the number of shows were increased and it started the week grossing almost 100% at several screens.[36][37] The film grossed ₹175 million (US$2.0 million) in its second week, taking its total to ₹375 million (US$4.4 million). Jaane Tu... Ya Jaane Na grossed approximately ₹840 million (US$9.8 million) in full run. When adjusted for inflation, the film is still among the highest grossers worldwide.[38]
Jaane Tu... Ya Jaane Na remains one of the most popular romantic comedy in Hindi cinema. It was named among Bollywood's top 10 most romantic movies by Vogue and Filmfare.[49][50]Jaane Tu... Ya Jaane Na is also considered among the best films made on friendship.[51][52][53]Film Companion added Naseeruddin Shah and Ratna Pathak Shah's characters in its "50 Memorable Bollywood Characters" list.[54]
The song "Pappu Can't Dance Saala" has been used in a scene in the 2010 film Peepli Live, also produced by Aamir Khan.[55] The 2011 film Pappu Can't Dance Saala, starring Vinay Pathak and Neha Dhupia, has taken its name from the film's song of the same name.[56]
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