Directed by: Imtiaz Ali
Producer by: Saif Ali Khan, Dinesh Vijan
Starring: Saif Ali Khan, Deepika Padukone, Neetu Singh, Rishi Kapoor, Rahul Khanna, Vir Das, Raj Zutshi
Music Dir: Pritam Chakraborty

On Friday 31^st July we saw just one bollywood movie releasing and that was Love Aaj Kal, which is directed by the same director who did movie ‘Jab We Met’ but LAK is better than JWM.

Though different in many aspects, it lands in the same category of love and romance. While ‘Jab We Met’ starred Shahid Kapur with Kareena Kapoor in the lead roles, ‘Love Aaj Kal’ has Saif Ali Khan opposite Deepika Padukone. The on screen couple had huge age difference.

Being one of the producers Saif wanted Kareena Kapoor to be cast opposite him, but director choice was Deepika. Kareena made Saif agreed on Imtiaz Ali because of her own experience with him in ‘Jab We Met’.

‘Love Aaj Kal’ is based on love but on serious love as never before, it depicts the reality faced by today’s lovers. Movie is likely to be successful among middle class youngsters and in multiplexes.

It reflects today’s love that is in no hurry to get married, parents and families fail to understand this love and keep trying to tie them up in life time relationship.

Jai played by Saif Ali Khan and Meera played by Deepika Padukone take the love to new dimensions, maybe that can be the reason behind film name ‘Love Aaj Kal’.

According to the story Jai and Meera shows the love of today (Aaj) while the other hand on screen couple Veer Singh (Rishi Kapoor) and Harleen shows us the love of yesterday (Kal), according to Jai and Meera long distance relationships don’t work and on the side Veer Singh traveled from Delhi to Kolkata by train to stand under Harleen’s balcony just to get a glimpse of her face.

Neither Jai could understand how Veeru can be so stupid about Harleen in his youth nor can Veeru understand how Jai can treat matters of heart without passion.

Because of Saif being Sikh, wearing turban and beard (trimmed though) in movie, it faced controversies way before releasing, but Saif did apology for visiting gurdwara for making love and also for trimming the bread. These are against the tenets of Sikhism.

Both Jai and Meera while pursuing their career they can’t see romance coming in their way, but both of them ironically walk into each other at odd timings.

Saif renders so many shades to his character, Deepika stuns the audience by her beauty and acting skills, both did justice to their characters. Rishi Kapoor is undoubtedly adorable, while Harleen looks pretty in her role.

Shooting locations in Delhi, Punjab and the US and UK is fascinating, another plus point of the movie is Pritam’s foot tapping music, it’s foot tapping Aahun Aahun, sweet Chor Bazaari or melancholic Dooriyan are already a hit.

The movie isn’t without flaws; the biggest flow is the lack of clarity of the story in the first part though the director rectifies it in the second half. We wish director had devoted more attention to the first half too.

Over all ‘Love Aaj Kal’ is the movie which would make you fall in love all over again!