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Love Actually (2003): Geet, who meets the morose Aditya (Shahid
Kapoor) on her journey home to Bhatinda,
where her family has fixed her wedding.
They have an adventurous trip back and
then she takes Aditya’s help to escape so
that she can reunite with her true love,
Anshuman. He betrays her, and the spark
seems to go out of Geet, till Aditya learns
of what happens and comes to give her the
The perfect Valentine’s Day film—though support she gave him when he was down.
it was set during the Christmas season— The heart-warming plot was peppered with
Richard Curtis put together a cast of wall wonderful songs.
to wall stars and told eight stories that are
linked. There’s a writer isolating himself to Jaane Tu Ya Jaane Na (2008):
work, and finding himself attracted to his
Portuguese housekeeper, even though they
can’t communicate in the same language;
a man in a stable marriage is tempted to
have an affair; a woman ponders over
telling the man she is attracted to that she
loves him; the newly elected and single
Prime Minister finds himself in a romantic
quandary.. And a bunch of unusual love
stories come together in a film that never The ‘best friends who don’t realize they are
seems dated. in love’ plot of Abbas Tyrewala’s film has
been overused, but it was still delightful—
Jab We Met (2007): funny, poignant and genuinely youthful.
The quirkiness of the director, the witty
lines, and the freshness of the characters
were appealing. The mild-mannered Jai’s
(Imran Khan) best friend is Aditi (Genelia
D’Souza), a feisty and ill-tempered girl.
They have a ‘gang’ of loyal friends and
everyone thinks Jai and Aditi are made for
each other, except the two themselves. Jai
falls for a soft, feminine Meghna (Manjari
Phadnis), while Aditi is attracted to a
macho type (Ayaz Khan). It takes a few
plot twists for the two to discover their true
Imitiaz Ali’s film used all the classic feelings.
romcom tropes and Indianised them. He
also gave Kareena Kapoor one of her most Wake Up Sid (2009)
memorable characters, of the high-spirited Ayan Mukerji made his debut with this
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