Cast: Saif Ali Khan, Deepika Padukone, Neetu Singh, Rishi Kapoor, Rahul Khanna, Vir Das


Director: Imtiaz Ali


Review:

This movie is simply a blend of two stories in old India and modern India. It has basically emphasized on the differences that has arose in love story in 5 decades. Here is a brief synopsis of this movie for a broader outlook.

Love Aaj

Jai (Saif Ali Khan) and Meera (Deepika Padukone) is a modern-day couple in London. They are very happy together but do not believe in tying each other down. So when life pulls them in different directions, they decide to go with the flow. “These Heer-Ranjha, Romeo-Juliet type couples exist only in story books”, Jai says. In the real life, we have to be practical.

London, San Francisco, Delhi - 2009.

Love Kal

Veer Singh is struck by the thunderbolt when he sees Harleen for the first time. Soon after, he stands under a tree and swears that “in this life and every life hereafter, Harelen Kaur will be my life” He travels a thousand kilometres by train to stand under her balcony only to have a glimpse of her face. And yet not speak a word with her.

Delhi, Calcutta - 1965.

Love Aaj Kal

Veer does not understand how Jai can treat matters of the heart without passion, like a financial transaction. Jai does not understand how Veer Singh could have been so naïve and silly about Harleen in the days of his youth.

But as both stories unfold, we realize that the process of relationship might be different in different eras, but the experience of being in love remains the same.

So there is the frolic and despair of modern living, the liberation and confusion. And there is the past – the times of innocence and compulsion.

And there is distance, and the fondness that increases with distance. Gaps widen between two people, but bridges keep growing too.

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