Jaane Tu… Ya Jaane Na Dvd

Jaane Tu… Ya Jaane Na (transl. Whether you know or not) is a 2008 Indian Hindi-language coming of age romantic comedy film, written and directed by Abbas Tyrewala. The film stars Imran Khan and Genelia D’Souza in the lead roles. Produced by Mansoor Khan, Aamir Khan, it marks the directional debut of Abbas Tyrewala, the debut of Imran Khan (Aamir Khan’s nephew) and Prateik Babbar as actors, and the re-appearance of D’Souza in Hindi cinema. Released on 4 July 2008, the film received positive reviews and was successful at the box office. The music is by A. R. Rahman.

Plot

The story begins as four friends travel with a guest to an airport, when Jignesh “Jiggy” Patel (Nirav Mehta), Ravindran “Rotlu” Sahu (Karan Makhija), Sandhya “Bombs” Sahay (Alishka Varde) and Shaleen Varma (Sugandha Garg) offer to tell Jiggy’s date, air hostess Mala Mishra (Renuka Kunzru), the unique love story of Jai and Aditi, two friends who they have known. Jai “Rats” Singh Rathore (Imran Khan) is the most non-violent Rajput to have ever existed, while Aditi “Meow” Mahant (Genelia D’Souza), is an aggressive and impulsive girl. Her nickname is the result of her abuse and scratching of people.

Despite their differences, Jai and Aditi are best friends in college. They seem perfect for each other, but everyone except them acknowledges this fact. Aditi often has a bickering relationship with her brother Amit (Prateik Babbar), who seems to hate Jai because of his polite and cool nature, and since Aditi cannot stand any insults against Jai, she regularly picks up fights with him. Aditi dreams of a virile, macho 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 (Manjari Phadnis) after spotting her in a club where two rough 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 father, Mahesh (Rajat Kapoor), is an alcoholic who has much friction with his ex-wife Sheela (Kitu Gidwani). Due to the meeting, he misses Aditi’s surprise birthday party. Aditi’s feelings are hurt, so he goes late at night to wish her but is sent back.

Later, feeling deserted, Aditi gets engaged to her father’s friend’s son, Sushant Modi (Ayaz Khan). She sees in him the macho man she always wanted. However, Sushant is also a spoilt playboy whose ex-girlfriend, Richa (Urvashee Shah), has landed him in trouble twice. Amit, upon having a word with Sushant in person, tries to make her see Sushant for who he really is but Aditi continues her relationship, considering that Jai is still with Meghna. At Jiggy’s birthday party, Aditi introduces her fiancé to everyone. Both Jai and Aditi are upset with the other’s relationship. During the dance, Sushant finds that Aditi is crying and kisses her, which upsets Jai further.

Meghna tries to cheer him up, but Jai becomes angrier, shouting at her and chiding her for being ignorant of the friction between her parents. She breaks down and tells him about her parents’ divorce due to Mahesh’s extramarital affair which affected her psychologically, leading her to imagine a perfect world and be childish so as to not be burdened with the reality of being a forced thread between her parents. The next day, Jai breaks up with Meghna whereby she is shattered to learn that he loves Aditi and leaves with a goodbye kiss. As for Aditi, she is under duress from Sushant, who, after realizing she loves Jai, slaps her on her face, leaving a bruise. She decides to break the engagement and go to New York to study alone, while actually wanting to return to Jai. When she meets Jai, he spots the bruise on Aditi’s face, and contrary to his usual non-violent nature thrashes Sushant for daring to lay a hand on her.

Inspector P.K. Waghmare (Paresh Rawal), who is at odds with Jai’s mother Savitri Singh Rathore (Ratna Pathak Shah), arrests Jai for thrashing Sushant and puts him behind the bars. There, he meets again the two men who were found harassing Meghna at the club, finding out their names to be Kuber “Bhalu” Singh Rathore (Arbaaz Khan) and Vinay “Bagheere” Singh Rathore (Sohail Khan). The three in jail discover that they are closely related cousins, separated in childhood, and Jai finally comes to terms with his legacy, realizing that his father, the late Amar Singh Rathore (Naseeruddin Shah), was actually never the non-violent types Savitri had painted him as and that Savitri was lying to him all along. They tell Jai that for a boy to become a man in their Rathore clan, he must complete three conditions: 1.) thrash someone 2.) get arrested 3.) and ride a horse, among which the first two had already been completed by Jai. Meanwhile, Aditi makes her way to the international airport to depart for the USA. Bhalu 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. This makes him fulfill the final condition, and an initially worried Savitri, after spotting him, decides to return home, dejected that Amar’s dream has come true.

He finds Aditi at the airport lounge and sings her a 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.

In the present, Rotlu, Jiggy, Sandhya, and Shaleen conclude the story and welcome Jai and Aditi, who return from the U.S. after 5 years, at the airport. Mala gets extremely delighted to see them and introduces herself as Jiggy’s girlfriend, and they leave the airport together.

Cast

Imran Khan as Jai “Ratz” Singh Rathore a.k.a. Mowgli
Genelia D’Souza as Aditi “Meow” Mahant
Ratna Pathak Shah as Savitri Singh Rathore, Jai’s mother
Naseeruddin Shah as Amar Singh Rathore, Jai’s father
Paresh Rawal as Inspector P. K. Waghmare
Sohail Khan as Vinay “Bagheere” Singh Rathore, Jai’s long-lost cousin from Ranjhor and Bhalu’s brother
Arbaaz Khan as Kuber “Bhalu” Singh Rathore, Jai’s long-lost cousin from Ranjhor and Bagheere’s brother
Nirav Mehta as Jignesh “Jiggy” Patel
Alishka Varde as Sandhya “Bombs” Sahay
Karan Makhija as Ravindran “Rotlu” Sahu
Sugandha Garg as Shaleen Varma
Prateik Babbar as Amit Mahant, Aditi’s brother
Renuka Kunzru as Mala Mishra, Jiggy’s date and later “girlfriend” upon seeing Jai and Aditi
Manjari Phadnis as Meghna Pariyar, Jai’s girlfriend (Few lines as Mona Ghosh Shetty)
Anuradha Patel as Vishakha “Pumpkin” Mahant, Aditi’s mother
Jayant Kripalani as Vishwas “Peachy” Mahant, Aditi’s father
Ayaz Khan as Sushant Modi, Aditi’s fiancé
Murali Sharma as CISF Inspector Prakash
Kitu Gidwani as Sheela Pariyar, Meghna’s Mother
Rajat Kapoor as Mahesh Pariyar, Meghna’s Father
Shakun Batra as Nilesh Pandit, Vivek’s friend
Padam Bhola as Vivek “Pappu”