Produced by Dhillin Mehta
Music by Pritam
Sanjoy Chowdhury (background)
Irshad Kamil (lyrics)
Cinematography Natarajan Subramaniam]
Editing by Aarti Bajaj
Distributed by Shree Ashtavinayak Cinevision Ltd
Release date(s) United Kingdom
October 25, 2007
Worldwide
October 26, 2007
Running time 142 min
Language Hindi/Punjabi
Gross revenue Rs. 55 crores
Jab We Met ( Hindi जब वी मेट, ) English: When We Met) is a 2007 Hindi romantic comedy film directed and written by Imtiaz Ali. The film, produced by Dhillin Mehta under Shree Ashtavinayak Cinevision Ltd, stars Shahid Kapoor and Kareena Kapoor in their fourth film together. Dara Singh and Saumya Tandon, prominent actors from the north Indian film industry, are featured in supporting roles.
The film tells the story of a feisty Punjabi girl who is sent off track when she bumps into a depressed Mumbai businessman on an overnight sleeper to Delhi. While attempting to get him back on board when he alights at a station stop, both are left stranded in the middle of nowhere. Having walked out of his pressurised corporate job, the man has no destination in mind, until the girl forces him to accompany her back home and then on to elope with her secret boyfriend.
Releasing in the U.K., a day before its worldwide release of October 26, 2007, the film went on to become a major hit at the Indian box office as well as doing good business overseas. Owing to its success, the distributors of the film, Shree Ashtavinayak Cinevision Ltd, announced that Jab We Met would be remade by corporate entity Moser Baer in four South Indian languages -- Tamil, Telugu, Kannada and Malayalam.
Cast
Shahid Kapoor as Aditya Kashyap - Burdened by the thought of having to live up to the formidable reputation of his late father, Aditya, a young industrialist is full of angst and despair. He is so busy fighting his own insecurities that he refuses to enjoy life until Geet enters his life.
Kareena Kapoor as Geet Dhillon - A Sikh girl from Bhatinda, Geet is the incessant chatterbox who views the world through rose coloured spectacles.
Pawan Malhotra as Geet's uncle
Dara Singh as Geet's grandfather
Kiran Juneja as Geet's mother
Saumya Tandon as Roop
Tarun Arora as Anshuman
Divya Seth as Aditya's mother
Awards and nominations
Below is an incomplete list showing the awards and nominations Jab We Met received:
| Year | Presenter | Award(s) | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | HT Café Film Awards | Best Actress | Won |
| 2008 | Star Screen Awards | Best Actress | Won |
| Six additional nominations | |||
| Stardust Awards | Best Film (Shree Ashtavinayak Cinevision Ltd.) | Won | |
| Star of the Year - Female | Won | ||
| Editor's Choice Award for Best Actor | Won | ||
| Three additional nominations | |||
| Filmfare Awards | Best Actress | Won | |
| Best Dialogue (Imtiaz Ali) | Won | ||
| Five additional nominations | |||
| Annual Central European Bollywood Awards | Best Couple | Won | |
| Apsara Film & Television Producers Guild Awards | Best Actress | Won | |
| Best Dialogue (Imtiaz Ali) | Won | ||
| Best Music (Pritam) | Won | ||
| Six additional nominations | |||
| Zee Cine Awards | Best Actress | Won | |
| Best Track of the Year (Mauja Hi Mauja) | Won | ||
| Best Screenplay (Imtiaz Ali) | Won | ||
| Five additional nominations | |||
| International Indian Film Academy Awards | Best Actress | Won | |
| Best Dialogue (Imtiaz Ali) | Won | ||
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