Love Aaj Kal Movie Review

Love Aaj Kal directed by one of Bollywood’s most promising directors, who in the past, has directed gems like Socha Na Tha (2005) and Jab We Met (2007). Ali is arugably one big reason, why Love Aaj Kal is on every moviegoer’s must-watch list.

While Socha Na Tha (a box office disaster) is one of his best works to date, Jab We Met aided by Kareena Kapoor’s fabulous performance, fantastic dialogues and great music was thoroughly entertaining. Love Aaj Kal has great music and a decent storyline but the performances and overall entertainment value fall well short of expectations.

What works for Love Aaj Kal

  1. Music by Pritam Chakraborty adds great value to the film. Yeh Dooriyan stands out.
  2. The dialogues to a certain extent are very realistic, something which the current generation can easily identify with.
  3. The “Aaj” and “Kal” stories are easy to relate to; survival of long distance relationships, commitment phobia, of love getting more physical and mental are some of the common issues, most in their 20s are struggling with. The older generation would love Rishi’s love story, a story which shows how the concept of dating and falling in love has changed drastically in the last couple of decades or so.
  4. Saif Ali Khan is brilliant as Jai, a role similar to his characters in Kal Ho Na Ho and Dil Chahta Hai.
  5. Rishi Kapoor has limited scope, but does well. Wife Neetu Singh has a special appearance. Rahul Khanna is good in a small role.
  6. The young Harleen is cute, has just about 2 dialogues but her screen presence and expressions more than makes up for her silence!

Reasons why Love Aaj Kal disappoints

  1. Its a D-R-A-G, the second half seems to go on forever! Should have ideally been about 30 minutes shorter.
  2. Without revealing the rather disappointing climax, the last 30 odd minutes is full of unnecessary Bollywood clichés.
  3. The narrative, which keeps switching between “Aaj” and “Kal”, does get confusing at times. To add to it, we have Saif as the young Rishi Kapoor; the only way to differentiate between the two is the turban and the sets.
  4. Saif’s mannerisms and accent doesn’t quite go with the punjabi character of Veer Singh in the 60s.
  5. Love Aaj Kal lacks the wholesome entertainment value of Imtiaz Ali’s earlier films, the light hearted scenes just don’t work.
  6. Deepika Padukone is poor in emotional sequences, crying is something she should avoid in her future films.

Overall, make no mistake, Love Aaj Kal is a decent family flick. But from a Imtiaz Ali film, we expect more, a lot more than what this slow, at times over dramatic tale on love relationships has to offer.

The wait and hype, most definitely and quite sadly, hasn’t been worth it. At the box office the film would rely on its pre-release hype and music to draw audience to theatres.

Rating: ★★½☆☆

Watched Love Aaj Kal? Do post your reviews below, we would love to read your opinions, good or bad, on the film.

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42 Comments

  • I have still finger cross for kaminey!!!although music is superb but still i feel movie will be disapointing.Hope Kaminey will prove me wrong but still i have gut feeling this movie will not work

  • dear indicine team….first wana say u tht here we r nt for oscars..nd jahan tak question is of flimfare idnt think nw a days these awards r realistic…they are fixed last year ghajini was the boxoffice blockbuster nd the movie was superhit. nd on the other hand the movie didnt gt ny award…nor the nominations in most of the award ceremony’s. reason-‘amir khan dnt take awards. nd if they give the awards to tht movie who’s cast is nt present in the ceremony…the other actors wil for sure boycott the ceremony. so awards are jst selling nw a days. nw ur nxt point if movie is box office blockbuster u r saying it dsnt necessary movie is good. but on the other hand boxoffice blockbuster means tht people r going in theatre n seeing the movie. tht means many people r liking the movie. ab aisa to hai nai jashan is flop movie but it is boxoffice block buster. nt possible koi b khrab movie boxoffice blockbuster nai ho sakti. agar koikhrab movie ho to it wil business for 1 or 2 days,,,,nt more thn tht. but tht is nt in the case of love….kal…Get my point?/

  • @Sachin rocki
    we will talk after the release of agyaat
    by the way thanks for the funny comment like “agyaat is an excellent movie”

  • Songs of LOVE AAJ KAL are very good and enjoyable………. but movie is average and could make interest except sardarji part. I like that part . But it was just 1/5 of the whole movie.

  • Hi. I watched this movie. It was a nice movie, I do belive that “Jab we met” was better. Cause both Kareen and Shahid did very good acting. In “Love Aj Kal”, Saif was good, but he didn’t look as good as he should. Deepika was awful in her way of acting. The film could have been much better if they have had someone other playing the role. It doesn’t necessary mean that I would have perferred Kareena, but Deepiaka didn’t do justice. And that other lady, the second herione, she was awful. One more thing that, the both stories going on together was a bit messy…Anyway. It was a good movie, but could have been even better.

  • Who is this Sachin Rocki?????????????I think this buddy needs some Black Coffee or Kali Chai to understand what the movie says to us.
    Dear Indicine Team, I watched the Movie yesterday & I think the Movie is superb. Jai, Meera, Veer Singh & Harleen do a fantastic Job in the movie.
    I was very frustrated since last few days but the Movie lets me reversed five years when I was also stand under her Balcony only to have a glimpse of her face. Really, I love my Wife very much. She is the only one & everyone for me. I completely disagree to the peoples who criticized the Movie. The Movie LOVE AAJ KAL is actually very impressive movie.
    This is the movie of everyone who love someone.
    I Love the Movie.
    Thanks Saif for making such a great Movie.
    God Bless You.

  • HORRIBLE MOVIE WASTE OF TIME !!
    not even funnie
    just music the song twist is good and ye dooriyan thatz all there is
    to this movie
    godd jab we met cant even touch this movie
    and wow i cant believe imtiaz is embarrased of jab we met
    and is proud of love aaj kaal
    awkward much!!
    really indicine is rite deserves like only 2 stars for saif and deepika’s effort
    and .5 star for the songs thatz all
    overline watch it at home cuz itz a waste of money if u watch it in theatres !!!!

  • sachin rockki::

    first of all…l.a.k. is a crap movie….secondly..dun predict the movie’s results before its release…have u watched agyaat???? it a crap movie…….have u watched predator????? its kinda same thing……bt den….agyaat is like a daily soap…wat da heck….climax is to b continued…that ‘s the trik of stupid r.g.v. to paisa wasool………..i wud have done shit on his face….

  • as time passes by , people will realise how crap a movie this is. the only good thing about the movie was the song ”twist”. however, the song becomes annoying after a while too. after listening to it quite a few times, iam now realising that in reality it is actually a very annoying song.

    saif is a fake, and has produced a ”bundle” of a film. not deserving of the success it has achieved. it appears saif and akshay are similar in that regards. nonsense actors.

    i believe the only best part of the movie will remain the white british actress who can be seen in the twist song. she is worth staring at all day.

  • Well Spiderman, agree with you. It seems more like a 1.5 star movie now. Second watch on DVD, it was unbearable..

  • due to my circumstances, I couldn’t go to cinema and watch Love Aaj Kal, so I watched it on a dvd last night.. enjoyed it, nice songs, not a boring movie.. I liked Saif’a acting but I think he must stop now doing anymore of these kind of stories.. that’s the 3rd movie of his, about a guy who doesn’t want any committment.. first was Salaam Namaste, 2nd was Hum Tum and that’s the 3rd which is Love Aaj Kal.. I liked the (kal) story of Rishi Kapoor, the movie was interesting and I didn’t get confused while switching from Aaj & Kal!

    I agree with you Indicine Team about Deepika.. yeah.. she can’t be natural when she tries to weep.. she was good in OSO only, probably she worked very hard on her role in that movie because it was her first step in bollywood and to prove herself as a good actress.

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