Star Cast
Saif Ali Khan...... Jai Vardhan Singh
Deepika Padukone...... Meera
Neetu Singh...... Veer's wife
Rishi Kapoor...... Veer
Rahul Khanna......
Meera's boss
Vir Das...... Shonty
Raj Zutshi...... Harleen's Father

LOVE AAJ KAL is JAB WE MET without the intensity of Geet. However, here you have the confused, so-called 'me stud man' image of Jai Vardhan Singh (Saif Ali Khan), which takes a beating and comes out fighting to salvage his love, or whatever it is that is left of it. The pair of saif & deepika looked kool & deepika in a black low-waist danced so well.Ahem-Ahem.

Imtiaz Ali has spun a two-layered tale of love and has Saif Ali Khan portraying love in today's time (Aaj) and love two decades ago (Kal). In both roles, Saif is super convincing. Love seems to be the topic of Imtiaz & seems like he's having great fun directing this kind of films.The whole crew had done so much masti like doing kareena tatto ( temporary ).

Jai and Meera meet and fall in love in London. Meera's archaeological background takes her to India while Jai has his dreams to work on a project in San Francisco. They decide to break-up with-out any emotional masala. Their meeting, falling in love, funny moments and even the break-up is capsuled well by Imtiaz. But somewhere deep down, both know that they can never be separated. For Jai, break-up means he is now ready for more girls for dating, while for Meera it is work and the scope of meeting new men. Jai is the super-cool dude who does not believe in the philosophy of love. Not for him is the Romeo-Juliet kind of romance. This is Love Aaj.

Rishi Kapoor, who owns the restaurant where the 'break-up' party is held, reminisces of his love and how he wooed his girl to Jai. Patiently following her cycle rickshaw in the by-lanes of Delhi and even going to Calcutta for her.she had moved away. Saif Ali Khan plays the younger role of rishi kapoor.

In both tales, Imtiaz weaves a pattern to display that whatever era you may have been in, Love has a singular feeling and you only love once. Both love stories are unraveled together and as they head to the climax, Imtiaz has the audience in his grip.

The first half moves fast but you just get the feeling that the second half could have been tighter. It drags and you wonder why Imtiaz is letting his grip off the proceedings.

Deepika comes out shining. Put her in the hands of a good director and she can do wonders. Imtiaz took out a good performance from her.

Love knows no language. Besides, it cuts through people from all age. Aaj, Kal and what have you. It is neat, clean and full of romance. Go for it. You will enjoy a pure love-story for sure.
My rating as a viewer: 8/10