Kanden Kadhalai in Tamil < Jab We Met in Hindi

On the above picture do you see any difference? Hmmmm…

This is the level of similarity you can see when you see Kanden Kadhalai. But I understood direction is not simply copying. You have to have the magic touch which the original director (Imtiaz Ali) has. Kannan (Director of Kanden Kadhalai) didn’t have that magic touch.

Scene to Scene, Dialogue to Dialogue it is same as Jab We Met. Although he has left out some really cute scenes which comes in Jab We Meet.

Some scenes coming to my mind are, when Geet and Adhitya try and catch a running train in Manali soon after he finds out her in Manali and she tells abt her dream. And the very last scene where Geet’s Sikh Grandfather says that he knew every thing and he needs only one second to find what is running between the girl and boy. In that scene you will be seeing Geet and Adhitya with their 2 children and giving a smile saying “Ji Daji” Those are some of the real sweet scenes in Jab We Met and we don’t find them in this movie. If you are going to copy scene by scene, word by word why doesn’t the director copy the real sweet scenes too?

Sometimes you will notice an actor’s performance when you see another actor portray the same character. I noticed how good Arjun acted in Mudhalvan only after seeing Anil Kapoor’s performance in Nayak. Same thing happened, but here it was Shahid Kapoor who was scoring much more than Bharat. I was appreciating Shahid Kapoor’s performance when I was seeing this movie. Kudos to Shahid.

Kareena is usually an actress who acts in an expressive way. We have not seen Tamanna like that before. She has taken a genuine try to enact the same performance which Kareena has done. But I would say that no other than Kareena can perform the character of Geet or Anjali better. Given that Tamanna has lesser experience in acting compared to Kareena and she does not know the local language Tamil and some one else have dubbed for her. I would say she has given her best.
Some times you don’t understand the word chemistry when talked between actors and actress right?

So now you can understand that when you see Jab We Met and Kanden Kadhalai. The chemistry between Kareena Kapoor and Shahid Kapoor is so very good. And there is not much of chemistry between Bharat and Tamanna.

What I enjoyed most in the movie is the comedy track by Santhanam. He was real good and the scenes which he appears you tend to have a laugh for sure. Although his comedy will not please the elder audience.

If you have watched Jab We Met and want to make comparisons like me then go to Kanden Kadhalai. And if you have not watched Jab We Met then watch Kanden Kadhalai first and then watch Jab we met and you can appreciate how good Jab We Met was and how close JWM is to your heart.

My rating is 3/5 for this movie. Out of that three, 2 goes to Santhanam and 1 goes to Tamanna.