To me, this movie is perfection.

I don't have all the words right now but this film is a work of art.

I like movies that are aware of what they are selling... without [any] greater aspirations than to make people laugh and that's it.

Great example of an old-fashioned, pure-at-heart escapist event movie that doesn't pretend to be anything that it's not and has boat loads of fun being its own ludicrous self.

It was an unexpectedly good movie! Didn't realize how the hours went by (It is over 2 hours long). Abhay and Ayesha were raw but into character. The story was light heart-ed and engaging. Definitely worth a watch.. You won't realize how sneakily this movie makes a special place in your heart and will make you want to re-watch it even years later.

just one word OUTSTANDING movie. its 2015 but still i love this movie. it will be close to my heart forever. its so sad that ayes ha who is such a wonderful and beautiful actor is away from films . i miss her. it is true refreshing movie.great acting by leads and every character in film. very refreshing movie for me as i have seen it first time on you tube after 11 years of its release and still i like this movie because of the simplicity and straightforward story shown in film.we audience are hungry for such cute and simple movies without any vulgarity . it is complete family entertainer. hats off ab hay . i appreciate you now after watching this flick. kudos director sir. it is sad that today only vulgar movies and star studded movies are doing well at box office. i miss old days when sensible and simple movies like THIS ONEwere made. PLEASE Watch this movie once and u will become damn fan of this movie and its characters.great music with lovely lyrics which touches your hearts. everything is good in this flick.

"Socha Na Tha", it came, it saw and it went away. Like me many of you would have missed it. Post-Jab We Met however rewrites the rules and I was persuaded to retrace my steps and take notice to Imtiaz Ali. Believe me - true to its title "Socha Na Tha" Imtiaz is a fine story teller indeed. Probably it was the timing of the release or perhaps it lacked the star-value owing to which it didn't get the recognition it deserved. Abhay Deol:: A launch pad and its very much like for a first-timer. Quite confident and who anticipated that this guy would carve a genre for himself. In retrospection the failure of "Socha Na Tha" (read that as "non performance") saved the Indian Cinema of type-casting Abhay as yet another hero in the number game. So its "good riddance...." for him which made him a character actor.I particularly liked his character which does a proper "Create a problem, solve it and then claim 'Yes I have done it!!!'". Ayesha Takia:: For her stint in Bollywood perhaps the closest she would be proud of next to "Dor". Quite promising and a matured performance delivering at ease the director backed role. Apoorva Jha:: Leaves a lasting impression actually - pity she wasn't seen much around after this movie. Managed to pull-off Karen quite realistically.Ayesha Jhulka:: Wouldn't be wrong to state this Bhabhi as lovable as Renuka Shahane from HAHK. A natural transformation for Ayesha too.The rest of supporting cast which includes Suresh Oberoi, Rati Agnihotri, Raj Zutshi, Sandhya Mridul were adequate. Nearly forgot - Vijay Maurya as well.Not many noticed but "Jaane Tu Ya Jaane Naa" heavily borrowed the concept of "So when do you know it's love?" from "Socha Na Tha". On the same note it does bears resemblance to the "Saif-Sonali" track from "Dil Chahta Hain".Epilogue:: Go for it - to watch the genius trotting his initial steps!

The movie is a slow paced, character development based romance/family genre. There are some flaws but direction is well done. Ayesha Takia's character was a little inconsistent. In the beginning she is shown as a decent sober Desi girl who goes bowling in Shalwar Kameez, wears a sober bathing suit and then suddenly shown as a girl who lies to her guardians and shares a room with a guy. That made her character seem fictional so it took a little fun out of the story, but one thing that Ayesha has is her charm. Not a tremendous actor, but her acting has some reality to it (unfortunately, her character does not.) Besides that, I did not find any serious flaws. Ayesha's character was very straightforward and in a scene when she tells Abhay Deol that his girl friend won't like him hanging out with her, the speech was very realistic. It was direct and something a person actually would say.When Ayesha is caught lying, her family asks her quickly what the deal was; very rational, unlike Hindi movies where the suspense gets dragged on. Abhay's character made complete sense too.Usually, when a movie has too many real touches, it gets boring. Surprisingly, that wasn't entirely the case, not only because there were some flaws that brought excitement, but also because the character development was rather fast in the movie.If you don't like drama and character based movies and don't care about direction, then this one is not for you.