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A new star is born Film review

Film: Jaane Tu ..Ya Jaane NaCast: Imran, GeneliaDirector: Abbas Tyrewala

His uncle is still at it: wowing admirers across generations, reinventing himself with every new venture.

Now comes Aamir Khan’s nephew, Imran, whose face does nothing to make you question his genes. He resembles Aamir in more than a passing manner. Importantly, he also reminds us of Aamir in his ‘Qayamat Se Qayamat Tak’ days: fresh, fro thy with a winsome smile. And a complete natural in front of the camera. ‘Jaane Tu…Ya Jaane Na’ may not work wonders at the box office, but we all know a new star is born! Director Abbas Tyrewala takes the time-tested way to introduce Imran: a love story set in the university campus, the kind we see only in cliché-ridden Bollywood. So all the students wear designer stuff, girls lick their lollypops, guys wear their cap back-to-the-front. And there is not even a hint of academics. Our guy is better looking than everybody else, the girl – Genelia, now clearly on a comeback trail – just about. She is a motor mouth, he can barely speak a sentence. All familiar, all enjoyable. Good as long as it lasts.

ZIYA US SALAM

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