There’s one thing about an Imtiaz Ali film — it may not have the most original storyline or cutting-edge techniques, but it sure has the best dialogues. And that, in my opinion, is the USP of his films.Plus, have you seen how closely people associate with love?? Creepy, I tell you.The problem, I believe, the essential issue with humankind, the reason we are all always at some level or another, pissed off, is cos Reality Sucks. No, no, really, hear me out. Animals don't have the same problem because, hey, face it, no matter how much your dog chases balls in his sleep, he's not dreaming about how great life would be if something were a little different. He's okay, really, with his schedule -- scratch, eat, sleep. How wrong could you go with that? He's not in line for a promotion and there isn't this list of things he wants to get done before he's twenty-five, because he'll be a lucky dog if he lives to see sixteen.

Now,since we evolved from cavemen and all, have issues. We tend to think that if so-and-so (or such-and-such) were totally different, our lives would be perfect. How many times have so many of us said 'It's not fair!' or 'Why (not) me?' Sometimes, if you're really lucky, you get a chance to make that change, live your fantasy as it were. And still, nine times out of ten, it's not enough. It's never bloody enough. We're greedy as a species, and at the same time a little pathetic because, well, we're always searching for something or the other outside of our everyday lives. And, really, who are the people we admire? We admire movie stars. People who seem to have their shit together. And who makes the most money? Plastic surgeons, for one, and therapists. And, again, people in the entertainment industry. Anyone who makes reality look a little less real.And Imtiaz does a good job of it.

“Love Aaj Kal” begins with the story of SAK and DP,who meet in London and "in love" with each other, but are “practical” enough to realise that their relationship can’t take priority over their careers.So when DP decides to move to India to pursue a career in restoration architecture, the duo decide to break up, albeit amicably. There are no tantrums, no tears and instead of being sad about it, they decide it’s best to be practical, even throwing a “break-up” party to celebrate the event.In New Delhi, DP starts going out with her boss while SAK falls for a Swiss girl. He also meets a café owner Rishi Kapoor, who narrates his own love story to him, which we get to see in flashback.Both the stories play out almost parallel to each other, and while both “styles” of love are diametrically different, they end almost identically, which makes for a nice touch.

Like I said before, the story isn’t very original, reminding you at times of “Hum Tum”, “Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge” and even “Socha Na Tha” and "Jab We Met", Ali’s earlier films.Dappled with ample smooches,butt hugs,and casual frolic, this film was entertaining for its contented twist on a ghisa pita storyline

OK-so u think im giving you a review--dream on!! The people I meet these das, find themselves stretching their love lives based on the LAK yardstick.How funky i am vis - a - vis SAK, or how sexy am i vis - a- vis DP.Funny thing is, I myself went into a make believe love scene [Read Love story] with my best friend, and imagining if love of some sorts does exist in this day and age as yesteryear funkapuss love stories.

# Instance 1]

Love aaj kal -- where gf rules bf s life, gf gets bf to do what she wants, and bf gets to be a tone down warrior where he rules only in bed.

SCENE :

*Eyes heavy with sleep, we yapp*
GF :'How did you like the movie?'
BF :'Oh, I loved it. I was deeply touched.'
Aneen: Really!?! I thought it was pathetic *Rolls eyes*
BF:Shut up Syd.I could totally see me and GF as SAK and DP
GF @ Aneen : See, how romantic my baby is!! And you say, guys cant get emotional or like anything more than action or skimpily clad chicks.
Aneen: I still stand by that, ever seen his laptop s folders kya?
GF: What??

*We laugh into the night*.

GF : ''No, seriously. I love the concept of soul-mates. Paulo Cohelo gives a nice explanation in Brida. It seems one soul actually splits into two and becomes two persons. And everyone gets one chance in their lifetime to meet there soul mate. The way you recognize your soulmate is that through him you can see eternity.'
Aneen *sarcasm reeling* : 'So do you believe in soul mates,BF?'
BF *In a state of Hangover Zen*
'Well, from an advaitic point of view, there is only one soul, so every one is a soul mate. From a creative writers point of view, of course, where would we go for stories if we are to do away with love.' Look at me and GF for example, we re like totally meant for each other
GF: Aww baby, I WUUVVV JUUUU
BF: *totally gets grabbing action*
GF : 'And what about the romantic point of view?
BF : You want me to show you some romance
Aneen *Barfs* - get a room, both of you
BF : Technically, You are in our room.
GF:*oblivious to the fact tht we want convo change* Well,A soul mate is a best friend, no?'
BF: True
GF: Well, am I your best friend??
BF *shuffles* yes baby
Aneen: Bastard!!!
BF: No Syd, you re ma man
GF: What baby??
BF: Well, call it what ever.*wants a break..Bulb lights in head *'Lets have ice-cream.'
BF: Ok bro. We ll be sharing one. *Looks at GF*
Aneen: We should do this more often.' *scooping mountains into cups*
GF : What? Ice-cream? No need, we are both overweight.
BF looks pathetically as I enjoy ice goodness.

*Topic shifts to Saina Nehwal now*

SO, bottom line now that exists is -- How much ever boys try to think that they run the relationship, SO NOT TRUE!! Except in this one other case, The person prolly is reading it now lol

# Instance 2]

I realised through another source about how self hypocritic I can be. I rule others love lives but i cant do squat to save my own.I live a life thats self contained and that I cant make my own decisons,but can make the best for others.The same goes for my BFF.So, apparently according to LAK, Love can be found in the person that your most comfortable being around.Yeah, good connoughtation, cos most of the girls Im with, are taken.And thus i would end up in ward 13 of Some hospital being a victim to angry attacks by jealous boyfriends...as of now I m waiting to get my ass kicked by a punjabi dude.The trouble with my life is that it's like a bra strap when chicks put their bra on wrong. So there's one part of the strap that's all twisted and sticking out under their T-shirt and she tries to fix that, and then the part near the hook becomes tangled. Then, after she s struggled with it for a while, because she can't see so far down her back, and straightened it out, the bit near her boob is all funny. So if I've got my career sorted, my love life magically vanishes without so much as a goodbye. Then I've got my love life all perfect and I'm seeing us making fat, happy babies, and boom! my family is fighting, and so on. Well,You get the picture.When one goes ok, the other fucks up.

NO ONE SHOULD TELL their story unless they're absolutely certain they have something to say.
I'm actually not absolutely certain that my story is life-changing or earth-shattering, but I know that the words are collecting at the tips of my fingers and that if I don't shake them out over the keyboard they could go backwards and form word clots around my heart. Word clots are worse than blood clots -- because blood clots more or less kill you as soon as they reach a vital area in your body, but word clots just stay, occasionally giving you heartburn with all the things you could have said but didn't.

So this person,we talk,text,chat,bitch,scream,yell,have the nuttiest, to an extent freaky conversation, but the catch is that, she cant run her own love life, nor can I.Therefore, we end up sorting each other s love issues and go to town making complete fools of ourselves.So , we are best friends, so we like talking, so we are the coolest set of friends.So what?? We know what happens to each other everyday, perpetually on text,chat or phone..but are we in love..So,totally NOT!!! We re best friends, but according to LAK - ARE WE????

Its sorta "fairtale"ish.

Boy meets girl on internet who s in home country.Boy sends friend request [according to girl!!, which is true]. Boy-Girl dont talk after that, cos girl dont know boy. Boy wishes girl happy birthday.Ice breaks.Random IPL gets them together.Boy-Girl share weird similarities which grow creepier by the second.Boy and girl realise that they had been in the same school,and boy knew girl ever since she made the [well :) ].BOy does not remember girl, and obvio. Girl doesnt remember boy.But Boy knows Girl's sister who stole cake from BOy, depriving him of vanilla goodness.Boy-Girl talk on, and find desperate solace from their weird simliarity flare ups,in being Angelina Jolie s long lost siblings at a mela in Kumbh.It later was revealed that due to her apparent sluttiness, Mom could nt take care of us, where we died of "Swine Flew"[No spell errors, She put us in a dumpster where a pig's bones pierced us through].Boy attributes the string of traits to this pre-life memories.Boy-Girl slowly become friends,and then become best friends which progressively turns to bro-sis relationship, fulfilling the prophecy the butcher of the pig made, when he had accidentally shish-kebab'd us with the pg bones.Girl gets back in country;Girl calls boy,boy calls girl.Phone calls increase!No aspect of life is unclear to them.Boy gets free messaging, but girls phone is so outdated she has to get another sim.Girl gets free messaging, and Vodafone goes nuts trying to keep up with SMS traffic.Girl gets internet and reliance becomes a bitch to her, not lettin her in for 2 days.Girl gets mad and shouts at reliance and gets it done.Meanwhile boy's reliance does a toss, still under one.Girl tells boy about BF.BF s a hot blastard.Bo no like BF, but girl is sister.Girl has drama queen BF who totally self centralises.Girl doesnt understand BF.BF doesnt understand girl.Boy understands girl but boy doesnt understand BF.Boy tells BF to go to hell.Boy runs Girls love life.Meanwhile boy gets weird girls attracted to him, and Girl has a field day talkin him to death and gettin him married to weird Girl.Boy perpetually disses BF!Girl perpetually pokes fun of boy. Boy is a complete clown.Girl is a complete escapist who tells Boy.But boy cant spend a minute without texting or talking to girl.Girl has better SMS pack so Girl doesnt have to run around.Boy gets 742% boost in inbox arrival, and very night has a routine deletion to improve space.Boy and girl end up Tweeting.Boy and Girl Happy.One cold rainy day, things get hot on the computer.Boy gets completely flustered, Girl gets bold.Boys slinks away, Girl gets clammy.And Finally, Boy gets pregnant, and Girl owns responsiblity LMFAO!! Boy and girl get married. Boy and Girl have children.Their kid, Twitter is a cute thing in a baby blue dress.On twittu s third bday, BF [Now Ex]shows up.BF s tousle haired perpetual drunk who writes serial kahanis to make ends meet,They end up in Boy s estate.After dinner, olf sparks fly between Girl and BF.Twittu sees momma, Momma s reminded of Boy, and goes back to room.BF made candlelight dinner.Twittu ends up eating dinner and sets fire to BF ankil s beard.BF ankil s so grateful to Twittu that he writes a serial "Agle Janam Mohe Twittu hi Keejo" which is running on Fart TV to packed houses.Twittu becomes huge TV star, and BF ankil, the next playa pimp.Heard BF ankil s got into reality TV now, and he s the star of his new TV shows "Drama Queens Got Talent","Forever Drama with Ankil", "Bordeaux with BF', "Kyunki Wine bhi kabhi Angur thi " and "Aadmi kabhi langur tha". Boy and Girl live on ranch where boy sits and reads paper, and girl dusts,cooks,cleans and makes Butter Chicken for him everyday.

Cute story?? So not happening.LAK is gonna own sole responsiblity if my ass gets kicked, because apparently according to them, LOVE = FRIENDSHIP [SRK USES THAT IN K2H2 as well] WTF!!! I m so ending up in a hospital

There s this whole concept about soulmates that I dont get.Maybe cos I ve been out of a really bad relationship, but I do realise that, you should never fall in love with your best friend, because when the going gets tough, the friendship goes for a toss along with things.What I realised is that we are connected in many ways. But life is too complex nowadays to live with that concept.'Like in the movie, it takes a lot of maturity to accept the person in your life as a soulmate. Guys specially, have to undergo a lot of suffering before they surrender.



But as chicks say : 'But,friend to you are. You are my bestest friend. About that no doubt.' PHATAK !! TEEHEE