Ok Jaanu

remake from O Kadhal Kanmani but superb

Couldn't stand the original one because of Nithya Menon. Couldn't stand this one because it just exists.

I love this movie. Aditya and Shraddha make a lovely couple. 🥰 Adi is absolutely adorable, he's the main reason why I'd watched the film in theatre. 😍 AR Rahman's music is fresh and amazing, my favourite is the title track. I've no idea why this movie didn't work at the box office because I think it was awesome and full-on entertaining.

One of the worst remakes ever! This movie isn't even 1/10th as good as the original movie in Tamil- OK Kanmani, which doesn't even has rotten tomato credits.

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The trend of making remakes is very hot right now in Hollywood. Some of them are good, some of them are average and many fail but if you look closely you'll see one common thing. All the movies are remakes of very old movies. Now if you apply common sense, you'll ask that why do film-makers remake old movies, right? Because they think they can improve upon the originals because of the technical advancements we have achieved throughout the years. Now see what the Hindi Film Industry does. They remake a movie which was made two years ago. I'll try to elaborate this throughout the review. SCREENPLAY/STORY - OK Jaanu is a remake of the Tamil movie O Kadhal Kanmani(2015). I had seen the movie then because there was a major uproar about it because it was Mani Ratnam's movie. The story follows Adi and Tara who fall in love, live together in an elderly couple's house. The elderly couple is portrayed by Naseeruddin Shah and Leela Samson. On observing their unconditional love, Adi and Tara understand the gravity of their relation and eventually give in to their love-wala feelings. That's it. It was an average story then and 2 years later it is still an average story, but this is bogged down by the extremely bland dialogue and exposition. It almost felt like in the screenplay where there should have been one full-stop, there there were two full-stops. Due to that the conversations were missing a beat every-time. It seemed very artificial. I maybe nitpicking but this keeps happening throughout the entire length of the movie. Now as Naseeruddin Shah is a veteran actor, he makes the dialogue sound real but it sticks out like a sore thumb every time there is a conversational scene between Aditya and Shraddha. DIRECTION - Shaad Ali made Saathiya(2002) and Bunty aur Babli(2005) and after that took a complete nose-dive with flops like Jhoom Barabar Jhoom(2007) and Kill Dil(2014). No need to be surprised why that happened. Where Saathiya(2002) was penned by Mani Ratnam, Bunty aur Babli(2005) was penned by Aditya Chopra and Jaideep Sahni. I have been watching educational videos regarding film-making and it is difficult. I am being honest here, it is very difficult but when you are remaking something, you can clearly see where the problems were, right? Why repeat them scene by scene? The camerawork is bland and sometimes just off. Just off. Even the scenes with false tension are predictable. It should be unpredictable to the characters as well as the audience or else what is the point. Then comes the songs and the background score. It is everywhere like the Illuminati. Not a single shot has silence. Silence allows the characters, the set-up to settle in the eyes of the audience. The characters are jumping from one song to another, one frame to another so obviously the characters feel plastic and I couldn't even connect. People were leaving the hall before half-time and it is a movie with young, beautiful people who are in love. Bravo! ACTING - Probably the worst performance yet by the leads and they have been in Aashiqui 2. So that's saying something. I am sure they are good actors but they were absolutely emotionless here. There was no chemistry, at all. On top of that there was the background score which was screaming, "FEEL THIS! FEEL THAT!". Arre! let the actors emote, please. Naseeruddin was great as usual. The actress who played Adi's sister-in-law had one scene and she nailed it. Leela Samson was bland too but I couldn't figure it whether it was because she was playing the character with Alzheimer's disease or not. FINAL VERDICT - The only redeemable factor is how beautiful Shraddha Kapoor was looking in this movie. Go on judge me, see if I care. As far as the movie goes, wait for it to come on DVD or TV. If you want to sleep then you can probably go. You'll have a good sleep because of the 2 hour run-time. You can suffer a minor cardiac arrest due to the horrendous rendition of "Humma Humma", other than that it is a complete snooze fest. I am sure nobody from the Hindi Film Industry will be reading this but please, if you're spending so much then make a good movie because if you've nothing new to say then why say anything at all.

Just such a beautiful movie. You get the feels man! Wholesome, well-done movie (duh! It's by the same team as Saathiya) that leaves you feeling good vibes throughout. Aditya and Shraddha still got the chemistry but Naseerudin Shah added a lot in his supporting role. It was nice. Such a shame that quality movies made with such sincerity are getting overlooked and trashed. This is obviously not a masala movie or some sleezy fare, it's just a nice movie with some positive vibes and relevant material especially for the millennial generations. Well worth the watch in theaters. Songs are beautiful too (AR Rahman!).

An entertaining film. Great music by A. R. Rahman per usual. Good performance from Aditya Roy Kapoor. Shraddha Kapoor was alright. Chemistry was OK. Nothing spectacular about the film though.

'OK Jaanu' is an average film due to its uncluttered and poor writing on a topic previously done more skillfully.

Rating - 1 / 5 Ok Jaanu is an inconsequential attempt to remake Mani Ratnam's vastly superior O Kadhal Kanmani and thus fails badly because in here director Shaad ali offers nothing fresh but an exact copy version of the former. While in the former Dulquer Salmaan and Nithya Menen's chemistry brought an effortless charm and left the audience spellbound. However in Ok Jaanu both leads fail to rekindle the same magic they had in Aashiqui 2 mainly because in here they seek no commitments but a relationship which is less dramatic. There are two reasons due to which i was able to sit down and watch this film, one gorgeous AR Rahman soundtrack which was also present in O kadhal kanmani and two the wonderful Naseeruddin Shah and Leela Samson, who play the older couple having been married for 50 years set an example for the younger ones to get the true meaning of love. I wished there was more of screen presence for both but it was not to be. Director Shaad ali hardly does anything to make it a compelling one but only manages to make it overlong and bloated. The ending is predictable and thus a poor attempt to remake a classic O kadhal kanmani.