Once again Imtiaz Ali manages to transform an ordinary love story into an extraordinary experience. Quite like his previous film 'Jab we met', the actual story of this movie isn't exceptional, but he manages to portray it in such an interesting way that you are left in awe.

The story begins with a very happy couple Jai ( Saif Ali Khan ) and Meera ( Deepika Padukone ) who get along unusually well with each other. But once Meera has to leave the country for good because of her work, they mutually and gladly decide to break up for the fear of not being able to handle a long distance relationship. This happens in a coffee shop owned by an old man Veer ( Rishi Kapoor ) who takes a keen interest in their affair and decides to find out more. Once Jai opens up to him, Veer confesses that he was quite like Jai in his own time. This is when, bit by bit, Veer starts revealing to Jai his own love story. Initially Jai finds Veer's thinking and approach very amusing. But as his life continues, he sees an uncanny reflection of his own love life in Veer's decades old love story. The whole plot of the movie revolves around the events and happenings in Jai and Meera's life thereon with a delicate backdrop of Veer's love life and its relevance to their life.

The beauty of this film lies in the portrayal and comparison of these two parallel love stories. The basic idea of the film is to show how, even though approaches and ideologies have changed over the years, 'love' as a concept still remains the same no matter what era. The striking resemblances yet the subtle differences between Jai and Veer's love stories are shown brilliantly.

All the actors have done a commendable job in the movie. Saif Ali Khan, specially did a fantastic job playing both 'young Veer' and Jai. Deepika Padukone was upto the mark and Rishi Kapoor was impeccable as usual. The music of the movie deserves a special mention. Pritam has done an outstanding job once again with "Aahun Aahun" and "Yeh Dooriyan" probably being the pick of the lot.

All in all a great fun film to watch! Highly recommended.