Ok Jaanu

Released Jan 13, 2017

2h 15m

Romance

Drama

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Complications arise when a couple (Aditya Roy Kapur, Shraddha Kapoor) decide to move in together, then part ways when their respective career opportunities come calling.

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Rajeev M

remake from O Kadhal Kanmani but superb

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

05/19/23

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

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

02/08/23

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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.

Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

01/20/23

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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.

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

02/21/23

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Good Time Pass Romedy

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

02/10/23

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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.

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

02/05/23

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Shaad Ali

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Aditya Roy Kapoor

Adi

Shraddha Kapoor

Tara

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Gopi Shrivastava

Leela Samson

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Anupama Chopra

Hindustan Times

OK Jaanu isn't a bad film. It's just a pointless one. Because an exact -- and I mean frame-for-frame -- version already exists in Tamil.

Rated: 2/5

Jan 13, 2017

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Rahul Desai

Film Companion

At least an Agneepath or a Brothers merited a takedown for bastardizing or 'dumbing down' famous films. I don't think OK Jaanu even tried enough to warrant that.

Rated: 1.5/5

Feb 5, 2019

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Nihit Bhave

The Times of India

The thing that works most in OK Jaanu's favour is its screenplay, kept intact from its Tamil predecessor. It is a scene-for-scene remake and capitalizes on great moments from the original film.

Rated: 3.5/5

Mar 27, 2018

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Manjari Saxena

Gulf News (UAE)

It's disappointing to see a man of Mani Ratnam's calibre pen a story that loses its plot as it keeps presenting the same thing over and over again in slightly different settings.

Rated: 1.5/5

Oct 30, 2017

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Shilpa Jamkhandikar

Reuters

There is something to be said for a film that takes a tired romantic trope and turns it into a tale that will bring a smile to your face.

Jun 6, 2017

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Aarti Jhurani

The National (UAE)

Do yourself a favour and watch the Tamil version with subtitles, because the Hindi version is a pale imitation.

Rated: 0.5/5

Jan 19, 2017

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Synopsis

Complications arise when a couple (Aditya Roy Kapur, Shraddha Kapoor) decide to move in together, then part ways when their respective career opportunities come calling.

Director: Shaad Ali
Producer: Parth Dholakia
Screenwriter: Mani Ratnam
Distributor: FIP
Production Co: Dharma Productions, Madras Talkies
Genre: Romance, Drama
Original Language: Hindi
Release Date (Theaters): Jan 13, 2017, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): May 22, 2017
Runtime: 2h 15m
Sound Mix: Dolby Digital
Aspect Ratio: Scope (2.35:1)

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