New Delhi. Imtiaz Ali’s name is also included among the veteran directors, producers and screenwriters of Hindi films. Imtiaz Ali started his career with ‘Kurukshetra’ for Zee TV and ‘Imtihaan’ for Doordarshan. After directing several TV serials, he turned to Bollywood. In the year 2005, Imtiaz debuted in Bollywood with Abhay Deol and Ayesha Takia starrer romantic comedy ‘Socha Na Tha’, but the film could not do much. In the year 2007, he directed the film ‘Jab We Met’ and then did not look back.
Imtiaz Ali has directed 9 films including ‘Jab We Met’ in 2007, ‘Love Aaj Kal’ in 2009, ‘Rockstar’ in 2011, ‘Highway’ in 2014, ‘Tamasha’ in 2015. Apart from this, he has also directed web series like ‘She’ and ‘Dr Arora’. The work of Imtiaz’s film ‘Amar Singh Chamkila’ has been completed. Imtiaz had worked with Kareena of ‘Jab We Met’ and Deepika Padukone of ‘Cocktail’. But, who is better among the two? The director revealed this recently.
Imtiaz Ali directed ‘Jab We Met’
The 2007 film ‘Jab We Met’ is still remembered as one of his favorite films. When the film released in 2007, it was not the biggest hit of its time, but soon after, it became a cult film, now seen as one of the best rom-coms of this era of Hindi films. Kareena Kapoor, who played the character ‘Geet’ in the film, is often associated with that role and many call the film the best performance of her life.
When Imtiaz Ali got stuck between Deepika and Kareena
Recently Imtiaz had a special conversation with Connect FM Canada. In this conversation, he was asked to choose a better film between ‘Jab We Met’ and ‘Cocktail’ and he chose ‘Jab We Met’. ‘Cocktail’ was directed by Homi Adajania and the script was written by Imtiaz. Deepika Padukone, Saif Ali Khan and Diana Penty starred in the film. When Imtiaz was asked to choose between Kareena in ‘Jab We Met’ and Deepika in ‘Cocktail’, Imtiaz chose Kareena and said, ‘It is very difficult but let me say Kareena because I was the director.’
Kareena had also mentioned
Even though Kareena gave her best performance in Imtiaz Ali’s film, the two never worked together again. During the promotions of ‘Jaane Jaan’, Kareena had said that despite playing many characters, she is recognized only as Poo (from Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham) and Geet (from Jab We Met). He also told that the impression of these roles was such that people assumed Kareena to be the same in real life also. Earlier, while talking to Indian Express, he said, ‘Everyone thinks that poo and song means Bebo.’
Amar Singh ‘Chamkila’ to release on Netflix on April 12
Let us tell you that Imtiaz Ali is now waiting for the release of ‘Amar Singh Chamkila’, which is the biopic of Punjabi singer Amar Singh ‘Chamkila’. The film stars Diljit Dosanjh and Parineeti Chopra in the lead roles and will be released on Netflix on April 12.
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Tags: deepika padukone, Imtiaz Ali, kareena kapoor
FIRST PUBLISHED: March 22, 2024, 09:59 IST