{"id":28897,"date":"2018-01-19T15:14:13","date_gmt":"2018-01-19T20:14:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.therockysafari.com\/?p=28897"},"modified":"2021-05-29T16:50:59","modified_gmt":"2021-05-29T20:50:59","slug":"love-aaj-kal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.therockysafari.com\/2018\/01\/19\/love-aaj-kal\/","title":{"rendered":"Every Long Distance Couple Must Watch “Love Aaj Kal”"},"content":{"rendered":"

Love Aaj Kal<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong>is a 2009 Indian Hindi-language romantic comedy-drama film every couple in a long-distance relationship, past or present, must<\/strong> watch.<\/p>\n

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Although the Bollywood film was produced in Hindi, you can stream it online<\/a> with English subtitles just as I did on Amazon for as little as $3.00<\/a> if you select the one week rental. Starring Saif Ali Khan and Deepika Padukone, the film portrays the experience of pure love that persists even in the face of modern obstacles such as long distance relationships and quickly changing love interests.\u00a0The title <\/span>Love Aaj Kal<\/em>\u00a0translates to English as <\/span>Love Nowadays.\u00a0<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

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The main characters, Jai and Meera, are a modern-day couple living together in London. While they are happy together, they do not believe in tying each other down. When their careers begin to pull them in different directions, they agree to have a mutual breakup. With such deeply rooted admiration for one another, their feelings persist.<\/p>\n

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Meera goes to India while Jai stays in London hoping to be called to San Francisco so he can work on his dream job at Golden Gate Inc. Before officially ending their relationship, they humorously agree to throw a Breakup Party!<\/p>\n

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After parting ways, Jai begins to date a blonde girl named Jo. Meera starts to develop feelings for Vikram, her boss, who asked her out on a date. The couple begins to feel optimistic they have finally moved on with their lives.<\/p>\n

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It is then that a wise friend of Jai named Veer Singh begins to tell the tale of his past.<\/p>\n

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Serious questions about Jai and Meera’s past relationship are discussed. Jai and Veer have a powerful heart-to-heart conversation about what it means to love someone.<\/p>\n

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Veer Singh is a great believer in love. He begins to narrate his own love story to Jai hoping it helps him find some level of clarity in his struggle to understand his feelings for Meera. Veer explains how he once fell for a girl named Harleen when he was a young man. He likened his experience with Harleen to what we’d call “love at first sight.” Jai ridicules Veer for the soppiness of his story and the great lengths he went to just to show his love for Harleen.<\/p>\n

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Because of Veer’s insistence, Jai agrees to pay Meera a surprise visit to India. Meera is stunned by his appearance. The two of them lie to Jo and Vikram in order to spend some time with each other. It is during this time they realize just how much they truly like each other’s company. They spend the night celebrating, drinking, and dancing. The traditional dancing and cultural music made the Bollywood movie so much fun to watch. I loved being exposed to something so different from anything you’d see produced from an American studio. Click below to watch a snippet from their reunion.<\/p>\n