When We Met) is a 2007 Indian Hindi-language romantic comedy film written and directed by Imtiaz Ali and produced by Dhilin Mehta under his banner Shree Ashtavinayak Cine Vision.

[3] Primarily based in Mumbai, Bhatinda and Shimla, the film tells the story of Aditya Kashyap, a heartbroken businessman who boards a train, where he meets a talkative Punjabi girl, Geet Dhillon.

[2] The film was later remade in Tamil as Kanden Kadhalai with a subsequent Telugu dubbed version titled Priya Priyathama.

Depressed by his girlfriend's abandonment, he spontaneously walks out of a company meeting and boards a random train headed out of the city.

He meets Geet Dhillon on the train, a vibrant young girl, who refuses to stop talking.

Finally, one night, Geet leaves her home with Aditya, and they reach Manali, where Anshuman stays.

But one fine day, when everything was going good, Aditya is visited by Geet's family at his office, who claim she is missing from home.

Aditya tries to help her regain her positive outlook towards life, but shockingly Anshuman shows up to start afresh with Geet after a miserable period of 9 months.

[9] On the two lead actors, Ali commented, "I wanted a girl who could look natural in scenes where she misses the train.

[18] Apart from this, the producers also painted two full local trains in Mumbai from the Western and Central lines with Jab We Met imagery, where Shahid Kapoor chatted up with fellow passengers and informed them about the film.

The film's soundtrack was released on 21 September 2007 by lead actress, Kareena Kapoor on the musical show Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Challenge 2007.

[35][36] According to the Indian trade website Box Office India, with around 19,00,000 units sold, this film's soundtrack album was the year's second highest-selling.

A single disc collector's item in an enclosed box with the DVD containing English, Portuguese, Arabic, and Spanish subtitles was also released.

[46] By February 2008, Jab We Met had made a net business of over ₹310 million (US$10.9million),[47] and emerged as one of the biggest hits of the year.

Debuting at number 10 in the U.K., the film grossed £11,488 on its previews night and £144,525 on its opening weekend, collecting a total of £156,013 from 31 screens.

[49] The film continued to do strong business and garnered excellent collections during its second week, making a two-week total of £325,996.

"[55] Taran Adarsh from indiaFM gave the film a 3.5 out of 5 rating saying it is "as refreshing as an ice-cold watermelon juice in scorching heat.

"[54] Subhash K. Jha wrote, "...Jab We Met is the kind of cinematic experience that is hard to come by in this day and age of smoky cynicism and borrowed rage.

Indiatimes wrote, "After his much-appreciated Socha Na Tha (2004), Imtiaz goes bigger and better and the result is nothing but flying colours".

[59] Most critics agreed that the main highlight of the film was the leading pair and Kareena and Shahid's chemistry.

Rajeev Masand further explained, "The real magic of this film lies in the performances of its two main leads who seize your attention from the moment they first appear on screen.

"[57] Taran Adarsh commented, "Shahid delivers his career-best performance in Jab We Met... Kareena is in top form as well.

"[54] Subhash K. Jha approved the chemistry as well, "...there are sparks...and the ones between Kareena and Shahid are so unselfconsciously genuine that you end up looking at the characters rather than the two actors going through a series of brilliantly conceived and energized incidents..."[56] Apart from critics, Jab We Met was one of the best films of 2007 according to various Bollywood film directors such as Madhur Bhandarkar, David Dhawan, Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra, Anurag Basu and Sriram Raghavan.

[61][62] Ashtavinayak announced that Jab We Met would be remade in four other languages: Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, and Malayalam.

However, eventually it was only remade in Tamil as Kanden Kadhalai (2009) and subsequently dubbed in Telugu as Priya Priyathama.

[63] The film's plot later inspired the television show Love U Zindagi (2011), starring Sidharth Shukla and Pavitra Punia.

[71][72] Sampada Sharma of The Indian Express noted, "Jab We Met has gained cult status in the world of Hindi romantic comedies and can easily be addressed as the most adored love story since Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge (1995).

[80] Vogue, Rediff.com, Pinkvilla and Cosmopolitan have named Geet among the strongest and inspirational female characters of Bollywood.