Love Aaj Kal

is a 2009 Indian Hindi-language romantic comedy-drama film written and directed by Imtiaz Ali and produced by Saif Ali Khan and Dinesh Vijan under the production of Illuminati Films and Maddock Films. Starring Saif Ali Khan and Deepika Padukone, it features Rishi Kapoor and Giselli Monteiro in supporting roles with Neetu Singh in a special appearance, marking her comeback to films after a 25-year long hiatus. The film portrays the feeling of pure love which never changes, although the perspective of realizing one's soulmate has changed over time. was released theatrically in India and worldwide on 31 July 2009. Produced on a budget of crore, the film was critically and commercially successful. It grossed crore worldwide, becoming the second-highest grossing Hindi film of the year. Upon release, it received positive reviews for its novel story, screenplay, direction, dialogues, soundtrack, costumes, cinematography and performances of the cast. led the 55th Filmfare Awards with 12 nominations including Best Film, Best Director (Ali), Best Actor (Khan) and Best Actress (Padukone), and won 2 awards – Best Lyricist (Irshad Kamil for "Aaj Din Chadheya") and Best Choreography (Bosco–Caesar for "Chor Bazaari"). It was remade in Telugu as Teen Maar (2011). A spiritual successor of the same name directed by Ali starring Kartik Aaryan and Sara Ali Khan, was released in 2020. Plot Jai Vardhan Singh and Meera Pandit are a modern-day couple living in London. They are happy with each other, but do not believe in tying each other down, so when career beckons they have a mutual break-up but remain friends. Meera goes to India, while Jai stays in London, hoping to be called to San Francisco, where working at the Golden Gate Inc. is his dream job. Jai begins to date a Swiss girl named Jo, while Meera returns the feelings of her boss, Vikram Joshi. The couple believes they have moved on.