.This movie provides examples of:
- Action Mom: Jai's mother, Savitri, has shades of this.
- All Girls Want Bad Boys: It ends up being a bad idea for Aditi. "If I wanted a Nice Guy I would have fallen for you!"
- Arc Words: The title comes from a song from the movie Aa Gale Lagja. And the six friends are always singing it to each other. And the title shows up in nearly every song in some form.
- Berserk Button: Jai practices non-violence unless someone harms Aditi.
- Beta Couple: Rotlu and Bombs.
- Betty and Veronica: Aditi and Meghna.
- Bowdlerise: The subtitles translate "saala" in Pappu Can't Dance to... "baby."
- Cool Loser: Amit.
- Cowboy: Bhalu and Bagheere. And Jai in the film's climax.
- Crowd Song: "Hai muscular, hai popular, spectacular, he's a bachelor! (He's a bachelor, he's a bachelor!)"
- Also see: Nazrein Milana, Nazrein Churana and Kabhi Kabhi Aditi.
- Dawson Casting: Averted. Most of the characters in their twenties are portrayed by actors in their twenties. The one exception to this is Jiggy's actor... who was actually younger than his character.
- Everyone Can See It: From the very beginning. The two first refuse to believe it, but mostly they just don't want to ruin a great friendship by making it a romantic relationship.
- Cute Kitten: It's hard to decide who's cuter at the end of Kabhi Kabhi Aditi: Imran Khan or the kitten.
- Expository Hairstyle Change: Aditi's hair changes from curly to straight halfway through the film, when she becomes aware of her crush on Jai.
- Forgotten Birthday: Aditi's birthday is missed for a date with Mehgan— she doesn't take it well.
- Frothy Mugs of Water: "Give me coke... on the rocks. Make it strong."
- Subverted when other characters are openly shown drinking.
- Gratuitous English
- Hide Your Lesbians: The director states in the DVD commentary that he intended for Shaleen to be a lesbian, but in the film this is depicted entirely through subtext.
- Jerkass: Sushant. Just... Sushant.
- Manic Pixie Dream Girl: Picked for Jei purposely by Aditi— she says he needs a "silly, wild and sweet romantic type."
- Momma's Boy: Subverted. Jai's close to his mom, but it's portrayed as a good thing.
- The Pollyanna: Meghna is a deconstruction of this.
- Relationship Upgrade: The entire point of the film.
- She Is Not My Girlfriend: Aditi and Jei's attitude.
- Shout-Out: The last scene has a person at the airport with a sign saying "Mr. Godot".
- True Companions: In the form of Jai, Aditi, Rotlu, Bombs, Jiggy and Shaleen.
- Tsundere: Aditi sure has her moments. So does Mala.
- Will They or Won't They?: The movie's narrative structure hangs a huge freaking lampshade on it.
- Victorious Childhood Friend: Averted. Jai and Aditi may have been friends for a while, but they met in college.
