Saif Ali Khan, who looks kind of like an Indian Gael García Bernal, balances comedy and drama with unusual subtlety and grace, while Mukherjee, with a sexy rasp in her voice, makes an engaging romantic foil and expertly conveys Rhea's growing maturity over the course of the film. Kher and Kapoor deliver wonderfully warm and comic supporting turns. For example, Rishi Kapoor, who plays Karan's playboy photographer dad, starred in Bobby, the film from which Kiron Kher's character (Rhea's traditional mom) takes her nickname. There are a few clever in-jokes that longtime Bollywood fans will appreciate. A musical sequence before Rhea's (Rani Mukherjee) wedding is frothy fun, and the London-set "Chak De," with its background chorus of Brit kids, has a bouncy appeal.
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Still, the numbers are generally well conceived, at least, on a visual level. The musical numbers are fairly lackluster by Bollywood standards, and the addition of a few pseudo hip-hop catch phrases and rapping, increasingly common in these films, doesn't help. While the addition of cutesy animated sequences breaks up the flow of the movie, without adding much insight, these segments do offer insight into the work and mindset of the cartoonist, Karan (Saif Ali Khan), the film's male lead. Buoyed by charming performances and a surprisingly mature romantic story line, Kunal Kohli's film overcomes minor deficiencies in its score to succeed as a fine Bollywood musical. Or maybe because we were obliged to change the channel as soon as it came on.Critics may call Hum Tum a rip-off of When Harry Met Sally, forgetting perhaps how much that film owed to Woody Allen's work. However, we didn’t notice it being weird on the screen when we watched it. Rani hysterically laughed and agreed that she was, in fact, very uncomfortable doing the scene. It made me so uncomfortable because you were so uncomfortable” Saif added. “And, it was the worst kiss in the history of cinema, it was so uncomfortable. However, in the end she reluctantly agreed. “You said, ‘Listen, you say that you don’t want to kiss me.’ So I said, ‘I can’t say that! My boss has told me, so I have to do it.’ You said, ‘Listen, I don’t think we should do it,’” he recalled. The scene they are talking about is from the title song of the movie. She asked, “Do you remember how scared we were to do the kissing shot?” To which, Saif replied, “I remember how scared you were to do the kissing shot.” Saif said to Rani that she tried to convince him before the shot to not go ahead with it because she was having cold feet about it. They recalled the kissing shot in Hum Tum which both were quite “uncomfortable” with and hence, it got awkward while shooting it.
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In a video released on Yash Raj Films’ official YouTube channel, the duo discussed when they first met, their debuts in Bollywood and the films they did together under the YRF banner.
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īefore they recreate their undeniable chemistry on the big screen with their upcoming film Bunty Aur Babli 2, they recently found themselves reminiscing about the good, bad and the ‘worst’ from the work they did together in the past. There would hardly be any 90s kid who didn’t ship these two after watching films like Ta Ra Rum Pum and Hum Tum. Saif Ali Khan and Rani Mukerji are among the most loved and adored onscreen jodis in Bollywood from the 2000s era.