Flop after flop after flop. Post Mani Ratnam's GURU, seems that the film industry is going through a terrible phase. Granted, movies like Honeymoon Travels and the latest Bheja Fry seems to be average hits this season. Seems that the year that was 2006 could not be repeated. So now it all comes down to this: Sid Anand (assist director of Kunal "Fanaa" Kohli) who's debut "Salaam Namaste (2005) earned a name in the industry. But does he repeat the same success this time with TA RA RUM PUM? To an extent, but they're are some flaws....
Meet Ranveer Singh (Saif Ali) a New Yorker who has a raging passion for race cars. As a NYker, he tries to win over the sponsors with his passions and stuff, but they don't seem to buy his dreams. Until a Gujju man called Harry (Eggactly's Javed Jaffri) sees his talent in action and offers him his dreams come true. Dubbed by the name "RV", he makes a name in the career. At the same time, he falls for Radhika (Rani) whom he fondly calls her, "Shona", Bengali for sweet. Fast foward two song sequences later, and we get the see RV's mindless money spending in wedding stuff, house, cars, etc which he fondly replies, "it's a loan, an installment."Whatever, we get it! Oh and the kids, adorable! Regarding the money matter, the family goes bankrupt and are forced to live in a Bronx type neighborhood, ala DesiYork. The family encounters robbery, starvation, desperate times for money, health and so on.
While the child artists did justice to their roles, Saif and Rani were the best. Give his fathering character or his moneybags character, he simply rocks. Rani as a mother does a decent job, but it's Javed Jaffri who steals the show. If "eggactly" was the phase in SN, TRRP brings his "Mera # Girlfriend said...." Hilarious jokes and at the same time, serious.
Visual-Shekhar give some good tunes, but 2 of them stand out. "Hey Shona" and "Saiyaan." The rest pass muster. The writing point is good, but sometimes, the whole rag-riches storyline is old as hills. But the dialogues make up for it.
So is the film worth watching? Only if you like the artists. Otherwise, watch for timepass.
Rating ***1/2
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