What was so special about Hum Tum?

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Posted: 14 years ago

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i may be in the minority here but i kinda agree with the person who posted the topic. The muvie wasn't gr8 or anything....i just saw it for time-pass and really liked it...but then i saw harry met sally and though HT was trash....im kinda midway abt it now...i dunt hate it but i dunt luv it either...i guess the muvie was slow paced and had a rather convenient screenplay wherein the protagnists just" happen" to meet again and again, and AB just "happens" to die and saif just "happens" to have no steady relationship for 10 years until he meets rani again. Didnt work much for me..

that said, i adored 3 performances in the muvie....Kirron kher was an absoulte riot and was totally fun as the punjabi mum..she also bought a certain sensitivity admidst all the loudness which i liked. rishi kapoor was cute and charming as saif's confused dad...the role had negative shades to it..but he managed to make it lovable. Finally, saif. I dunt care if people judge me but I happen to be one of the very few people who felt saif totally deserved that national award for this muvie....it was such a natural performance it was hard to distinguish between saif and karan.

but yeh...except for the performances i mentioned above, nothing else worked in the movie for me.

Edited by smarie pants - 14 years ago

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Posted: 14 years ago

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To each his own, I'd say. 😊 Though the movie is nowhere near to being called a flawless work of art (far, far from it), I thought it was a pretty successful and intelligent attempt (at that point of time) at making a movie that does not deal with the typical Bollywood themes. Personally, what I liked about the film (barring the performances) was that everything was done and shown very subtly and gently, instead of dramatizing or overemphasizing it. Another thing I liked was the way the characters transformed and grew up throughout the span of the nine years.

It's not a film for everyone though. If you are a fan of high drama or melodrama, or filed-with-climax-or-action movies, then Hum Tum won't work for you. Try a SLB or KJo film for that purpose.

But as someone already mentioned, the true strength of the movie lied in the performances. I don't think I need to start on Saif or Rani's performances because they are self-evident. Even the supporting casts - be it Kiron Kher, Rishi Kapoor or Rati Agnihotri - breathed lives into their respective characters.

As far as awards are concerned - most of them are based on public voting, and if the public votes for them, we really can't hold the award ceremonies at blame. And I agree that Saif did not deserve a National Award; that was stretching things a bit too much. But I liked his performance nonetheless.

Coming to whether it is a worthy remake of WHMS or not - well, how many "worthy" remakes can Bollywood boast of? Not many. Not even the films that they copy from Tollywoods. 😛

Lastly, while I can rationalize why Ash's name was brought forth in the first page, I think it's best to leave the matter at that. Ash has nothing to do with the topic at hand, and talking about how she would have looked with Saif is stretching our imaginations too far. 😆

Edited by PhoeniXof_Hades - 14 years ago

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Debo

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Posted: 14 years ago

#23

Hum Tum was an special movie for alot of people, the story was simpel and the most of important of movies are to release on the right time. Hum Tum was a movie when people loved a simple movie, in these days people doesnt appreciate alot of simple movies. Every generation need their own kind of typ movies.

In these days, glamour,screen effect and westers culture got more inportant in the movies.

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Posted: 14 years ago

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Originally posted by: maddy1973
What was so special about Hum Tum ?
Ash was not in it. That's so special about Hum Tum. 😆

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Posted: 14 years ago

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I didnt think it was deserved all those awards(especially the national award) either but considering the competion I think it was a pretty good movie.Its one of the better Bollywood movies. Kunal is a hack there are no doubts about that one. But comeon how can anyone top WHMS - I dont think even Hollywood can better that movie. That Diner scene is hilarious even when I watch it for the 100th time.

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Posted: 14 years ago

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I think Hum Tum was awesome !

The music was great....

the title track to me is one of the most romantic songs ever..

Rani took giant strides as an actor and Saif was awesome in the movie too.

It was very well directed..

The film had magic... u can watch it over and over again

I loved the direction
The animated stuff made it really exciting

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Posted: 14 years ago

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ok so i went back and saw your 2nd post...and realized this has nothing to so w/ash...so i'm changing my post a little!!! You're certainly allowed your right to an opinion...and to an extent HUm tum is a bit overrated...i mean it's a good movie, but for a film that copy of another movie...it def shouldn't have been nominated so many times!

Seriously i didn't think HT deserved as many awards as it got, but Saif-Rani made the movie special!! Beautiful beautiful beautiful chemistry...some scenes the two did like the one before the end credits...the fake family scene...the park scene...seriosuly they outshined billy-meg!!! But like i said...probably shouldn't have gotten as many awards as it did!

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Posted: 14 years ago

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Originally posted by: PhoeniXof_Hades
[YOUTUBE]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wUjY3fn_Ktw[/YOUTUBE]

This was one of the best scenes...I haven't seen a more heart touching romantic scene..:)

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Posted: 14 years ago

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Originally posted by: eroticlover
😕 I genuinely felt Hum Tum was kind of overrated and did not deserve all the attention it got that year. There were clearly better films that were more appealing and deserved attention.

Exactly...!!! totally agree with you on that..!! plus i couldn't stand the sight of that leprechaun jumping around in the movie..