Hum Tum (2004)

Cast
Saif Ali Khan - Karan Kapoor
Rani Mukherjee - Rhea Prakash (as Rani Mukerji)
Rishi Kapoor - Arjun Kapoor, Karan's father (Special Appearance)
Kiron Kher - Parminder Prakash aka Bobby
Abhishek Bachchan - Sameer (Special Appearance)
Director: Kunal Kohli
Producer: Siddharth Anand , Aditya Chopra , Yash Chopra
Written by: Siddharth Anand , Kunal Kohli


"We have a story between us, because this life is too long". The hero keeps saying this. They are different as chalk and cheese. They keep bumping into each other. Once on the flight to US, second in a park, third in her wedding...every time they meet something unwarranted happens. It seems like every meeting is the last one but... they meet again.

Hum Tum is a romantic comedy, inspired by the English flick WHEN HARRY MET SALLY. Karan (Saif) is cartoonist in a famous daily. He is a persistent philander but with a golden heart. And Rhea is a fashion designer; she is emotional but sticks on to her principles. They practically disagree with everything. Years later they become friends. Karan makes Rhea smile when she suffers an emotional break down. He even match makes her with his friend Mihir (Jimmy Shergill). But then he also falls in love with her. Finally when he realizes his love, a question gnaws him 'who would want to marry a boy like him?

We have ten reasons why any girl would love marrying Karan. He is good looking, he is amusing and if not perfect he is definitely good. This Venus-Mars comedy has its moments. The first half is simply impressive, but the second half slacks down a bit, but again picks up during the climax.

Music by Jatin Lalit is good. "Ladki Kyon", "Chak De", "Hum Tum" are pleasant. "Mere Dil Vich Hum Tum" does make you tap your feet. Lyrics by Prasoon Joshi gels well with the music. Technically speaking the film has a loose editing. Director Kunal Kohli's script in the second half should have been a little taut.