Sep 18, 2007 12:12 AM
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(Updated Nov 01, 2007 07:03 AM)
How you even begin to explain what’s wrong about a film, that does nothing right to begin with? The one, the only, the real problem with Ta Ra Rum Pum is that there’s absolutely nothing new about it.And to top it all the film is littered with so many bollywood cliches that you can end up predicting where the film is going to end up barely 20 minutes in the film.
Firstly, racers are supposed to have finance managers and rake in money by the millions.this guy has none..he spends all his money the same day he earns it(some bloke eh?)..
then he happens to meet a girl who owns a 50 dollar ipod(since when were they so cheap)..in New york..sings a song with her..invites her to a race..mid way through the race he girl is in love with the speed demon..5 minutes later they are singing a song..and show the super speedster winning a race in Milwaukee, Wisconsin
..hello do you think the audience is stupid?...Milwaukee and New York are miles apart..just how do they meet there?..and for the song hey shona..(super hit)..if you listen carefully to the https://lyrics..the girl sings Chalo KAHE deti hoon..that is Bihari dialect..just how does a bengali girl sing in Bihari?
Another big problem I have with this film is the ooh-so-cute factor which almost made me puke. Kids should behave like kids, and watching them starve themselves to save money, or reach for other people’s half-eaten doughnuts is just not cool.
I know it’s all meant to tap at your tear-ducts and choke you up, but honestly the only feeling you’re overcome with is anger towards the director for his blatant attempt at emotional manipulation.Also, when will we ever be spared those Bollywood stereotypes - the heroine’s father who insists his daughter has chosen the wrong guy? Then years later when she’s going through a bad patch, he’ll remind her that he’d warned her not to marry this guy.
And the honorable heroine who’ll defend her husband and reject any help that her dad is willing to offer. God help us, surely Siddharth Anand could have done better.Even though it’s meant to be an emotional story, you can’t really empathise with the characters because it’s all so plastic, so fake, so calculated and clinical.
This family doesn’t have food to eat but they’re still dressed in designer clothes! Also I’d like to ask the director of this film if he really thinks this film is meant for kids. Dude, what do you want them to take from this? That revenge is okay? That it’s cool to be speeding like a madman even when you’re not on the race-track?
Also, will someone please tell me why everyone’s screaming in the film’s first hour? Rani, Saif, Javed Jaffrey, why’re they all yelling at the top of their lungs.
Even the car racing scenes are not very impressive..and to top it all the comeback thingy?..for information sakes it takes about 2-3 years of testing and loads of financing to come up with a team in NASCAR..not a couple of days.All that is rubbish.
And to be honest I have never seen a race driver look so out of shape and worn out in my life..so much so for attention to detail..The performances are ok at best.Saif is repeating himself...
I can see why Rani signed up for thsi film..because the character is typical Rani Mukherjee..this is very similar to Chalte chalte, Hum Tum, Chori Chori, Saathiya etc etc..the films that have made her the so called best actress in bollywood..bull shit!..the only thing she is good at is carrying a glum faced expression and making eloquent speeches..No matter how different her roles are she delivers her dialogus in the same boring manner....
As for Javed Jaffrey who’s playing Saif’s best friend and team-manager, I don’t know if that kind of humour is funny anymore - speaking English with a smattering of Gujarati thrown in, it’s just annoying if you ask me.
All in all, have mercy on my bum, Ta ra rum pum
