![]() 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. 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. 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. ![]()
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