Tara Rum Pum' to be released today 04/27/07

Mumbai, April 27: Yash Raj Films' latest presentation 'Tara Rum Pum' will hit the box office today, Sahara Samay sources said.

The hit on-screen pair of Saif Ali Khan and Rani Mukherjee are back with 'Tara Rum Pum', a film based on victory of human spirit.

The film boasts of two adorable child artists- Angelina Idnani and Ali Haji, director Sidharth Anand, who made filmmaking come of age in Salaam Namaste, and of course the Yashraj banner.

The film's music is composed by Vishal-Shekhar duo and lyrics are written by Javed Akhtar. The background music is by Salim and Suleiman Merchant.

The film's costumes are done by Mamta Anand and Surily Goel.

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MUSIC FROM TARA RUM PUM

Ab To Forever
Singer : Kay Kay, Shreya Ghoshal, Vishal Dadlani

Hey Shona
Singer : Shaan, Sunidhi Chauhan

Nachle Ve
Singer : Somya Raoh, Sonu Nigam

Saaiyaan
Singer : Vishal Dadlani

Ta Ra Ra Ra Rum
Singer : Shreya Ghoshal

Ta Ra Rum Pum
Singer : Mahalaxmi Iyer, Shaan, Shravan Suresh, Sneha Suresh

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Originally posted by asj:

Hey Shona - TaRa Rum Pum XCLUSIVE

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Are they krunking?? My son was teaching me to krunk...things an 8 year old can teach you!

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Are they krunking?? My son was teaching me to krunk...things an 8 year old can teach you! [/QUOTE]


Ri, I am so out of touch, never heard of krunking Got to visit the nightspot to be intune with the terms.

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Tara Rum Pum Pum

By Subhash K Jha

Starring Saif Ali Khan, Rani Mukherjee, Ali Haji, Angelina Idnani, Jaaved Jaffri
Directed by Siddharth Anand
Rating: ***

Now we know why the director is named Anand. Hrishikesh Mukherjee meets Walt Disney in this utterly heartwarming take on life's most serious and cruel jokes.

There's a moment in Anand's film where Rani plays that clichéd sequence where the hero's fallen-on-hard-times wife rejects a fat cheque from her rich father.

"I did the right thing, didn't I?" Rani asks her screen-hubby Saif, who looks aghast. "You turned down a cheque for 50,000 dollars? For that sum of money I'm ready to be compromised every day."

The above sequence is a strangely subverted interpretation of that sequence from Hrishikesh Mukherjee's Satyakam where Dharmendra's idealism was weighed against Sharmila Tagore's ability to ward off temptations.

Tara Rum Pum is like a romp through the highest emotional summts of life's lowest blows. Cleverly Anand situates this rags-to-riches drama of a a spendthrift car racer, his cautious and principled wife and his two adorable kids (Sooraj Barjatya, roll over) in New York where the economically challenged family moves from up-market Manhattan to downtown Queens.

Cinematographer Binod Pradhan captures the underbelly of New York and the empty belly of racing-driver RV's family in a restrained rush of emotional adrenaline.

Anand, God bless his unfettered soul, mixes the business of an absorbing riches-to-rags tale with tons of hyphenated homilies.

In the true Walt Disney tradition, the family makes the best of its challenged morality when it falls on hard times.

There're moments, like the one where Saif's hungry little boy (Ali Haji, delightfully natural) devours a half-eaten burger retrieved from a trash can, where eyes turn to collective moistness.

You can't fault the director for pumping up the tears. Commercial cinema is all about the pleasure you derive in bringing the fundemental emotions of love and life together in a clasp of a giggle and a gasp.

Tara Rum Pum makes you do just that. Anand's screenplay is original from far. Get closer, and you see scenes from Days Of Thunder and a whole chunk from the Russell Crowe boxing film Cinderella Man brought to us in vibrant colours.

Saif, I'd like to believe, is a better actor than Tom Cruise and Russell Crowe. He invests the role of the roguish rugged dare-devilish and impetuous Fallen Hero with pathos and parody.

Watch him in the scene where he tricks his little daughter into staying back in their new run-down home as part of an imaginary reality show (it's a long story….let's just say Siddharth Anand knows Life Is Beautifu and not just for Robert Benigni ). Saif invests even the minutest moment with a tapestried irony.

It helps to have Rani Mukherjee as a co-star. Though her make-up and clothes are all wrong in the first- half, Rani brings a thehrao and a emotional resonance to her supportive wife's part in the second-half where she has to stand by a man who has lost his heroic sheen and is a bit of an embarrassment to the mirror.

Javed Jaffri replicates the role of the star-manager from dozens of Hollywood films. Though his penchant for doing accents (this time Gujarati) is admirable, he doesn't quite blend with the fabric of fertile feelings that irrigate Anand's joyous ride into the raga of richness.

Oh yes the performing stalwart Victor Bannerjee is outstanding…. That is to say, he stands out of the script trying to give a semblance of originality to the role of the heroine's rich snobbish father done by everyone from Madan Puri in Avtar to Sharad Saxena in Pyar Ke Side Effects.

The huggable inspirational tale is buoyed by a bewildering array of songs and dances (including an item where the protagonists dance with animation figures) all choreographed to spotlight the sheer lightness of being a happy family undergoing distressing times.

The initial fifteen minutes could have been more inspired, though. The first 'rave' number replete with hose- pipes going off in the middle of the night, serve as a reminder of how trendy the traditional Family Saga purports to become in present times.

Nothing, not even the tepid songs (Vishal-Shekhar, what were you thinking?) can take away from the sheer weightlessness of the narrative as it moves through several superbly written scenes….take the one at the family dinner where Saif and Rani pretend to be satiated so as the kids could eat properly.

And that one shot where Daughter, Son and Dog stand staring longingly at a confectionary stall, make you wish all your cynicism would dissolve.

Feel-good cinema, anyone? When was the last time you felt so good watching a mainstream Hindi film? Replicating the current international trend towards making films that stress family values (Mira Nair's The Namesake, Gabriel Muccino's The Pursuit Of Happyness) Siddharth Anand gives us a slick slice-of-life served up in courses that go from khushi to gham while your heart goes…tara rum pum pum!

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The film, directed by Siddharth Anand , brings back the successful jodi of Saif Ali Khan and Rani Mukherjee back on the big screen. Child artistes Angelina Idnani and Ali Haji play the couple’s children in the movie.
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Saif Ali Khan as Rajveer Singh aka RV
Ever since his childhood Rajveer has been passionate about race cars. After the death of his parents, Rajveer dropped out of college and started working in the pit-crew of a racing team.

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Rajveer’s talent is discovered by Harry and he joins ‘Speeding Saddles’, a failing race team. After his very first win in the race, Rajeev falls in love with Radhika. A music student and a racer don't somehow seem like the best of matches, but the opposites do attract in this case.

A Fateful Accident
The happy life of this loving family is thrown off track after RV meets a serious accident on the race track. RV is hospitalized for a few months. When he tries to make a comeback after recuperating, he realizes that he has lost his edge on the racing track.

TROUBLE LOOMING AHEAD:
One failure follows another. And soon the number one race driver in the USA becomes a failed phenomenon. To make matters worse, RV is forced to auction his house and move with his family to a run-down Bronx-style neighborhood.

The family struggles to survive a life that they are not used to, using a mixture of fantasy and cheerfulness to pull through in the face of adversity.

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‘Tara Rum Pum’ promises to be an entertaining roller-coaster ride of emotions. The film is the story of human spirit and how it ultimately prevails.

ASJ...thanks for all this info on Tara Rum Pum....I am now anxious to see this one.

I loved the chemistry between Saif and Rani in Hum Tum. Can't wait to see if they still have it!!

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Originally posted by Villagebelle:
ASJ...thanks for all this info on Tara Rum Pum....I am now anxious to see this one.

I loved the chemistry between Saif and Rani in Hum Tum. Can't wait to see if they still have it!!

I enjoyed Hum Tum, with the kids and all I think that Tara Rum Pum will have a good run:

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Saif Ali Khan carries off the film with a maturity that can be associated only with someone who understands cinema. Here is a man who only keeps bettering his last performance. This Khan is truly in business and I’m sure he has amassed a huge fan-following. As a husband and a doting father, Saif performs with aplomb. His comic timing, too, is something to write home about. Clearly, you can safely bracket him in the big league of actors and business-wise, I’m sure producers know that this dude can rope in the audience and help them break even in the first week of a film’s release. In short, an actor you can bank on commercially as well as talent-wise.

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Rani Mukherjee. What can you say about her? She is top notch. Dances with grace, and emotes with ease. At the drop of a hat she can take you from rooting Download Ta Ra Rum Pum Wallpapers for a win along with her, to shedding tears. Watch out for the scene where she fills her hand-bag with food from the buffet table to take home for her kids. Also watch out for the scene where her son attacks the dustbin for food. Moving. And yes, very real!

It’s difficult to film cars on a race track. In fact it’s difficult to shoot any sport for a movie. And mention here must be made of Binod Pradhan’s cinematography. One word. Superb. On the race track as well as his low camera angles which brings to life New York’s high-rises.
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Box Office Reports For Tara Rum Pum:

Almost all the trade sources were taking the good opening of TA RA RUM PUM for granted and predicting a mad rush at the ticket windows. While the two big earners of 2007, GURU (42 crores) and NAMASTEY LONDON (35.75 crores) are unquestionable successes in both India and Overseas, even they had a dull to ordinary first day, only to pick up by positive-word-of-mouth. It was expected that TA RA RUM PUM would change all that and rule the box-office from the first show itself. However, the audience had other ideas and the dull initial of the Sidhdharth Raj Anand directed, Saif-Rani starrer shocked one and all in the industry. While the single screens were poor, the multiplexes were decent. In the Overseas TA RA RUM PUM collected $463,022 from UK and $425,102 from the US, during the first weekend. Though it will be considered good for any other movie, for a Yash Raj project it is a below par performance. However, trade still expects that TA RA RUM PUM will pick up to make the film a good to decent earner in the major circuits, with the multiplexes faring much better. And there have been indications of better collections on Saturday and Sunday.

Guess it is a little bit too early to give an accurate opinion wether it will be a hit or a miss.

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Rani’s mantra for super-slim figure

For those who are wondering how Rani Mukerji managed to get into those short skirts in Siddharth Anand’s just released “Ta Ra Rum Pum”, the actress reveals it all.

“Getting slim, my dear. That’s the magic mantra,” she told IANS while shooting for Pradeep Sarkar’s “Laaga Chunari Mein Daag’”.

“The minute I was told about what kind of look I’m supposed to carry off in a major part of ‘Ta Ra Rum Pum’, I knew I had to get seriously slim. If I had put on those short skirts looking the way I did earlier, I’d have looked pretty cracked.”

While Rani toned her physique for the skirts, she made her trainer work overtime.

“I made my trainer Satya’s life a living hell. I don’t think he has ever had a more demanding client.”

Besides the slim and svelte look, Rani also had to make sure the clothes went with the transitions in the character’s life.

“See, at first Saif Ali Khan and I play collegians. Then I gradually go on to being the mother of two growing kids. So I had to have a specific before-and-after look.”

“My dress designer Sureeli Goel was driven up the wall by my demands. See, today the character’s look is very important. Not just the heroines, even the heroes devote a lot of time to getting the look right.

“Earlier, I’d constantly have fights about my clothes with Manish Malhotra and Sabyasachi Mukherjee. Now it was Sureeli’s turn to get the brunt of my exacting nature. All three designers feel I’m one of the most quarrelsome heroines they’ve worked with.”

Rani chuckles hard, and then sobers down when Sarkar drops in to brief her for the day’s shooting. They converse in fluent Bengali and obviously have much to share.

Sighs Rani, “I don’t know where all those stories about me squabbling with dada (Sarkar) came from. Probably from people who want to see us fight and cannot bear to find me getting along with my directors.

“Whether it’s Anand, who incidentally was in college with me, or dada, I’m the last person to create any problems.”

Rani will now finish her solo portions in Sarkar’s film and then wait for Abhishek Bachchan to return from his honeymoon in June before shooting with him.

“Almost all of Abhishek’s scenes in ‘Laaga Chunari Mein Daag’ are with me. So, we’ll be shooting together constantly in June. I’m looking forward to that. I’m really happy for Abhishek and Ash. They deserve all the happiness in the world.”

What about love in Rani’s own life?

“I’m not holding my breath for it. Love isn’t something that obeys a timeframe. When it happens, it’ll happen. In a way I’m glad I don’t have a man in my life. It gives me the chance to focus completely on my work. But if and when it happens, I’m not going say no to love just because I’m busy with my career. No way.”

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Originally posted by asj:
But if and when it happens, I’m not going say no to love just because I’m busy with my career. No way.”

please tell rani i am available.

Bai maybe you can fill the void as she maybe bitter about Abhishek:

Our next review will be SHAKA LAKA BOOM BOOM:

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quote:

Originally posted by asj:
Bai maybe you can fill the void as she maybe bitter about Abhishek:

Our next review will be SHAKA LAKA BOOM BOOM:

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at least I posted Shakalaka Boom Boom movie on the movie thread before you posted the review .... Rani look sweet in Tara Rum Pum Pum .... I am in love.