Hum Tum

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Hum Tum
Directed by Kunal Kohli
Produced by Yash Chopra
Written by Siddharth Anand
Kunal Kohli
Starring Saif Ali Khan
Rani Mukerji
Kirron Kher
Rati Agnihotri
Rishi Kapoor
Music by Jatin-Lalit
Cinematography Sunil Patel
Editing by Ritesh Soni
Distributed by Yash Raj Films
Release date(s) 28 May 2004
Running time 143 mins
Country India
Language Hindi
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Hum Tum (Hindi:हम तुम, Urdu: ہم تم) is a Bollywood movie, released in India on May 28, 2004, directed by Kunal Kohli and produced by Aditya Chopra and Yash Chopra. The movie stars Saif Ali Khan and Rani Mukerji in the lead roles.

Hum Tum (translates as You and Me or literally as Me, You) was loosely inspired by When Harry Met Sally... following the encounters of the two main characters until they, after several years and various meetings, become friends and finally fall in love at the end of the movie.

The comic characters Hum and Tum have their own animated sequences in the movie, where they represent the current state of Karan's and Rhea's relationship.

The film won several Filmfare Awards, including Best Actress (Mukerji), Director (Kohli), Actor in a Comic Role (Khan), Female Playback Singer (Alka Yagnik for the title song) and Scene of the Year. It lost Best Film to Yash Chopra's Veer-Zaara. Animation for this film was done by Kathaa Animations and the Special Effects by Tata Elxsi[1]. Saif Ali Khan won the National Film Award for Best Actor in June 2005.

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The story of the movie was lifted from Meg Ryan starrer "When Harry Met Sally". Karan (Saif Ali Khan) is a cartoonist and a self-styled ladies' man. His daily comic, "Hum Tum," explores the battle of the sexes. On a plane from Delhi to New York, he meets Rhea (Rani Mukerji), but she doesn't seem the to be a least bit interested in him. His feeble attempts at flirting go nowhere, but when they have a stopover in Amsterdam on their way to New York,, she agrees to spend a few hours exploring the city with him. Karan quickly learns he has little in common with the feisty but proper Rhea, but he won't give up. He ends their contentious time together with an unwelcome kiss. Rhea is outraged and storms off, but Karan insists they'll meet again. After a couple months living in New York, he spots her in the park, and she causes a scene with his girlfriend,who is Rhea's friend, this ends in the break-up between Karan and his current girlfriend. Karan and Rhea don't see each other again

Now three years later, when Karan is helping his mother plan a wedding that turns out to be Rhea's. Rhea is marrying Sameer (Abhishek Bachchan).They bicker again, but this time, they part on good terms. Years later in Paris, Karan is visiting his father (Rishi Kapoor), when he runs into Rhea again. He learns from Rhea's mother (Kirron Kher) that Sameer has died in a car accident, and he sets out to help her reclaim her positive outlook on life. Sensing that she needs to be with a straight-laced, "boring guy", he conspires with Rhea's mother to fix her up with his shy best friend, Mihir (Jimmy Shergill). Things don't go as planned, and Karan and Rhea find themselves forced to confront their feelings for each other. They spend a night together (though in Indian releases, this scene was cut) and, suspecting they have ruined their relationship forever, Karan leaves Rhea, but later realizes his mistake and tries to find her, but she has disappeared.

He writes his book about Hum and Tum; essentially, the story is his and Rhea's relationship. She comes back to him after having read the book and finally, he confesses his love for her and they get married and have a baby girl.

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Rani Mukerji & Saif Ali Khan (l-r) as featured in the title song
Rani Mukerji & Saif Ali Khan (l-r) as featured in the title song

Music of the film was given by Jatin Lalit and lyrics by Prasoon Joshi. The following are the songs of the film:-

  1. Hum Tum - Babul Supriyo and Alka Yagnik
  2. Ladki kyon - Alka Yagnik and Shaan
  3. Gore gore se - Alka Yagnik
  4. Chak de - Sonu Nigam
  5. U 'n' I - Rishi Rich featuring Veronica and Juggy D

The CD and audio cassette also feature an instrumental version of Hum Tum and a deleted song called "Yaara Yaara". This tune was reused in Kunal Kohli's next film, Fanaa, in the songs Chand Sifarish and, more noticeably, Chanda Chamke. The latter has the same tune throughout the entire song.

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