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Khushi to gham while your heart goes...Tara Rum Pum pum!
Javed
Jaffrey
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! A 'moist' see family film.
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