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Hum Tum Aur Ghost

Hum Tum Aur Ghost

Comedy | 26 Mar 2010 | U |
Hindi

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Hum Tum Aur Ghost Story

Hum Tum Aur Ghost movie is the world of Armaan and Gehna, life is truly beautiful, yet it's like walking on a tightrope. For Armaan, the fashion photographer, debonair, charmer to the core and loved by all around him life only gets better when he dates Gehna, a High profile fashion magazine editor. Life is picture perfect - a doting girlfriend, a job where his expertise with the camera makes him the most wanted photographer in the London fashionista!Armaan has learnt that his chronic insomnia is however not a function of any sleeping disorder. The truth is that he hears voices; voices that torture him; voices that are disturbing him. More importantly voices that nobody else can hear! Life is less that picture perfect right now!While his friends sympathize with his problems, his girlfriend Gehna is irritated with his weird behavior. Add to that her father constantly berates him for his fondness for the bottle. No one seems to understand his predicament. What puzzles everyone is the fact that he talks to himself… or rather, he talks to people, who no one can see, simply because they don't live.Soon, Armaan becomes aware of his special ability to connect with the souls that haven't crossed over. Equipped with a will to fulfill the wishes of these spirits who hound him, Armaan sets out on a mission to help out three souls - a child, Ali, an old man, Mr. Kapoor and a young woman, Carol.In this ensuring journey that follows Armaan discovers the lives of his three special companions and ends up frustrating Gehna. Yet, Armaan is on a journey where he discovers a lot about his own self, his own life for the first time.
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Hum Tum Aur Ghost Cast & Crew

Hum Tum Aur Ghost Crew Info

Director Kabeer Kaushik
Cinematography NA
Editor NA
Music Shankar Mahadevan, Ehsaan Noorani, Loy Mendonsa
Producer Arshad Warsi, Maria Goretti
Budget TBA
Box Office TBA
OTT Platform TBA
OTT Release Date TBA

Hum Tum Aur Ghost Critics Review

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I've often said, interesting ideas don't necessarily translate into enthralling celluloid experiences. That's what I realized, for the umpteenth time, as Hum Tum Aur Ghost concluded. Hollywood has attempted several films wherein the living has been shown interacting with the dead. In fact, two decades ago, there was a mad rush to Indianize Ghost [Patrick Swayze, Demi Moore, Whoopi Goldberg]. The fascination with the dead continues to haunt Bollywood to this date.

Arshad Warsi - who has been credited with the story of Hum Tum Aur Ghost - has denied that the film is inspired by Ghost Town. Yet, there're some similarities and that could be coincidental. So far, so good!

Now here's the hitch. The screenplay - the lifeline of any film - is what makes a film stand on its feet and in this case, Hum Tum Aur Ghost suffers due to inept writing. Ideally, the writers and director should've come to the point right away, but the film takes its own sweet time to come to the point and what comes across is also not enticing, barring a couple of attention-grabbing moments. By then, the viewer has already lost interest in the film.

The sole saving grace is the performances by the principal cast. Sadly, that's not enough! For Armaan [Arshad Warsi], life was picture perfect. He has a doting girlfriend Gehna [Dia Mirza] and also a great job. But there's a problem: Armaan hears voices. Voices that torture him. Voices that disturb him. More importantly, voices that nobody else can hear.

Gehna is irritated with his weird behaviour. Add to that her father [Javed Sheikh] constantly berates him for his fondness for the bottle. No one seems to understand his predicament. What puzzles everyone is the fact that he talks to himself… or rather, he talks to people, who no one can see, simply because they don't live.

Soon, Armaan becomes aware of his special ability to connect with the dead. Equipped with a will to fulfil the wishes of these spirits who hound him, Armaan sets out on a mission to help out three souls - a child, an old man and a young woman.

Generally, most Hindi movies come to the point at the very inception. Hum Tum Aur Ghost also opens its cards at the very outset, but loses focus soon after. In fact, the moment you're told that Arshad can see the dead, you expect to embark on a journey you've never embarked upon earlier. But there's hardly any movement in the story after a captivating start.

No doubt, the concept is fascinating and had the writers concentrated on tackling the three stories that Arshad chooses to solve, and without wasting time on romance-n-songs, Hum Tum Aur Ghost would've been one journey you would've never forgotten.

The build-up to the first story - a dead kid asking Arshad to help his father - is simply missing. The second story - involving Boman Irani - could've been tackled far more expertly. The entire sequence in the bank is bizarre and far from funny. In fact, you wonder, did the writers run out of ideas at this point? Of course, the sequence thereafter - between Boman and his wife [Asawari Joshi] - is touching.

The third story - of a woman in search of her son - starts off very well, but midway through this story, the moment Arshad enters his father's house, the mystery never remains a mystery. You can predict what's in store next. The culmination to the film, although well shot, doesn't make the required impact either.

Director Kabeer Kaushik was entrusted with a great idea, but his team of writers blew it up into smithereens. The impact generated by a few worthy of note sequences gets evaporated as the film reaches its culmination, primarily because the writing doesn't hold. Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy's music is strictly okay. Ashok Mehta's cinematography is of top quality.

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) About Hum Tum Aur Ghost

  • In this Hum Tum Aur Ghost film, Arshad Warsi, Dia Mirza played the primary leads.

  • The Hum Tum Aur Ghost was released in theaters on 26 Mar 2010.

  • The Hum Tum Aur Ghost was directed by Kabeer Kaushik

  • Movies like Article 370, Laapataa Ladies, Welcome To The Jungle and others in a similar vein had the same genre but quite different stories.

  • The soundtracks and background music were composed by Shankar Mahadevan,Ehsaan Noorani,Loy Mendonsa for the movie Hum Tum Aur Ghost.

  • The movie Hum Tum Aur Ghost belonged to the Comedy, genre.

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