Ta Ra Rum Pum - Preview
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Wednesday,
April
04,
2007
Character
Sketch
Saif
Ali
Khan
as
Rajveer
Singh
(RV)
Hi.
I'm
RV.
The
best
race
car
driver
in
the
world!
Sounds
nice
to
be
able
to
finally
say
that,
especially
since
I've
wanted
to
be
one,
ever
since
I
was
a
little
boy,
racing
model
cars
around
my
room.
Racing
has
always
been
my
dream,
and
after
Mom&Dad
died,
I
worked
even
harder
towards
that
goal.
Since
I
never
really
had
much
interest
in
studies,
I
dropped
out
of
college&started
working
in
the
pit-crew
of
a
racing
team:
the
only
way
I
could
be
near
race
cars!
My
life
seemed
to
be
going
smoothly
along
this
loveless
still-nowhere-near-driving-a-race-car
track,
until
one
momentous
cab
ride
later,
everything
changed.
That's when I met Harry (my future manager) and Radhika (my future wife), all in the space of 5 minutes. One crazy trip later, I was the new race car driver for 'Speeding Saddles'; and a couple of chance encounters (and my first win in a race) later, I was in love: with the most beautiful&intelligent&talented&creative&...... (you get the picture...) woman who ever came out of West Bengal to live in New York. A music student&a racer don't somehow seem like the best of matches, but sometimes the clich works. Opposites do attract and we were quite possibly the happiest couple in Manhattan. And that's how Rajveer Singh the pit-crew tyre changer became RV the racer. I was a man with a new job that I had been dreaming about my entire life, a love that I kept dreaming about and everything that I could have asked for. And then my kids arrived on the scene. Princess and Champ - the two people who suddenly gave my life a new meaning. I didn't think I could be happier, but I was! My career took off much like my car when the starter flag goes down, and my family was the backbone that kept me going. Seeing them cheer me on at every race that I won was what made the dream even more beautiful in its reality.
Until
that
fateful
accident...
That
one
day
changed
things
forever.
I
was
forced
to
give
up
my
dream
career
and
my
dream
life.
Everything
came
crashing
down
to
a
very
painful
and
a
very
changed
reality.
A
reality
which
involved
giving
up
the
wild
and
racy
lifestyle
that
I
had
always
followed.
I
tried
to
make
it
back...
but
it
was
never
the
same.
But
now,
I
have
no
choice.
Something
has
happened
and
I
need
to
win.
But
I
don't
know
what
will
happen.
Will
I
be
able
to
overcome
my
fears
on
the
racetrack?
Will
I
be
able
to
save
my
family?
Will
I
once
again
become
the
best
father,
the
best
husband
and
the
best
racer
that
I
have
always
been
for
my
wife
and
kids?
Rani
Mukherjee
as
Radhika
Life
can
be
the
most
unexpected
journey
of
all.
This
is
something
that
I
have
learnt
over
my
many
years
with
RV,
the
man
who
I
never
thought
could
be
the
kind
of
person
I
could
fall
for.
My
life
as
Radhika
Shekhar
Rai
Banerjee
started
off
with
ambition
and
very
careful
planning.
I
always
knew
what
I
wanted
to
be
and
exactly
how
I
wanted
to
get
there.
Right
from
when
I
was
a
little
girl
playing
with
my
carefully
organized&acquired
dolls
to
when
I
decided
to
pursue
a
career
in
music
-
everything
I
have
done
has
been
well
thought
out
and
every
step
chalked
along
the
way.
My
Dad,
who
owns
one
of
the
biggest
software
companies
in
the
world,
obviously
approved.
But
everything
changed
when
one
sunny
day
I
happened
to
get
into
a
cab
that
took
off
with
a
bang&propelled
me
into
a
life
that
I
had
never
thought
I
would
lead.
RV exploded into my life with the usual madness&energy that I have now come to expect from him as an everyday trait. Before I knew it, I was sitting in the stands of the New York Speedway, cheering on with wild abandon a man that I had barely met 2 days ago. But that's what I mean about life being unexpected. Love too, in this case. I fell in love in a manner completely contrary to everything that I've ever done so far, and it was the best thing that ever happened to me! And suddenly Radhika Shekhar Rai Banerjee, the straight-laced girl became 'Shona', a woman in love. Life with RV was always a roller-coaster ride of emotions, and things didn't change even with the arrival of Princess&Champ - the two shining lights in my life. We were the ideal happy family that I never knew I wanted, but was so content that I had! But life, in all its unpredictability, had more in store for us...
RV's departure from the race track forced us to give up the idyll of a happy&content life, including our beautiful house. Suddenly we had to fend for a living using any means possible, all the while maintaining a facade of normalcy for the sake of our children. Will I be able to keep my family together while struggling against the vagaries of life? Will I manage to see us through yet another crisis?
Angelina
Idnani
as
Priya
Welcome
to
my
world...
the
world
of
Priya
Rajveer
Singh.
I
am
'Princess'
to
the
people
who
are
close
to
me.
I
have
four
important
people
in
my
world
and
without
them
I
am
lost
-
Papa,
Mama,
Champ
and
Bruno
(our
dog)...
I
love
them
all...
strictly
in
that
order!
I
love
my
school,
Miss
Peggy
my
teacher
and
my
friends...
not
in
that
order...
ha
ha
ha!!!
I
love
when
Papa
races.
He
looks
so
good
in
his
uniform,
wow!
Mama,
Champ
and
myself
we
all
go
and
cheer
Papa!
Champ
and
I
are
good
children,
we
never
fight...
well
almost
never
:)
I
am
his
big
sister,
and
also
his
friend.
But
when
Papa
had
his
accident,
we
got
really
scared...
and
life
is
not
like
it
used
to
be.
I
want
my
old
world
back
a
happy
world
in
which
there
were
smiling
faces
of
Papa,
Mama,
Champ
and
Bruno!
Ali
Haji
as
Champ
Hi.
I
am
Ranveer
Rajveer
Singh
but
pyaar
se
everyone
calls
me
'Champ'
-
because
when
I
was
born,
my
Papa
won
a
big
big
race.
I
like
to
go
school,
listen
to
Princess
because
she
is
always
right.
I
also
like
to
fight
with
her.
My
favourites
are
Cars
and
Burgers
-
I
love
to
eat
burgers.
I
also
like
to
play
games.
I
don't
like
to
make
Mama-Papa,
Princess
sad.
I
always
want
us
to
be
smiling
and
happy.
And
I
always
sing
the
song
they
love
"ta
ra
rum
pum..."
Storyline
This is the story of one man, his family and how they overcome the obstacles that life puts in their way, together. It is the story of human spirit and how it ultimately prevails.
Rajveer Singh (Saif Ali Khan) is a pit-crew worker in a racing team with a passion for driving who gets discovered by a team manager, Harry (Jaaved Jaaferi). The same day he accidentally meets a music student, Radhika (Rani Mukerji), who he falls for instantly. He gets drafted into 'Speeding Saddles' - a failing race team and transforms from Rajveer Singh to "RV" the race car driver. While his racing career takes off instantly, his love life also blossoms after a whirlwind romance. A few months later, he is both a happily married man and one of the country's best racers. Fatherhood and greater success both follow and soon he is the Number 1 race car driver in the USA, as well as the proud father of two precocious kids Priya (Angelina Idnani) and Ranveer (Ali Haji).
But as a result of a bad racing accident, RV is hospitalized for a few months. When he tries to make a comeback, he realizes that he has been mentally scarred by the accident and has lost his edge. His life now takes a turn for the worse and after a string of failures, he is forced to auction his house and move with his family to a run-down Bronx-style neighborhood.
However, RV and Radhika decide not to tell their children the truth and construct a skillful masquerade of a reality show where they have to live a poor life in order to win a mythical grand prize. 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. But an incident forces RV to reclaim the life that was taken away from him.
Can he, once again and perhaps for a last time, face down his inner demons on the race track?
Can the family remain together in the wake of what could perhaps be their biggest challenge yet?
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