Hum Tum

Karan (Saif Ali Khan) is a cartoonist and a self-styled ladies' man. His daily comic, named "Hum Tum," explores the battle of male/female behavior. On a plane from Delhi to New York, he meets Rhea (Rani Mukerji) who doesn't seem to be interested in him. His feeble attempts at flirting go nowhere, but when they have a stopover in Amsterdam, she agrees to explore 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. Outraged, Rhea slaps him, and storms off, but Karan insists they'll meet again. After six months, he spots her in a park in New York, and he makes a scene with his girlfriend (Shenaz Treasurywala), who turns out to be Rhea's childhood friend, which ends in their break-up.

Three years later, 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. 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.

Karan returns to Mumbai, and three months later, Rhea and her mother visit. Sensing that she needs to be with a strait-laced, "boring guy," he conspires with Rhea's mother to fix her up with his shy best friend, Mihir (Jimmy Sheirgill). But eventually Mihir falls in love with a friend of Karan's, Diana (Isha Koppikar) and they get engaged. On the engagement night, Rhea learns from drunk Diana about the conspiracy and gets upset with Karan. Mihir makes Rhea realize hers and Karan's love for each other. That night Rhea and Karan consummate their relationship. Karan deems it a mistake and asks Rhea to marry him as he feels he took advantage of her, and that marriage will rectify the mistake. Rhea becomes upset, as she did not consider their actions a mistake; she realizes she loves him but tells Karan that they should not commit one more mistake by marrying for the wrong reasons. Rhea leaves him since Karan projects his confused feelings as guilt rather than love for her. Karan realises his mistake and tries to seek her out but fails.

One year later Karan's cartoon Hum Tum becomes a hit and he writes a book about Hum and Tum. Basically, the story is based on his love story with Rhea. Rhea reads that book and finds him in the press conference. Karan and Rhea reunite again. Karan admits his love for her, and they get married and have a baby girl.

• Saif Ali Khan as Karan Kapoor
• Rani Mukerji as Rhea Prakash
• Rishi Kapoor as Arjun Kapoor
• Kirron Kher as Parminder Prakash (Bobby)
• Rati Agnihotri as Anjali Kapoor (Anju)
• Jimmy Sheirgill as Mihir Vohra
• Isha Koppikar as Diana Fernandez
• Abhishek Bachchan as Sameer (Special Appearance)
• Shenaz Treasurywala as Shalini
• Parinita Seth as Pooja
• Parzaan Dastur as the voice of Hum
• Gayatri S. Iyer as the voice of Tum
• Yash Chopra as old man playing the piano in the song "Hum Tum"

The film had an above-average opening and did fairly well at the box office, with a net gross of ₹305 million (US$4.3 million). It was the seventh highest-grossing film of that year.[3]

Critical reception of the film was mixed-to-positive.[4] The most common form of criticism came from its "simplistic and at times dragging script."[5] While critics were divided amongst their opinions about the film itself, the direction by Kunal Kohli and the performances by its lead and supporting casts were adequately praised.[6][7][8]

Taran Adarsh of Bollywood Hungama says that "casting is one of the film's strengths," arguing that "it would be hard to imagine anyone other than Saif as the wisecracking Karan...he makes Karan insufferable and likable at the same time... His arresting performance is sure to skyrocket his fan-following amongst the youngsters." Adarsh also argues that "Rani's effervescent personality infuses Rhea with buoyancy, and, later in the film, she too shows a vulnerable side. Rani takes a giant leap as an actor... her performance is flawless."[5]

Nearly all of the songs in the film were composed by Jatin-Lalit and have lyrics written by Prasoon Joshi, with the exception of "U'n'I (Mere Dil Vich Hum Tum)", which was composed by British-Indian producer Rishi Rich. The song "Ladki Kyun" is derived from Andranik Madadian's Royaa song from the album And my Heart. The following are the songs of the film:

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. According to the Indian trade website Box Office India, with around 1,600,000 units sold, this film's soundtrack album was the year's eighth highest-selling.[10]

• A graphic novel named Hum Tum: The War Begins! was published by Yomics World in 2012.[11]
• Another graphic novel named Ek Tha Tiger: Caught In The Web was published in 2012 by Yomics World, which also features some Hum Tum characters.[12]

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