HumTum is the name of Indian Cinema’s latest major-production-house blockbuster film. The film opened yesterday - and here in London the cinema halls carrying the film were packed - with some having sold out of tickets well in advance. It’s kind of funny to see not only the local cinema halls in Wembley, Southall, and Ilford including the film in their schedules - but also the prestige locations like UCI London Empire in Leicester Square - screening this “Bollywood” film alongside other Hollywood big-hitters like Kill Bill 2 and Day After Tomorrow. (With ticket prices to match the premium location too!)
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(Interestingly - you can see that Saif Ali Khan is sporting a RadioHead logo on his jacket!)
“Bollywood” appears to be riding the early part of the mainstreaming curve here in the West. The rising popularity of the colour, the bold costume, the kitschness and the spontaneous bursting out into song and dance so common in this genre is a not only a consequence of growing confidence and influence of the UK Asian community (aka the “brown pound”) - but is also almost certainly due to the increasing “globalisation” of our society and the effects that this has on it. For example - in London the social mix in some areas is very heavily represented by people with value systems not too far removed from those practised by peoples of the Indian and South Asian subcontinent. From Italian, Greek, Cypriot and middle-Eastern to the peoples of the old Soviet Union, Malay/Singaporean and Thai (did you know that Bollywood is BIG in the old Soviet Union and BIG in Malaysia/Singapore?) - there is a growing acceptance that Indian Cinema has something in it that makes it quite “normal” as a genre in Western audio/visual entertainment.
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Anyway - HumTum charts (over a 9 year period!) the story of the relationship between a cartoonist played by Saif Ali Khan in his first lead male role and a girl that he meets in Amderstam (played by Rani Mukherjee). Filmed on location in Amsterdam, Paris and New York as well as Mumbai - this film, in the context of modern Indian Cinema, breaks new ground in a couple of areas; firstly in the marketing: which figures the cartoon characters in the promotional collateral (Hum and Tum are the names of these characters - hence the name of the film - and they play an important part in the theme ) and secondly in the use of UK Asian-scene bhangra-influenced DJ-style music in the title track - performed by London’s own Rishi Rich - who is one of the UK’s hottest artists in this genre - now producing the likes of Britney Spears and Ricky Martin etc. (Read an interesting article from The Guardian on this topic.)
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Click on one of the following media players to listen to some music from the film’s soundtrack. “Chakde” is a foot-tapping number with a catchy tune - and “Mere Dil Vich Hum Tum” is the UK-Asian dub-style track by Rishi Rich.
(I have encoded both tracks at a low-bandwidth 48kbps - so should be fine for dialup users to listen to as well. The first time the songs play - they should be downloaded and cached on your computer - so they won’t download over the net every time should you want to listen to them again.)
humtum is definitely ind blowing. saif and rani really good in their acting and i’m sure humtum is going to be one of the hit movies this year. congratulations to yashraj films,the casts and crews of humtum especially to saif,rani,kiron kher,abhishek bachchan(an incredible wedding scene with rani,so romantic)and not forgetting to jimmy shergill,rishi kapoor,shenaz and isha koppikar.i love humtum very much.i hope u guys out there would love it too.
Posted by: ziela on June 17, 2004 05:31 AMgrEAT WORK
Posted by: hamza on June 22, 2004 09:25 AMhi u guys u have made my dream true because u done a film with my fravourite actor & actress thankyou very much lots of luv taz
Posted by: Tasneem Sheikh on June 22, 2004 02:25 PMhi i think that hum tum is a good film and i thing saif ali khan is a babe
Posted by: nadia khan on June 24, 2004 02:16 PMhello.
Posted by: atul on June 29, 2004 02:02 PMi think dat da film humtum is nang ! ! all my friendz luv it aswell. i think rani mukherjee looked gorgeous & saif ali khan looked buff. my fav scene woz da tom cruise scene, it wos funi.
Posted by: mez on July 2, 2004 01:41 PMgreat movie
Posted by: purnima mehra on July 7, 2004 10:33 AMi liked the movie a lot. want u to send me th humtum cartoons mail.
Posted by: Supreet Soni on July 18, 2004 12:37 PMhey i tink HUM TUM was a wicked film,iloved it to bits especially everytime they met the song played it was really gud.cud you send me the cartoon mails and some screensavers if you have them,also do you hav the ringing tones 4da songs?thankyou lov
Posted by: shamey on July 29, 2004 03:01 PMSIMPLY A GREAT MOVIE.WANT TO WATCH IT HUNDRED TIMES. RANI & SAIF DID A GREAT JOB. PLEASE MAIL ME SOME SCREEN SAVERS IF YOU CAN. BEST OF LUCK FOR THE FORTH COMING FILMS RANI & SAIF.
Posted by: PUSHKAR JOSHI on August 11, 2004 10:32 AMhi i loved da film hum tum and ma favorite actress is rani
Posted by: renae on August 11, 2004 09:47 PMnice film specially for youngstars
Posted by: Vishwanath on August 20, 2004 02:36 PMhi
i like humtum somuch and i also like humtum cartoons pleas send me humtum cartoons
hi
Posted by: sim on August 24, 2004 01:10 PMHumTum is Hum Tum !
Koi Kisise Cum Nahi !!
Hum Se Tum Nahi , Tum Se Hum Nahi
Hum Is Tum And Hence Tum Is Hum
Please send me the HumTum cartoons.
Posted by: Raj on August 26, 2004 07:57 AMi like hum tum cartoons and i want to add the humtum gurl in my own site so plzz send me hum tum cartoons
Posted by: kaaali on September 1, 2004 12:19 PMi liked humtum very much. I liked saif and rani’s performance in the movie. they made a perfect match on the big screen. hum was really a romantic movie.
Posted by: shweta on September 9, 2004 11:15 AMhi kya haal hain aap kay ok yeh pic jo main nay aap ko send ki hai yeh both achii hai ok bye
Posted by: kuchkuchhotahai on September 18, 2004 03:55 PMhi hello kya haal hain
Posted by: kum kum on September 18, 2004 04:06 PMI really liked the songs n would really appreciate if u could put some more tracks at a low bandwidth of 48kbps. thanks
Posted by: awara on October 2, 2004 08:10 AMplease send me hum and tum cartoons
Posted by: shailesh on October 15, 2004 01:19 PMHum + Tum
Har Kamyab Aadmi Ke Picchhe Ek Aurat Ka Hath Hota hai… Kyunki Na Kamyab Aadmi Ke Picchhe Koi Aurat Jati Hi Nahi…
hum tuh, this film is very nice for me and story little connected in my life. that’s why i like it. and also i like rani. she is the best actress in india.
Posted by: shahid on October 21, 2004 07:01 AMi love the song hum tum sung by rishi rich.…i is just wow
Posted by: veenu on October 23, 2004 03:18 PMhey wad upz thin go0od.I’m ago0od fane of ya.I lov ya movie HumTum.
Posted by: sadia on October 29, 2004 04:37 PMhUm aNd tUm hAs oNLy 1 pRobLeM..
tHaT wItHoUt tUm.. hUm iS iNcOmPleTe…
NnYahahahahaha.…
bWaahahahahaha..
diPti
Posted by: -diPti- on November 2, 2004 11:39 AMi LovE sAiF..
AnD d mOviE iS sO cOoL..
iTs jAz sImpLy d bEz…
bWahahahahaha…
diPti rULzzzzz
Posted by: -diPti- on November 2, 2004 11:45 AMhi alls bohat he cahy hum tum hmmmM ok u wait me
Posted by: oops_meyou on November 6, 2004 10:19 PMmy name is akrish
Posted by: Akrish on November 19, 2004 12:53 PMwell done guys it is areally great movie.so funny and so meaningful.its a movie i will watch again and agian.in first half of this year i liked just two movies hum tum & mhn.and i would be very glad if u can mail me hum tum cartoons plz…
Posted by: Hamed on November 28, 2004 07:45 AMIt is very nice and my request plese send me some HUM TUM cartoons.
Thanks in advance
it is bad movie i had ever seen in my life. if you see this movie you too become mad and you will be shifted to mental hospital. and onother thing i want to tell is that rani is very sexy but saif ali khan which is my favourite hero is also bold and handsome in the bollywood industry. becouse of this two i only went to see this movie other wise the story is stoopid and the direction is very bad.
Posted by: mukesh on December 6, 2004 11:46 AMHi… It’s been a long time that i had been to a great movie..And after i watched HUM-TUM, my eagerness 4 a perfect movie came to an end..It’s aan ever-green movie…I just loveeeeeeeeedddd… it…lese send me daily HUM-TUM cartoon, i’m really fond of them…Sandhya(sandy)
Posted by: Sandhya sharma on December 13, 2004 01:24 PMHum Tum is a very nice movie I had ever seen…I watch it over & over again…Rani & Saif looks so good together. I just loved it. Hope to see them together again in future movies..
Posted by: Shamila on December 15, 2004 07:41 AMSAIF IS THE HOTTEST!!!!!!! SAIF IS SOOOO SEXY!!!HE IS SOOOO DAMN HOTTT!!!! I LUV HIM !! I LOVED HUM TUM THAT MOVIE WAS SO GREAT AND RANI AND SAIF LOOK SOO GOOD TOGETHER BUT OFCOUARSE SAIF LOOKS WAY TOO GOOD TO BE RAEL!!! SAIF4LIFE!!
Posted by: Annu on December 24, 2004 08:19 AMhum tum rocked! Saif was mindblowing! To saif: keep up the excellent work! plz make more films 4 us, your devoted fans!!!
Posted by: moe on January 6, 2005 10:56 PMhi,great movie,both saif n rani did a great job,
Posted by: kiran on January 29, 2005 02:41 PMffasds dsaay sa sana f
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Posted by: Aakash Joshi on February 19, 2005 05:17 AMHi..aghar hum tum na hote tu shayeed yeh moive be nahi hote ;)…
Posted by: jibran on February 24, 2005 11:44 AM