Ta Ra Rum Pum (2007)

A poor New York resident, who is of Indian origin, dreams of becoming a fast car race driver. He endeavors, and his efforts are rewarded when he selected by a little-known group called '... See full summary »

Director:

Siddharth Anand

Writer:

Habib Faisal (screenplay)

Stars:

Saif Ali Khan, Rani Mukerji, Mayank Amin

Cast

Credited cast:
Saif Ali Khan	...	Rajveer 'RV' Singh
Rani Mukerji	...	Radhika
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Mayank Amin	...	Dancer - Nachle Ve
Vic Aviles	...	Yellow Team Manager
Noël Baker	...	Race Queen / Miss Charlotte
Victor Banerjee	...	Subho Shekhar Rai Banerjee
Dolly Bindra	...	Mrs. Panoya
Vance Branton	...	Pit Crew Chief
Christopher Combs	...	Orange Pit Crew Member
Bharat Dabholkar	...	Billy Bhatia
Meraby Ellis	...	Landlord
Matthew Fleming	...	Stan
Sam Ghosh	...	Dancer
Mary Goggin	...	Music School Principal
Beth Gosnell	...	Race Fan / Autograph Seeker

Storyline

A poor New York resident, who is of Indian origin, dreams of becoming a fast car race driver. He endeavors, and his efforts are rewarded when he selected by a little-known group called 'RACING SADDLES'. He joins them and soon becomes their ace race driver. This man, whose name is Rajveer, then meets with a rich American woman, also of Indian origin, whose name is Radhika. Both fall in love with each other. They cannot get married, because Radhika's family hates Rajveer mainly because he is very poor. But Radhika is very stubborn, so she marries him. She loses all her rights to her family's wealth. They get married and become parents of two children. They also become very rich. Then Rajveer has an accident which changes their lives forever. They get into debt and stand to lose everything. Will Radhika be forced to return back to her family?

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Plot Keywords:

new york | marriage | comeback | racer | starvation | 

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Taglines:

Don't Worry Be Happy

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Genres:

Comedy | Family | Romance

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Details

Official Sites:

Offical Site

Country:

USA India

Language:

English Hindi

Release Date:

27 April 2007 (India)

Also Known As:

Papa gibt Gas - Eine Familie ist nicht zu stoppen

Filming Locations:

Aberdeen, North Carolina, USA

Box Office

Budget:

$800,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend:

£231,835 (UK) (27 April 2007)

Gross:

$872,643 (USA) (25 May 2007)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Yash Raj Films, Bollywood Hollywood Production, Pinnacle Films

Technical Specs

Color:

Color

Did You Know?

Trivia

DoP Cameo: [Binod Pradhan] one of the 3 wise men (the one sitting in the wheelchair) outside the house in Jackson Heights.

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Goofs

The license plate number of the cabs driven or when he is riding in a cab keeps constantly changing from shot to shot. Also, when he takes a first look at the cab in the garage it is a different model, but he is seen driving a different model in the next scene.

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Connections

Referenced in Roadside Romeo (2008)

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Soundtracks

"Tara Rum Pum"
Written by Javed Akhtar
Composed by Vishal Dadlani and Shekhar Ravjiani
Performed by Shaan, Mahalakshmi Iyer, Sneha Suresh and Shravan Suresh
Courtesy of Yash Raj Music

User Reviews

Tara Ra "Hum Tum" Rum Rum

Saif Ali Khan and Rani Mukherjee had a magnificent chemistry in Hum Tum. This one is just an unsuccessful attempt to repeat the magic of their previous collaboration. But this film is awfully uninspiring and the story of a family who goes bankrupt is annoyingly repetitive. Here the light romance turns into a cheesy melodrama and the director seems to be confused enough to not know what to do. There are of course touching moments, and the songs are good, but the portrayal of a family in times of trouble is terribly handled and is full of regular age-old clichés. Saif and Rani do their best but can't save the flawed script. The dialogues are cheap and overly emotional, and the reality nonsense is pathetic. All in all Siddharth Anand did not recreate Salaam Namaste, and Saif-Rani did not recreate Hum Tum.