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Ta Ra Rum Pum (2007) -- A poor New York resident, who is of Indian origin, dreams of becoming a fast car race driver. He and his family have trouble coping with his injury after a bad crash.

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Director:
Siddharth Anand
Writer:
Habib Faisal (screenplay)
Contact:
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Release Date:
27 April 2007 (India) more
Genre:
Comedy | Family | Romance more
Tagline:
Don't Worry Be Happy
Plot:
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Cast

  (Credited cast)
Saif Ali Khan ... Rajveer 'RV' Singh
Rani Mukherjee ... Radhika (as Rani Mukerji)
rest of cast listed alphabetically:

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
Ali Haji ... Ranveer Singh
Rod Harter ... Race Fan
Patrick Horne ... Man in taxi
Craig Howe ... Waiter
Angelina Idnani ... Priya Singh
Javed Jaffrey ... Hariprasad Dhirubhai 'Harry' Patel
Shobhit Jain ... Extra / Kid
Austin James ... Pit Crew

Christy Johnson ... Model
Amelia Kallman ... Ariel

Dan A. R. Kelly ... Pit Crew Member - Orange
Ravi Khote
Kevin P. King ... Green Pit Crew

Ronobir Lahiri ... Pindi
Kris Lundberg ... Corporate Executive Woman
Tirlok Malik ... Restaurant owner
Tony McNeil ... Bouncer

Adam Melton ... Race Fan

Aaron Mills ... Pit Crew Member
Amber Nann ... Race Fan

Kal Parekh ... Taxi crew member
Robert Pineiro ... Green Pit Crew Member

Rao Rampilla ... Car Manufacturer (as R.N. Rao)

Emerald Robinson ... Secretary
R.J. Romano ... Dave

Jay Schmitt ... Yellow Driver
Josh Schmitt ... Pit Crew
Shruti Seth ... Sasha

Prashant Shah ... Manager
Dawn Swartz ... Race fan
Evan Thompson ... Yellow Pit Crew Member

Ken Thompson ... Rusty

Vanelle ... Model
Jerry Weiss ... Businessman

Bruce Williamson ... Yellow Pit Crew

Alexa Yeames ... Race fan / baloon girl

Junes B. Zahdi ... Cabbie
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Additional Details

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Country:
USA | India
Language:
English | Hindi
Color:
Color
Certification:
Ireland:PG | Singapore:PG
Filming Locations:
Aberdeen, North Carolina, USA more
Company:
Yash Raj Films more

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
The crew had to lock up Times Square for the shoot of the song 'Hey Shona'. The brief was that the 2 actors were supposed to be alone in every location in New York for the love song. The crew got there at 2AM to prepare for the shot, and timed everything so that the location could be locked up & the first shot could be canned as soon as the light was right. more
Goofs:
Anachronisms: The movie starts at (Present Day - 1 Year), at the race where RV crashes his car. At that point, we flash back 8 years prior, where he started his career and meets Shona. In the NYC of 9 years ago, the city looks identical to the present day, including advertisements for currently playing Broadway shows. more
Movie Connections:
Referenced in Roadside Romeo (2008) more

FAQ

Are these cars really stock
Could a tire changer actually become a racing driver?
Where is New York Speedway?
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User Comments

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13 out of 23 people found the following comment useful.
Absolute Garbage, 20 May 2007
1/10
Author: googboog (alilob@hotmail.com) from Atlantis

This movie has flopped miserably... and I hope the makers have learned their lesson.

There is a huge Formula 1 following in India (not much for NASCAR, but that's another matter altogether)

The director of this movie is obviously disturbed (I hope he reads this). A top driver doesn't go broke enough for his family to have to eat out of a garbage can after one accident.

Picture this. Michael Schumacher was being paid 65000 Pounds per day when he broke his leg in an accident in 1999. I don't know what the story is here but never in the history of motor sport has a top driver retired from motor sport after an accident and then struggled to feed his kids. (Career ending injuries? Alex Zanardi anyone??)

This movie is ridiculous, it's an insult to NASCAR, and I think the guys who own NASCAR should have called the producer/director names and spat on their faces when they approached them with this script. Just like Bernie Ecclestone did when Stallone approached him with the script for Driven

This movie IS an insult to Indians, and I hope no foreigner watches this and thinks that all Indian movies are like this.

Don't watch this movie, and don't judge Indian audiences by this movie. If you want to watch a Hindi movie about racing and competitiveness, watch Jo jeeta wohi sikandar, or better yet, scrap everything and make a movie of your own with a handy cam at your local go karting track, I'm sure it'll be better than this

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