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Movie Review - Ta Ra Rum Pum by Seo Mumbai
The good things first - Ta Ra Rum Pum - is what used to be called 'wholesome family entertainment' before wholesome went out of out films. The bad thing is that the melodrama is somewhat forced and piled on too thick. The middle of this Siddharth Anand movie, which is inspired by Life is Beautiful is watchable, it's the before and after that's a problem- generic love story and generic sports flick (of the Rocky, Cinderella Man, Days of Thunder variety) in which the underdog comes out tops.
Music student Radhika (Rani Mukherji) goes against the wishes of her rich father (Victor Banerjee) to marry new racing champ on the scene RV (Saif Ali Khan). Soon they have a mansion, two kids, a dog and a perfect life, which in films means trouble round the corner.RV has an accident on the track (the villain is a one-expression sneering white bloke called Rusty) and when he returns after a year, he has lost his winning streak.
Overnight, the family is poor and homeless. Surprisingly, nobody even recognises the 25 times winner! RV and Radhika tell the kids that they are pretending to be poor to win a reality show, and there are some really charming scenes when the parents ad-lib like crazy to keep the lie going. Too soon, however, the kids find out, and starve themselves to pay their school fees, which is mawkish in the extreme. Maybe Anand should have built on the reality game charade instead of sliding too fast and too easily into predictable tearjerker mode.
Having a kid hospitalised and the father humiliated enough to fight back is as cliche as can be. The director already establishes that RV is a spendthrift and Radhika a cautious spender, so it is a little unconvincing that she gives up her education and potential career, and, living in the US, doesn't think of insurance, especially after RV has had an accident. (When the American doctor asks about insurance, the bred-in the-US couple looks baffled!) Just to lay on the tragedy, why should little details be ignored? For instance, is it possible that a major sports star suddenly loses all his wealth, his friends and all possibility of employment? Would anyone in a car dealership be stupid enough to ask a racing champ if he has a degree? It's just unimaginative writing, because an excuse is needed to motivate RV into winning again.
Still, the film is worth a look because of the New York locations, the actors who are dependably good (though Rani in the first half looks weird in mini skirts and a fringe), the kids are likeable and Jaaved Jafferi (as RV's manager) provides fine comic relief with his accurate 'Gujju' accent (he had the "eggjactly" gag in this director's Salaam Namaste). If it appeals to kids, then the film might zoom past the finishing line.
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