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If I was 10 years younger…I'd be 9 years old. And Tara Rum Pum Pum would have probably been my favourite movie. Seen from a kids point of view, this movie is squeaky clean. Perfect for young families. Saif and Rani are easily likable . The first half doesn't have much to offer, just the usual bollywood 'falling in love' story. Saif looks cool, but I wish he had some funnier lines. Rani is cute. I missed seeing her in such short skirts, however some people will say she's too old. I prefer Rani wearing these kind of clothes than Aishwariya (Dhoom2). Her character is cute too. In the second half, they become the responsible parents, and you can see the changes in their character, clothes, etc. The kids are gorgeous but did they seriously name their kids Princess and Champ? That's the kind of name you give a dog...come to think of it, their dog was names Bruno…heaps better than Champion. The story improves in second half. Its nice to see Saif and Rani working with kids. The movies tries to teach you a lesson…its OK to be 'kanjuice' cos who knows when you'll need money. The songs are extremely watchable, but not exactly hummable. It's a movie for the mummies and daddies to take their kiddies along too…everyone over the age of 12 will probably be bored crazy. And I wonder what happened to Rusty

The story goes on as if the audience don't know what is going to happen at the end. But at each point it predictable.

The intention of making the movie was good. The lead character played by Saif is named RV, face some bad days in his life, due to his carelessness about life. But at the end with his heroic attitude he overcomes it. Thats a simple two line story. Off course he was supported by his wife Radhika, (Rani Mukhejee) and his friend Harry (Javed Jaffery). Even his two children are so helpful that they find out that they are poor, and start skipping their lunches, to save money.

It is actually at this point, the movie loses the control. Off course everyone goes through bad patch, but this bad patch? Kuchh limit rakho yaar. And finally as usual some accident with the child, which makes situation worse.

Saif, Rani and Javed have done a good job. Saif is now too much predictable in this kind of movies. Tell me the difference between his acting in this movie, Salaam-Namaste and Hum-Tum. Rani should start worrying about her age. Though she is still not old for the mother of twos, she is certainly not of the age of wearing minis.

Director and writer could have tried some different things, to make the audience more comfortable. The storyline takes turns exactly where it needs to take turns. No surprises. Rani refusing money from her father, Saif refusing to beg from his ex-boss, Javed kicking the money and safe future for his friend, these and many more are the typical scenes/characteristics shown by people in Hindi movies.

The only surprise I got is at the end, when Saif actually blown up his opponents car. I thought he will drop the idea of revenge, or may be as shown in movie Car will help that racer to complete the race. But this doesn't happen. Thats different.

Over and all this is a good movie to watch with family, and then to forget about it, after coming out of theater.

As a viewer, I am generally forgiving of all movies. I am one of those guys who sees some positives in movies I abhor, if only to make myself feel good about having wasted my money. I am still looking for some justification to Ta Ra Rum Pum. Lifted almost directly from the Will Ferrel starrer 'Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby', Tara Rum Pum makes its first mistake there. How can you lift a movie the purpose of which was to promote America's premiere slapstick/schtick/whacky comedian today, and make it into a Yash Raj cry-fest, complete with song-dance, love, feel-good, saccharine sweet - (I don't even want to call it a film anymore, because I don't think Yash Raj make films. They make garbage). The hero is RV, Who has been the top driver in the NASCAR and he has an accident and loses confidence to drive fast again. So, he loses everything, as he has bought everything on instalments!!!

To the writer, director and production house - THIS IS THE WESTERN WORLD, IT IS AN ECONOMY RUN ON CREDIT. YOU DO NOT GET CREDIT BEYOND YOUR MEANS. IF YOU HAVE BEEN A TOP NASCAR DRIVER FOR EIGHT YEARS, YOU ARE NOW WORTH AT LEAST 50 MILLION DOLLARS. IT IS IMPOSSIBLE TO LOSE YOUR LITTLE HOUSE, AND SPORTS CAR IF YOU GET FIRED WHEN YOU ARE IN THE POSITION THAT RV IS IN.

To say that a man worth millions of dollars is on the road, because he still has not paid off his house mortgage, a house that cannot be worth more than a million or two anyway is plain stupid. The message of the movie is - 'do not hire-purchase' - good message, but at least show it properly.

The premise of the movie is so irritating, that even the good bits of the movie hold no importance. Jaaved Jaafrey is great as the friend, and the kids, especially the daughter are good too. Saif Ali Khan goes through the motions, and Rani Mukherji is now officially stale.

The music is good, but then hey, buy the CD.

To the makers, If you wanna copy something, the next time, please copy something worth copying.

I so wish I had read some of these comments before buying the movie. The first third of the movie was quite OK to watch, but then, for the rest, I felt like the makers of the movie and everybody who accepted to play in it were making fun of the spectators. Almost everything was nonsense, from the plot, to the New York settings. I love Bollywood movies, I love Saif and Rani, I could watch some Bollywoods over and over again, and I have seen a lot of them, but this is a movie that should never have been made. It made me very mad, because the plot was bad (but i could have survived that, not all movies can be good), but mainly because it was SUCH nonsense. Did the makers actually think that we would believe what they were showing us? That in car races, competitors can try to kill or actually kill each other openly without being punished? That in New York, blacks are the bad guys? (come on!) That in a poor part of new York, people are actually all mean? That after being a super racer for years, earning certainly quite a lot of money, Saif has still not paid up the house he and his family live in? That every single object they own is actually not theirs, because they purchased on loan only and never repaid it (from paintings to their flatware) ? I wonder what he did with the money he earned?

Believe me, don't waist your time, your money nor your nerves, it definitively is not worth it.

This is one of my favorite films. Just because of the storyline. It shows how you MUST value money. Stop spending it like a maniac. Rajveer Singh or RV, grows up without his parents. He drops out of school and quickly finds a job, changing tires at for a racing team. He finds his love in a taxi cab, Shona for short. He quickly becomes one of the best and the fastest racers. After a couple of years, RV and Shona get married and have a son and a daughter, despite Shona's father's rejections. Then, RV gets into an accident. He survives and comes back a year later, but he isn't the very same racer as he used to be. The team decides to go to another direction and let's him go. They sign the same racer who caused his accident. The bank forecloses RV's house and his properties. Leaving him with just the families clothes. They then live in poverty in Mannhaten, New York, New York. The family would've been fine if RV had saved some money for the future, but he doesn't. More tragedies rise for the family in a painful struggle. Do the hard ships shut the family down, or does the love fight through. Find out for yourself. YOU WILL NOT BE Disappointed! Hats off to Yash Chopra, Saif Ali Khan, and Rani Mukherjee.

Let me first state that I was forced to watch this film by my parents in the cinema...Family time....I'd been away for a bit; so they thought lets go to the cinema.

Let me just state that the music was perfect, it was the only thing I liked. I waited for the scenes to end and the next song to come along, Nachle Ve was pretty good and Ab toh forever was visually entertaining.

Like all other Bollywood movies this one has spectacular scenery and camera work, then why is it Indian cinema makers copy American movies? The acting is very bad, Rani is crap..and Saif tries to give a solid performance as a father and careless racer. Yet it was the children that annoyed me, 'Princess' and 'Champ'. Give them real names people! The children had the thickest accents and they were supposed to be American born...be realistic Bollywood.

A "feel good" premise. A family journey from high to low. But a lost cause as a movie. It did not tug the heart-strings. Even when the kids fore go their lunch to save money. The whole movie was too rushed. The prologue, the body and the epilogue....all felt like they were part of a mixture. Siddharth Anand gave an okays Salaam-Namaste. That movie had its moments AND a good Soundtrack. This movie(Ta Ra Rum Pum) looks labored. The songs are also not that hummable. They fade once u r out of the theater. Saif is good. He has some saving grace scenes in the second half. Rani is strictly average. Looking really bored. Javed Jaafri is good and carries himself well. The kids are one-dimensional.

Not a good one from the Yashraj stable. Hope the next one is better.

Tara Ram Pam is a fantastic movie about Life.

This is the movie about a small time tyre changer and cabbie Rajveer Singh who is very ambitious and wants to make it big. Once he gives lift to Javed Jaffery who got some urgent work and wants to reach the place very fast. Saif drive impresses Javed and he helps him become a Race Car driver. He meets Radhika who has been known as very Kanjoos whereas Saif is very spendthrift. Rani thinks about tomorrow whereas Saif lives for today. Radhika marries Rajveer against her father's wish and starts living with him. Over the years they have two sweet children's, Champ and Princess and Rajveer becomes one of the top ranking racer in US. But one race accident shattered his dreams. He becomes handicapped mentally. He is unable to race again because of the mental block he develops after the accident. He lost his home and everything else. But Radhika hasn't lost her hope in him. She knows that their day will come soon. They move to a small house.

The most touching part is when they tell their children that they are going to play a reality show where they would live like a poor with just $2000 in their hand. He starts lying to make money. Fate brings him back to race track when his son is admitted in hospital and needed $65000 to be saved. Will he win the race again ? Will he be able to save his son ?

typical bollywood flick, weak acting, pathetic storyline terrible narration and complete nonsense. saif ali khan does not do justice to his reputation in this flick.

the only thing i enjoyed in this movie was javed jaffery's brief comic act which i must say did not strike home with the audience, the little dog and the popcorn.

the only thing more annoying than the irritable cacophonic music tracks were the scenes with the child actors.

reasons to watch this movie ...

a. you are a die hard saif ali khan fan or hate him and like to see him make a fool of himself.

b. like nascar/racing

c. like to criticize pathetic bollywood flicks (like i am doing)