HUM TUM SHABANA revolves around Rishi [Tusshar Kapoor] and Kartik [Shreyas Talpade], who compete with each other to woo the same girl -- Shabana [Minissha Lamba]. The woman they woo belongs to an underworld clan; her uncle [Satish Kaushik] is a don. The two guys are kidnapped and are told to undergo a rigorous training in nefarious activities, if they have to win the hand of the girl they love.
Director Sagar Ballary packs in lots of gags and witty one-liners in the first hour and the story unfolds at a missile's speed. There are sequences that make you smile and even break into guffaw at times. The expectations from the second hour, therefore, are monumental. But barring one sequence in the post-interval portions, which is truly funny, the second hour stumbles and fumbles, with the entire Horror House track trying so hard to be funny, but falling flat in the process. Frankly, Ballary loses track in these portions.
There's no denying that the writing of the film is erratic. The characters are well defined, the setting and situations are just right and the dialogue are sharp and witty. But the screenplay in the second hour doesn't create magic. One doesn't mind watching nonsensical situations as long as the film holds your interest, but it doesn't.
Sachin-Jigar are a talented composer duo and their tunes in HUM TUM SHABANA are equally mass-friendly. 'Hey Na Na Na Shabana' and 'Music Bandh Na Karo' are chartbusters already. I'd like to make a special mention of the dialogue [Sharat Kataria], which are in sync with the mood of the film.
hum tum shabana (2011)
HUM TUM SHABANA revolves around Rishi [Tusshar Kapoor] and Kartik [Shreyas Talpade], who compete with each other to woo the same girl -- Shabana [Minissha Lamba]. The woman they woo belongs to an underworld clan; her uncle [Satish Kaushik] is a don. The two guys are kidnapped and are told to undergo a rigorous training in nefarious activities, if they have to win the hand of the girl they love.
Director Sagar Ballary packs in lots of gags and witty one-liners in the first hour and the story unfolds at a missile's speed. There are sequences that make you smile and even break into guffaw at times. The expectations from the second hour, therefore, are monumental. But barring one sequence in the post-interval portions, which is truly funny, the second hour stumbles and fumbles, with the entire Horror House track trying so hard to be funny, but falling flat in the process. Frankly, Ballary loses track in these portions.
There's no denying that the writing of the film is erratic. The characters are well defined, the setting and situations are just right and the dialogue are sharp and witty. But the screenplay in the second hour doesn't create magic. One doesn't mind watching nonsensical situations as long as the film holds your interest, but it doesn't.
Sachin-Jigar are a talented composer duo and their tunes in HUM TUM SHABANA are equally mass-friendly. 'Hey Na Na Na Shabana' and 'Music Bandh Na Karo' are chartbusters already. I'd like to make a special mention of the dialogue [Sharat Kataria], which are in sync with the mood of the film.
