Ta Ra Rum Pum (2007)

User Rating:

5.2/10   

Director:

Siddharth Anand

Writer:

Habib Faisal (screenplay)

Release Date:

27 April 2007 (India)

Genre:

Comedy | Family | Romance

Tagline:

Don't Worry Be Happy

Plot:

A poor New York resident, who is of Indian origin, dreams of becoming a fast car race driver. He endeavors...

Plot Keywords:

New York | Racer | Marriage | Comeback | Boyfriend Girlfriend Relationship

Cast

Saif Ali Khan	...	Rajveer 'RV' Singh
Rani Mukherjee	...	Radhika Shekhar Rai Bannerjee / Radhika R. 'Shona' Singh (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 R. 'Champ' Singh
Rod Harter	...	Race Fan
Patrick Horne	...	Man in taxi
Craig Howe	...	Waiter
Angelina Idnani	...	Priya R. 'Princess' 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
Emerald Robinson	...	Secretary
R.J. Romano	...	Dave
Jay Schmitt	...	Yellow Driver
Josh Schmitt	...	Pit Crew
Shruti Seth	...	Sasha
Prashant Shah	...	Manager
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

Country:

USA | India

Language:

English | Hindi

Color:

Color

Certification:

Ireland:PG | Singapore:PG

Filming Locations:

Aberdeen, North Carolina, USA

Company:

Yash Raj Films

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.

Goofs:

Anachronisms: In 8 years of successful racing, RV drives the exact same car (the Chevy Aveo, which didn't exist back then), with the same endorsements.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Roadside Romeo (2008)

Bore a Rum Pum... Pum

There are few films I think deserve a dismal rating. Like any other end product, I realize a lot of effort goes into the making of a movie. But this flick lacks any real redemptive qualities. It wastes a talented cast, a big budget, good music directors and lyricist. I lay the blame solely at the feet of the inexperienced director, Siddharth Anand. I still can't believe Mr Anand's first movie, Salaam Namaste, was a success. But at least that one had some half decent tunes and an annoying, but entertaining Javed Jaffrey to pass the time. I decided to give Siddharth another chance, after all he was only in his twenties when he directed his first movie. Bad idea. This tale of rags to riches to rags to riches is inane, superficial and boring as hell.