Thoda Pyaar Thoda Magic (2008)

User Rating:

5.9/10   

Director:

Kunal Kohli

Writers:

Rohena Gera (screenplay)
Kunal Kohli (story)

Release Date:

28 June 2008 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy | Family | Romance

Tagline:

All they need is...

Plot Keywords:

God | Musical Segments | Nanny | Bollywood | Angel

Cast

Rishi Kapoor	...	God
Saif Ali Khan	...	Ranbeer Talwar
Rani Mukherjee	...	Geeta (as Rani Mukerji)
Akshat Chopra	...	Vashisht Walia
Shriya Sharma	...	Aditi Walia
Rachit Sidana	...	Iqbal Walia
Ayushi Burman	...	Avantika Walia
Amisha Patel	...	Malaika (as Ameesha)
Sharat Saxena	...	Judge
Razak Khan	...	Pappu
Mahesh Thakur	...	Lawyer
Taraana Raja		(as Tarana Raja Kapoor)
Danish Aslam	...	Kid Ranbeer's Teacher
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Biren Patel	...	Yada
Cameron Pearson	...	Steve
Tigerlily Perry	...	Michelle

Also Known As:

A Little Love, a Little Magic (USA) (informal English title)
Untitled Kunal Kohli Project (India: English title) (working title)

Runtime:

145 min

Country:

India

Language:

Hindi

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital (5.1 surround)

Certification:

Ireland:PG | Singapore:PG

Filming Locations:

Bangkok, Thailand

Company:

Kunal Kohli Productions

Trivia:

Several references are made to the film's crew throughout the film. For example, Mallaika states that her bag is a Manish Malhotra (one of the film's costume designers) during the court scene, while associate director Binoy Gandhi, described as a mega film star, is punished by God for paying bribes to win awards.

Quotes:

[first lines]
Unknown: And now coming to the main award of this evening, the winner of the CNBC-TV18 India Business Leader Award 2008 is Mr Ranbeer Talwar!

Movie Connections:

References When Harry Met Sally... (1989)

Soundtrack:

Pyaar Ke Liye

Decent movie!

Saif, Rani & Yash Raj Films are back together after "Ta Ra Rum Pum". But this time, the director is not the same. Their previous movie was about a car racer & his family, where as this one takes you to a fantasy world. Ranbir (Saif) is a successful businessman, who accidentally gets his car crashed & kills parents of 4 children. He is forced by the court of law to keep those children with him. And the children needs to take a revenge from the same guy. Things starts messing up as the kids try to irritate Ranbir & his silly girlfriend (Amisha). God (Rishi Kapoor) decides to help Ranbir & kids by letting them come closer. So God decides to help them by sending one of her angels, Gita (Rani). Then as expected, all the things starts forming good between everyone. The story is simple & predictable. Kunal Kohli tries to develop the movie in Hollywood style. The film does succeeds, but its not something new to provide. Definitely it is good to see that Bollywood provides these kind of movies. The performances are very well executed. Saif & Rani, both were amazing, the chemistry between both of them is perfect, both of them looked fine as well. Amisha Patel did fine too, she looked very glamorous & extremely sexy in the track "Lazy Lamhe". The songs are just average. Two songs, "Nihaal Ho Gayi" & "Lazy Lamhe" are pretty decent track, the background score was ordinary. After the disastrous "Tashan", its good to see such movie from Yash Raj Banner. Generally, the "Saif-Rani" flicks are watchable among the Yash Raj Films, rest of them are getting "thanda" for the audiences, also in terms of the concept of the movie. On the whole, a good family entertainer. Decent effort.