Ta-Ra-Rum-Phat

Yikes.

What a lousy movie.

Down with rediff reviews.

These were my reactions after seeing the much hyped Ta-Ra-Rum-Pum. Music was noway close to be melodious. The concept was far too weirdly depicted. In a nutshell, the movie sucked. The only saving grace was Javed Jaffery. A brief review (Movie is set in NY)

Boy meets girl and taxi driver. Boy falls for girl. Taxi Driver falls for Boy. Hitherto unknown, high school drop out, Racing car-wheel changer Boy catapults into NASCAR driving fame with just a little bit of help from Taxi-Driver. Boy is short sighted and lives on instalments. Overspends. Has 2 kids in the meanwhile with Girl. Has Accident. Loses nerve. Loses house, car and job. Moves into dirty neighbourhood. But decides to keep kids in posh NY school paying $2k for fees. Boy Drives taxi. Girl plays piano where possible for money. Keeps kids in the dark abt real situation. Kids find out. Skip lunch to save money. One kid rummages in dustbin to eat lunch. Eats shit. Falls sick. No insurance. Need $65k for operation. Prior mentioned taxi driver rides back to rescue. Enters NASCAR race. Wins. All happy. Boy reforms to careful man. And they all lived happily ever after


Yikes. WHat happened to unemployment benefits? Who ever needed a college degree to sell cars and become a concert pianist. And why the hell wud i keep a kid in a private school when i live in an area where there is no ventilation. And then there is the title song, with Four animated bears. A concept far too late, when rajnikanth did it 20 years ago in a Tam movie!!!
Music by Vishal-Shekar SUCKED. No other words for it. Songs suddenly appear. Rani 's costumes were good. So was Javed.

Add to it the fact that movie started 45 minutes late. Isnt exactly a good omen. I guess the screening guys needed the time to recover from their experience in the last show.