Love is a splendorous thing. Sometimes it happens at the first sight, and sometimes it takes years to fructify. Hum Tum is a movie that explores the slow and subtle process of love between two mismatched people.
Hum Tum tells the story of two people who are repeatedly brought together by destiny. Yet, the two fail to heed the call of destiny and keep on meeting and separating over a period of a good number of years before realizing that they are perhaps destined for each other.
The movie has Saif Ali Khan playing a cartoonist named Karan who works for one of India's leading newspapers. He meets Rhea ( Rani Mukherjee ) coincidentally and the two are simultaneously attracted and repulsed by each other. Their opinions fail to match and they disagree on almost anything. But there is still an unseen thread that binds the two together at subliminal level.
Directed by Kunal Kohli , Hum Tum explores the sweet and sour relationship between Karan and Rhea continue for a number of years. During this time Rhea goes through many emotional upheavals and Karan too matures into a responsible person.
Unlike other Bollywood films, Hum Tum explores love from a slightly realistic point of view. The movie does not show the two leading characters falling in love at the first sight. But it shows love as a gradual process, happening slowly and subtly over a period of years.
Love is a splendorous thing. Sometimes it happens at the first sight, and sometimes it takes years to fructify. 