Hum Do Hamare Do

Hum Do Hamare Do (2021) : Movie Review -

Family dramas are very common in Bollywood but you can't deny the fact that this is one of the most loved genre in India. It isn't just about entertainment but that emotional connect too. Those days are gone when bollywood used to make films like Hum Apke Hai Kaun and Hum Saath Saath Hai, and this new generation filmmakers and audience, both wanted a change. Abhishek Jain's Diwali offering 'Hum Do Hamare Do' may not be a direct answer to those popular 90s flicks but it's certainly a nice attempt on its level. This new-age family dramas people always talk about will get better sooner or later, but let's not miss some real fun now. Hum Do Hamare Do has everything you expect from a Mainstream Family Entertainer but moreover it's that one film which actually tries to convince you about family values without using blood-relations.

The film is about young lovebirds Dhruv (Rajkummar Rao) and Anya (Kriti Sanon) who decides to get married. The problem is, Dhruv is an orphan and Anya wants to marry a man who has a perfect family of her dreams. A hilarious ride begins when Dhruv brings fake parents who happened to be lovebirds in their younger days. Two parallel love stories of two different generations are configured to provide you hilarious gags. Prashant Jha's screenplay makes it easy for you to understand things but you do smell what's coming later. That family melodrama is avoided to keep the humour alive and that's the best thing about Hum Do Hamare Do's screenplay.

This film becomes different from other family dramas because it has young brigade teamed up with experienced actors like Paresh Rawal and Ratna Pathak Shah. Whatever Paresh Rawal couldn't do in Priyadarshan's 'Hungama 2', he does it here and how. That old Paresh Rawal we adored in films like Hera Pheri, Hungama, Bhagam Bhaag is back with the bang. Purushottam Mishra is by far his most humourous character recently. Supporting him, Ratna Pathak Shah is just brilliant. Her expressions and dialogue delivery looks so real and it doesn't beocme spoofy at all. Kriti Sanon and Rajkummar Rao makes a lovely chemistry. The major comedy scenes have gone into Paresh Rawal's kitty but the supporting cast is equally responsible to make them look hysterical.

Abhishek Jain and Deepak Venkateshan's writing is good but not flawless. You can easily notice some blunders here and there but as we know family dramas are meant to have few loopes so that you can create a filmy experience. The best thing done by Director Abishek Jain is that he didn't leave it lose anywhere except for the songs. He couldn't battle out that stereotype notion of bollywood family dramas that you have to have two songs before interval and two after that. The film loses some grip there but those two family songs are surely engaging. A glamorous number which appears with end credits is tappy enough. The film may look slow at the beginning but that's because he has something fantastic to show later. It keeps you busy for two hours so there'll be no moments to have a little nap. Overall, Hum Do Hamare Do is funny, dramatic and emotionally well balanced. There's something in this film which makes it a recommendable product that two generations in the family should watch together.

RATING - 6/10*

In spite of attempting to play the family card, that too with a cast of legends (not Sanon), it's average, boring, a drag...could have been presented better.

What is family? Is it only about sharing an identical surname? Or to live under the same roof? Or is it something that goes way beyond the definition of our conservative norms? Does it have any impediments? Any premeditated barriers set by society? And what would it all amount to if somebody decides to take a different route all of a sudden?

Abhishek Jain's 'Hum Do Hamare Do' attempts to pose a stern challenge against the very foundation of a well functioning Family. The notion itself begs a lot of valid queries and without a doubt has a significant value tied to it.

Even though not all parts of the audience would come in agreement with such fairly questionable viewpoints and it could also come off as naive and childish at times but I'm pretty sure that nobody would deny that it's an honest attempt at executing things in a slightly different manner.

Do you know what the actual problem is though? That there's not been proactive support from the Writing. Not to mention, due to the same reason, it falls short of bringing us to a tangible verdict. Dialogues barely comply with the broad spectrum of emotions and feelings this film hoped to achieve.

Performance-wise, no one outshines heavily as an individual; it rather comes across as a collective effort from the whole ensemble who did just enough to help us navigate through the entire duration.

In short, 'Hum Do Hamare Do' is serviceable only as a pastime and has just enough entertainment quotient to somewhat appease the mainstream audience. However, there's not much in it for the intellectuals though!

For what it's worth, Hum Do Hamare Do (Our Two for Us Two) is a decent family comedy drama where Bollywood again focuses on the concept of a family. There is some novelty here as the central character is an orphan trying to create a family of his own, by planning to marry the love of his life. With ample humour garnished throughout the plot, and despite the predictable end, I felt the film had its heart at the right place. Watch it.

This film deserved the theater! A wholesome light hearted family entertainer that could have easily been enjoyed by your entire family at theaters but sadly it's on OTT.

I personally found it quite enjoyable and when I find a film enjoyable, I ignore loopholes but then once the film ended, I was left with some bizzare uncomfortable questions that made me question the entire films plot only and this is what I found not right (one reason why critics are finding the film not upto the mark). Hence I reduce the stars to 7.