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Ru-Ba-Ru

  • 2008
  • 2h
IMDb RATING
5.9/10
296
YOUR RATING
Ru-Ba-Ru (2008)
DramaRomanceThriller

Bangkok-based Tara Mishra and Nikhil Singh meet at a wedding ceremony and fall instantly in love with love with each. They move in together and continue to live a fairly blissful lifestyle u... Read allBangkok-based Tara Mishra and Nikhil Singh meet at a wedding ceremony and fall instantly in love with love with each. They move in together and continue to live a fairly blissful lifestyle until Tara is invited to India to attend a wedding. Nikhil not only refuses to accompany he... Read allBangkok-based Tara Mishra and Nikhil Singh meet at a wedding ceremony and fall instantly in love with love with each. They move in together and continue to live a fairly blissful lifestyle until Tara is invited to India to attend a wedding. Nikhil not only refuses to accompany her but also refuses to introduce his widowed mother, Meera, who is now living with another ... Read all

  • Director
    • Arjun Bali
  • Writers
    • Arjun Bali
    • Anvita Dutt
    • Shuja Haider
  • Stars
    • Randeep Hooda
    • Shahana Goswami
    • Rati Agnihotri
  • See production info at IMDbPro
    • IMDb RATING
    5.9/10
    296
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Arjun Bali
    • Writers
      • Arjun Bali
      • Anvita Dutt
      • Shuja Haider
    • Stars
      • Randeep Hooda
      • Shahana Goswami
      • Rati Agnihotri
    • 13User reviews
    • 1Critic review
  • See production info at IMDbPro
  • See production info at IMDbPro

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    Randeep Hooda
    Randeep Hooda
    • Nikhil Singh
    Shahana Goswami
    Shahana Goswami
    • Tara Mishra
    Rati Agnihotri
    Rati Agnihotri
    • Meera
    Jayant Kripalani
    • Dilip
    Kulbhushan Kharbanda
    Kulbhushan Kharbanda
    • Taxi-driver
    Avinesh Rekhi
    • Wedding singer
    • (as Avinesh Rekhi [Sherri])
    Tawsif Reza
    • Composer
    Jitu Savlani
    • Jitu
    Prince Shah
    • Tybalt
    Jeneva Talwar
    • Nadia
    • Director
      • Arjun Bali
    • Writers
      • Arjun Bali
      • Anvita Dutt
      • Shuja Haider
    • All cast & crew
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    User reviews13

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    8vkap-13252

    Great story, well executed. Definitely worth watching.

    A different from run-of-the-mill romances. Based on Hollywood title "If Only" (so credit for story should go somewhere else), it is a well-made movie. Both Randeep and Shahana have done a very good job of bringing the story to life. Songs are also reasonably good. So I have no idea why the ratings are so low.

    Suggestion: do NOT read spoiler reviews or Wikipedia entry. There is much magic in finding out how it ends.
    6coolpareen

    Ru-ba-Ru a.ka Dejavu ...

    Its me that i have that habit of watching movies irrespective of box office talks or what other people feel for the movie . i feel that someone has made movie and would put have lot of effort in it , so i watch them with every intention of film being good .

    Really i must say decent effort by all of them related to this movie ... i must say this - i wasn't expecting this movie to be anywhere near good ... one thing about this movie was the duration ... it wasn't long enough to get u bored .. Shahana Goswami who also featured in Rock on !!! .. was impressed with her in this movie ... Randeep hooda - i was expecting him to be much better than this ... really low point of the movie was songs ... better don't add songs ...
    9ShyamNTK

    Very good!!

    This is a wonderful movie, sadly ignored by the audience. The movie is so thrilling towards the end, and the climax is a shock. It was such a shock that I chopped off the final scene from the movie file I had!!! The movie is about déjà vu, a feeling of experiencing something that seems to be experienced earlier. It is really interesting, I watched the movie without any hope, and loved it. The performances are good, and there is a good chemistry between the lead couple. The title song is also very good. The movie drags somewhere in the second hour, but things go to the peak towards the ending. Also, there are several thrilling moments in the movie. Such movies should be promoted, instead of crap PJ movies.
    10rekhanampoothiry

    Excellent movie!!

    Enjoyed watching this movie!! Very well directed by Arjun Bali!! Excellent performance by Randeep Hooda and Shahana!! Definitely recommend it!!
    8easyandbusy

    One world "Amazingggggg" !!!

    Well, i was apprehensive about watching it as it's a remake of an Hollywood movie "If Only". But somehow my partner persuaded me to watch. But to my surprise,it was an amazing movie to watch. Movie is very well connected. Randeep hooda is astonishing. I have seen his great acting skills in other movies but here it was all about him. And he has carried movie so well on his shoulders. He was as amazing in the second half as he was in the first half. Movie is very well edited and seriously a good watch and will definitely last an impression like "If only" did. Very very impressed.... Specially... Randeep hooda...thumbs up.....

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    Storyline

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    Did you know

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    • Trivia
      Randeep had refused the film due to date hassles. Shiney Ahuja was then approached but quoted a high price. Randeep Hooda then cleared up his date problems and was back in the film.
    • Goofs
      Shahana's character name in the movie is Tara Mishra, however, in the closing credits she is shown as having the name of Tara Sharma.
    • Connections
      Remake of If Only (2004)
    • Soundtracks
      Dil Karda Jaan Mein De Du
      Performed & Lyrics by Shuja Haider
      Composed by Speed of Sound

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    Details

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    • Release date
      • September 12, 2008 (India)
    • Country of origin
      • India
    • Language
      • Hindi
    • Also known as
      • Rubaru
    • Filming locations
      • Krabi Beach, Bangkok, Thailand
    • Production company
      • Percept Picture Company
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    • Gross worldwide
      • $106,862
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    Tech specs

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    • Runtime
      • 2h(120 min)
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Dolby Digital

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