Despite the poor movie reviews I gathered courage and went to see this movie….i was not particularly enthusiastic to watch this movie for the simple reason that in reviews it was mentioned that this movie was a copy of THE NOTEBOOK & 50 FIRST DATES…I love both these movies…and THE NOTEBOOK is one of my all time favorite books too…. Well I can say I was in for a surprise…..at the end of it I actually liked this movie and enjoyed it….the only similarity it has with THE NOTEBOOK AND 50 FIRST DATES is that in these two movies too the story revolves around ALZEIMERS DISEASE….actually in 50 FIRST DATES its some other disorder…
So basically coming back to U ME AUR HUM…..
Good points :
love the tag line SOMETIMES THE GREATEST JOURNEY IS THE DISTANCE BETWEEN TWO PEOPLE
Acting by kajol and ajay devgan is nice especially in emotional sequences….
The title track is nice…..and jee le is nice….lyrics of both these songs r beautiful and so is music
Story moves ahead at a good pace….esp in second half…the romantic dialogues r beautiful
The friendship between ajay and his friends is nice to see……also the relationship between pia (kajol) and dr ajay (ajay devgan) is shown beautifully…chemistry between the lead pair is nice…romance is shown well …..practical difficulties and problems encountered with someone having alzeimer’s is shown well….some emotional scenes touch your heart….and your heart reaches out for dr.ajay as he faces problems due to pia’s illness….. The entire story is handled well
Bad points :
Some dialogues are cheap….some stupid comedy sequences are just not needed…editing in first half could have been better….the song dil dhakda hai and the Punjabi wedding song (I forgot the name) could have been cut….
Music by vishal bhardhwaj is overall average (not something extraordinary as wud be expected of him)
Direction is ok…..in the whole movie they have jus zoomed in on kajol and ajay devgans face so much so that they fill entire screen…that cud very well be avoided….unlike the book THE NOTEBOOK here it is shown that pia gets alzeimers wen she is 28…well this is a really really rare thing…..in the book she gets it in her late fifties…well ajay devgan has jus stretched his imagination…we cud call it creative freedom :)
Over all its an entertaining movie…..u ll be smiling at the end of it….watch it if u r a movie buff and have no plans for some Sunday afternoon
