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Hum Tum is the Bollywood version of  “When Harry met Sally” where the encounters between a male and a female are shown over several years as their mutual feelings for each other ranges from hatred to respect, friendship to love and more. The movie has been very beautifully been modified to suit Indian viewers taste and Kunal Kohli did a commendable job as the director. Both the main leads of the story, Rani Mukerjee and Saif Ali Khan received Filmfare awards for their performance.

Saif’s role of a cartoonist was extended to a completely different level by picturing a few animated sequences in the movie to show the interactions between Rani and Saif. Services of Kathaa Animations were hired for the same with support from TATA group of companies. The variety offered with the time tested love story of Saif and Rani in the movie succeeded in wooing the audience as well as the critics. The movie won five Filmfare and one national award. The musical score of the movie was given by the duo of Jatin-Lalit and became quite popular courtesy smart marketing initiative involving leading music channels.

Hum Tum is not just a romantic story but also, can be considered a story of relations as it captures the relation between a father and a son (Rishi Kapoor and Saif), a mother and a daughter (Kirron Kher and Rani) among others in great details. The importance of communication in relations in our daily life becomes the highlight as the movie approaches its end when Saif and Rani lose a few years together despite loving each other for lack of a confession between the two regarding their feelings.