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EDITOR'S PICK
Rating: ** 1/2
Just for the pleasure of watching Nana Patekar and Dimple
Kapadia together, this quaint and sincere look at love across three generations
is well worth a `dekko`.
Dimple, exuding a warmth that pervades the screen, plays a feisty Parsi woman
who isn`t deterred let alone defeated by attempts to dismantle her dream, namely
a strategic cafe where Mumbai-wallahs meet like they still do in cafes all over
Kolkata for a bit of a brainy pow-wow and buttery pao.
It all adds up. The feisty Parsi lady and the cranky sullen unhappy-with-life
lawyer (Nana Patekar) who helps her keep her property and not-so-promptly falls
in love with the lady.
You get the picture?
Rajen Makhijani, Sameer Siddiqui and Kabir Sadanand`s screenplay cruises the
realm of the known but still provides elements of freshness in the way the
predictable characters are framed and photographed. Pushan Kriplani, director of
photography, adds an afterglow to the already seen characters` lives. You could
feel the characters` feelings, if you care.
There are three sets of people falling in and out of love, stumbling along that
path to mutual fufilment strewn with roses and thorns. This is a film that
finally exudes the scent and strength of goodness. The Dimple-Nana relationship
is endearing in its nostalgic references. Both are in splendid form.
The next generation`s angst is represented by Suniel Shetty, who is restrained
in a quiet but forcible way, and the surprise-packet Vidya Malvade.
Sadanand gives all his principal actors room to blossom. And that includes the
third generation pair Rehaan Khan and Anjana Sukhani who are just discovering
life and love. The couple is fresh, eager and raring to articulate their inner
world.
The storytelling is moody and leisurely, like a stroll down a beachside on a
quiet Sunday afternoon. The narrative has no sharp dips and curves. But director
Kabir Sadanand is able to hold all his characters together, giving them a life
and sustenance that takes them beyond stereotypes but not far enough to make
them memorable creatures of the romantic zone.
Everyone from every generation wants a piece of that shimmering sky where love
is more than just a Valentine`s Day slogan. "Tum Milo Toh Sahi" is not
as sharp in its sensitivities on love as could have been. `Lekin tum dekho to
sahi`.
Actress Vidya Malvade, who is playing a young professor-cum-author in Kabir Sadanand's upcoming film "Tum Milo Toh Sahi", is very keen to do an item number. Read More
`Tum Milo Toh Sahi` is not just a romantic comedy... it has three unique romantic stories in one.
Set in modern-day Mumbai, with all the demands and pressures of city life, the film weaves together the lives of three couples who connect with each other through a series of touching and hilarious moments, sometimes just over a simple cup of coffee.
It is about the meeting of souls, the meeting of minds, and the meeting of hearts, underlining that love is the driving force in people`s lives, irrespective of age; from school kids to the youth of today, from people in their mid-lives` crises to those who are sixty plus. The journey of life slowly aids the discovery of love in all its different shades and hues, at different stages; it brings with it the bitter, the sweet and sometimes the spicy, making life worth living.
`Tum Milo Toh Sahi` is a film about human victory, when ordinary people come together to combine their strengths and stand by what they believe in.
Rediscover love in the wonderful journey of `Tum Milo Toh Sahi`.