Hum Do Hamare Do

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.

Good - Rao, Paresh Rawal, Ratna Shah, Manu rishi, few good comic scenes, music.

Bad - less scope for Kriti's potential, predictable plot, few stretched scenes, few forced comic scenes.

First of all Ratna Pathak and Paresh Rawal are phenomenal in this film! They literally stole the whole show for me.

Kriti Sanon does a great job too, and as an actor she has improved a lot.

Although I was expecting a lot from Rajkummar Rao as he is phenomenal usually but felt a little flat in this film!

Overall the story is new and unusual and quirky but towards the end gets too predictable and the climax stands weak!

But it's a one time watch for sure and will entertain you!

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.