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By Joginder Tuteja, June 30, 2008 - 17:56 IST
MOVIE DETAILS
Cast: Ajay Devgan, Kajol, Karan Khanna, Isha Sharwani, Sumeet Raghavan, Divya Dutta, Sachin Khedekar
Director: Ajay Devgan
Producer: Ajay Devgan
Music: Vishal Bhardwaj
Lyrics: Munna Dhiman
THE FILM
Sensitive - now that's the key word which describes U Me Aur Hum in one word.
For his debut directorial outing, Ajay Devgan could have conveniently opted for an action/drama genre. And why not? After all he would have been in his home territory when attempting a genre which he has excelled in his decade and a half long career. Alternatively, a comedy could have worked too! After all comedy season is in its full bloom and Devgan himself has enjoyed quite a few comic outings in the recent past.
But he chose a sensitive tale to tell. A tale which started off as a romantic comedy (though with a difference), moved on to be marital outing and eventually turned out to be much above all of this. U Me Aur Hum picked up the theme of 'what would you do if you realized that your partner would never ever be the same person that you fell in love with'? That your partner may cease to be the same person as before with you emotionally and mentally? That every day out there with your spouse would be living a new life where the only certain thing would be 'uncertainty'?
With such ideas in mind where a love story stood for life long togetherness regardless of hurdles which may come a couple's way, Ajay Devgan made U Me Aur Hum where he came up with yet another emotionally charged performance. Ditto for Kajol who makes audience miss her every time she comes on screen because you want to see her more often. And even though the film had Alzheimer's disease as the focal point in it's second half, it didn't take a depressing route due to strong emotional moments being embellished in the narrative.
So what doesn't work? The remaining two couples in the film (Sumeet-Divya and Karan-Isha) who seem to have been given far too prominence than what the plot required. Though Karan-Isha track is still ok, the one involving Divya truly gets on your nerves after some point of time. The constant bickering between Sumeet and Divya looks so forced into the narrative that you start longing for Ajay-Kajol to come back on screen.
However, Ajay Devgan does well in making sure that overall U Me Aur Hum keeps the momentum on and doesn't get off the hook too often. In fact, the second half of the film is truly brilliant as Kajol's constant memory decline is narrated exceedingly well. The scene where the infant child drowns in the bath tub is the pick of the lot which shows that Ajay indeed has a flair for getting the right dramatic quotient on screen. But the best is reserved for the end as the film's culmination is truly convincing and heart warming that won't leave a single moist eye!
PACKAGING
Amongst all the Hindi film DVDs released this year, U Me Aur Hum would find a place amongst one of the best packaged DVDs. Arriving in a matted jacket with a cool cover design, U Me Aur Hum DVD is truly designed as the one you would want to gift to the one you love!
DURATION
The film comes in two DVD pack with the film's duration being 162 minutes and special features in the additional DVD lasting close to an hour.
SPECIAL FEATURES
The DVD comes with following Special Features:
- Making of the film
- Making of the songs
- The flying cam
- Music launch
- Trailers
Special features DVD is an engaging watch as one gets to see a lot of on-the-sets footage. The segment around making of the film and the songs tell everything about how the idea behind making U Me Aur Hum was generated, how the title was short listed, how it was for Ajay to make a transition to a director amongst others interesting factoids. Moreover, the thought behind choreographing a particular song or shooting a scene is also told in an interesting manner.
There is an entire segment around the use of a flying cam which, in words of cinematographer Aseem Bajaj, is just like a miniature helicopter. Watch out for the way this flying cam went about taking one of the most stunning shots in the film!
TECHNICAL DETAILS
- 16:9 Anamorphic Widescreen Presentation
- Subtitles in English
- Dolby Digital 5.1 and Stereo
PRICE
Rs. 299/=
CONCLUSION
One still wonders why U Me Aur Hum didn't turn out to be as huge a success as it should have? Yes, the film was a success but it's theatrical business didn't quite scale the heights it deserved if one looks at the quality of work that Ajay Devgan got for his debut directorial venture. However, with the release of the DVD, one can be almost sure that those who had missed out on watching this sensitive tale would finally be catching it in the comfort of their living room.
  
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