Movie Review: U Me Aur Hum
April 10, 2008 by Narayanan Aier
If there is any actor who can probably match Aamir Khan with his directorial skills, it has got to be Ajay Devgan. He has done a fantastic job with U Me Aur Hum.
The way he has gone about directing and acting is amazing.
That’s what Kajol said in an interview few months back. And every word of that is true. When I read that interview, I felt that she is just promoting her film. How wrong I was!
This movie describes a journey of life between two individuals deeply in love with each other. Piya (Kajol) is a waitress in a cruise liner when she is wooed by Ajay (Ajay Devgan) who is holidaying in the cruise along with his group of friends. Eventually they get married. Piya is diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease at the same time when the doctors realize that she is pregnant. What follows is a really moving and open portrayal of Piya and Ajay’s sufferings and how they make it through.
Kajol has probably given her best performance till date. When she gets the memory loss attacks, a chill runs down your spine. You hope that no one ever suffers from this. That’s how well she’s essayed the role. Ajay Devgan is in his usual best. But where he scores is his direction. Although the plot might be similar to the 2004 movie ‘The Notebook’ (directed by Nick Cassavetes), Devgan has made it more realistic by adding his flavor of sensibility (Yes, for a change a Hollywood movie was more filmy!). No unnecessary twists and no unnecessary dance and song sequences. A welcome relief from the string of average films that the Mumbai film industry has been throwing at as for the past few months.
The rest of the cast which includes prominent actors like Sachin Khedekar, Sumeet Raghvan, Divya Dutta, Karan Khanna and Isha Shervani have done exceptionally well. The music by Vishal Bharadwaj blends beautifully into the movie.
On a scale of 1 to 5 I would give it 4.5. In short, do go and watch the movie.
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I saw movie this morning.what a movie.they both performed outstanding.excellent love story by ajay devgan.its completely directors movie.first half is romance &comedy and second half is full of emotions.first rate goes to kajol it doesn’t mean second rate goes to ajay.I am sure the movie will get an award for next year.ajay has done complete justice to the movie.first blockbuster movie of 2008.the movie is not abt U or ME its abt HUM.I encourage each & everybody to go & watch it.my rate would be 4.5/5.
hey rama, completely agree with your comments and rating.
amazing review..i have watched the movie…and ur blog describes it perfectly!!..
[...] Naryanan Aier gives it a thumbs up No unnecessary twists and no unnecessary dance and song sequences. A welcome relief from the string of average films that the Mumbai film industry has been throwing at as for the past few months. [...]
If you have not seen Notebook (2004) then you will love it. Otherwise it is all over for you in 20-30 minutes. I can’t beleive Ajay went with a Hollywood script on his vaery first film. What a shame.
The film is fantastic! It is very funny in the beginning and extremely sad in the end. recommend every human being to watch it. I loved it! It must’ve been easy for Kajol to act in it, but if it were me…. I wouldn’t done as nearly as good as she did. The parts when she is in a blank zone, and Ajay is crying (in the film), I would be crying too. I would not bear to pretend nothing has happened. Kajol did an amazing performance! I would love to watch it again and again!
@tahir: I have seen the Notebook. And I still enjoyed U Me Aur Hum!
@Anjali: Completely agree with your comments.
Cinema lovers are in a treat this year with Bollywood’s much admired couple Kajol and Ajay Devgan are back to sparkle on screen as Ajay Devgan’s directorial debut film U, ME AUR HUM . I found the theme of the movie very impressive, but I feel it has gone wrong somewhere.