TARA RUM PUM-AN EMOTIONAL PINNACLE

Eyes shut.There was numbness all around.I could hear my father snoring faintly.It was the fatal night of 10th august 2006.The much anicipated film "Kabhi alvida na kehna" was about the hit the theatres the very next day.I was already feeling the adrenaline rush.Karan and his gang had left no stones unturned to promote KANK.I was overenthusiastic about the film.Because it was the first release of Rani after the stupendous success of Bunty aur Babli.Rani had already conned into my heart and I found myself singing Mitwa in my dreams.AAH.Dreams-unbriddled flights of fancies.Dreams are the vehicles to our success.Come to think of it.Through our dreams we can conquer the whole world.Especially day dreaming which I love.I thought kank would be the year's biggest blockbuster and add one more best actress plaudit to her name.But alas.I was transported back to reality as soon as the first show got over.Even the fanatic fans of srk who EXCITEDLY DANCED ALL THE WAY from their fan club beating the dust and heat to the theatre expressed their dissapointment.There was not that stereotypical chuckle of joy in the faces of the audience.Ditto in the communities dedicated to the film in orkut."SRK SUX,RANI SUX,CRAP MOVIE,WHAT A WASTE OF TIME AND MONEY,KARAN HAS GONE MAD,YUCK--These were the commonplace cries from the janta.Kank was meant for the creme de la creme and not for the masses-The critics hailed.But who cares.The film tanked.Overseas it was a blockbuster but the film registered hatefulness in the minds of people.Personally I loved it though.
The one thing i noticed during the promotion of KANK was rani mukerji's absence.Where is rani??We fans enquired inquisitively.Pat came the reply from a site.RANI GOES WESTERN FOR TARA RUM PUM.OK we fans were relieved.She was shooting with saif in new york.SO now we fans penned our hopes on the film.In the mean time babul flopped(no regrets though).Tara rum pum.New film of rani.I PUBLICIZED the film as much as possible in my friend's circle.What excitement really.Inexplicable.Then one day I heard the promo has come out with salaam-E-ishq.I was over the moon.Hastily I sneaked into youtube.Typed tara rum pum and fortunately the video was uploaded.I got a bit delirious.I started to watch it.MY heart was thumping fast.The video started with the four protagonists jumping and the little girl "princess" introduces each one of them.Then the title music was played.Saw some speedy scenes,some snippets of the song "hey shona" and "ab to forever".The promo opened to a delectable response.I could see rani and saif fans complimenting the video and saying "waiting for the movie".Few days passed by.The promos were aired on television.First the song hey shona was promoted.I caught a glimpse of the song and jumped at my feet.A friend of mine created a community for the song and I got busy publicizing it like a mad cheap and shameless fan(proudly so).Suddenly I Realized that there was no Buzz around the film.WHat's wrong I asked myself.My co-mod told me "YASHRAJ "is not promoting the film.Yes really.What a horrible promotion.Promos hardly came on air.We literally had to wait for them to come.The release date neared.Still no change in the promotional strategy.Neither saif nor rani made a public appearance.Only there was a contest organized by NDTV.Both of them came and talked for few minutes and vamoosed.Then the fateful day of 27th april 2007 arrived.Nevertheless I was nervous.Maybe more tensed than the stupid producers of the film who had already dugged the hole for the film.The nail in the coffin was placed by the malicious Media who deliriously declared"TRRP IS A FLOP" on the very first day.Reson-THE FILM DID NOT OPEN WELL AS COMPARED TO Other YAHSRAJ FILMS".Ok point noted.But hey what about the perky folks who flooded the communities of TRRP with mirthful comments like"WONDERFUL FILM,ONE OF THE BEST FILMS I HAVE EVER SEEN,GREAT MOVIE ,LOVED IT,WOW RANI AND SAIF WERE BRILLIANT,WOW THE KIDS WERE ADORABLE,BROUGHT TEARS TO MY EYES,I LOVE PRINCESS AND CHAMP..?I was a witness to all of them.

I caught the movie on 28th april at the menoka cinema hall in kolkata(which is now dashed to smithereens because of the 6 consecutive flops from yashjraj,the ticket seller jokingly told me the other day"TPTM AGAR NAHI CHALI TOH TUMHE MEIN ANDAR GHUSNE NAHI DENA WALA")(laugh out loud).The hall was jampacked.It was a fullhouse to my delight.THE WHISPERS WERE ON about rani's ill-fitting wig in the first half.SOme guys were saying"why this wig".But I preferred to watch the performance instead.The film rolled and came as a delightful and most cherishable experience of my life.I loved tara rum pum.Not even a single frame of the movie was boring according to me.It was a complete entertainer with a brilliant though cliched climax.The songs were massively underrated.The title track "TA RA RA RA RAM TA RA RA PUM" Was a tearjerker.MY favourite though will always remain HEY shona.Not only the song but the choreography was intricate and beautiful.The way rani pulled saif's cheeks and pressed her feet on his were some magnificent steps from vaibhavi not to mention the signature step.The film was liked by many.Some of the posts(from rani's community and trrp community) are still etched in my memory "HEY WHY IS THE FILM NOT WORKING,IT WAS SO NICE".well not exactly.The film was a successs and was rocksteady at the multiplexes.it earned 11 crores in the first week.Taran adarsh declared a hit and Boxofficeindia said it's a semi-hit.CONTRARARILY to the haters of rani who said"its a flop".But hit or flop,i dont care.I Loved tara rum pum to the hilt.It was one of the most well executed films I have seen.I did not care whether it is copied from 3 hollywood films or not.SO are the other blockbusters.I did not care when people said "its a crap,a racer never loses,thats impossible.it seemd inconsequential to me.I got the message which the director was trying to convey."KHUSHI YA GAM ZYADA HO YA KAM,JEETEGE HUM MILKE TARA RUM PUM tara rum pum".YES it was a film about unity and overcoming obstacles unifiedly as a family.It preached unity and solidarity.And the characters of saif and rani were reminiscent of many parents who also swim out of the sea of troubles by staying together.And the climax where rani sheds tears on watching saif romp the race proved her mettle again as an actress and gave me enough reasons as a rani fan to celebrate the film .It rocked.But THE MOST disgusting part were the award ceremonies which were so ruthless that they brutally gave the performances a miss.OK DONT NOMINATE SAIF,DONT NOMINATE RANI,BUT HEY HOW DARE YOU NOT NOMINATE THAT LITTLE GIRL WHO PLAYED PRINCESS?DARSHEEL SHOULD HAVE WON THE BEST CHILD ARTISTE AWARD AGREEd BUT WHY NOT A MENTION OF THAT POOR GIRL.SHE WAS EXTRAORDINARY.EVEN A RANI HATER WHO HAPPENS TO BE MY FRIEND AGREED WITH ME ON THAT.THAT WAS AWFUL AND GHASTLY AND I FEEL LIKE STABBING THE SO CALLED PAISA KHANE WALA JURY MEMBERS.Many films will come and go.People might forget the film.BUT I would pray to god so that the film is saved from curse of forgetfulness.My heart aches when I see undeserving films full of stupid jokes becoming blockbusters.This film will always be very special to me.It will be inscribed in my heart even when I am 60.Becaue it touched my heart and made brought me closer to my family.And when the music was played in the background after race and rani was crying OUT OF HAPPINESS in the hospital it truly felt like I am walking in the clouds because I as a fan was proud again and It made me feel warm.A true zenith of happiness.