It was said that this film is inspired by The Notebook. I haven’t seen The Notebook. But I had seen a film called Iris. U Me Aur Hum reminded me of Iris but not in a good way. Both films deal with Alzheimer. Both films has the woman suffering from the disease, but Iris had heart & soul and this only has heart. That’s the difference. The screenplay writers Robin Bhatt, Akash Khurana & Sutanu Gupta & the dialogue writer Ashwani Dhir do not do justice to the story by Ajay Devgan. Borrowing the oft repeated line by Ajay Devgan in the film, I would say "You know what" the first half of the screenplay is boring.
The the second half tries to pack in too much and gets repetitive after a point. Ajay Devgan makes a clean & confident debut as a director but he excels only in snatches. I fail to understand why he wasted so much time in setting up the love story. As a director he fails to see through an average screenplay but succeeds in handling the emotional scenes very well. Two scenes stand out. The one when Kajol forgets the baby in the tub & second is when Ajay vents outs his feelings after a couple of drinks. Kajol comes up with a performance which should ideally have been her comeback role. She infuses that something extra to a role which is not clearly written. Ajay tries too hard to perform and it shows. Their chemistry is earnest. Out of the supporting cast Sumeet Raghvan makes a confident debut. He is an actor to watch out for. The rest of the cast are strictly okay. Music is not something that will stay on after you have left the theatre except the title song. This is one of Vishal Bhardwaj’s lowest scores. The cinematography is refreshing in the first half & moody in the second half.
This is a film for everyone who suffers from the incurable disease called love. Only they can relate to a film like this. The message it gives out is that it is never about U or Me, it’s about Hum. If given a solid screenplay Ajay Devgan has the potential as a director to give us a very good film but this one is not that film. If you are an incurable romantic at heart, watch this film.
** ½ (Above Average)
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