Hum Tum Shabana Explained

Hum Tum Shabana is a 2011 Indian romantic comedy film. It stars Tusshar Kapoor, Shreyas Talpade and Minissha Lamba.^[1]

Plot

Hum Tum Shabana revolves around three characters. The two men compete to woo the woman, but then it turns into a desperate battle to lose her.

Cast

• Tusshar Kapoor as Rishi Malhotra
• Shreyas Talpade as Karthik Iyer
• Minissha Lamba as Shabana Raza
• Sanjay Mishra as Munna Military (Manoj Tyagi)
• Mantra as Nandu
• Satish Kaushik as Chacha Panju
• Pia Trivedi as Rhea Dixit
• Rahul Singh as Ravi Aggarwal
• Rajesh Khattar as Vikram Malhotra
• Pooja Batra as Puja (Cameo appearance)
• Surveen Chawla as Shabana (Cameo appearance)
• Madhur Bhandarkar as himself (Cameo appearance)
• Karmveer Choudhary as Gangster
• Vaarssh Bhatnagar as Bittu

Soundtrack

The music of the film was composed by music director duo Sachin–Jigar.

1. "Musik Bandh Na Karo" - Abhishek Nailwal, Palash Sen, Anushka Manchanda
   1. "Hey Na Na Shabana" - Raghav Mathur "Thank U Mr DJ" - Mika Singh, Suzanna D'Mello
2. "Piya Kesariyo" - Anushka Manchanda, Jigar Saraiya
3. "Kaari Kaari" - Vijay Prakash, Shalini Singh, Tochi Raina - Lyrics: Mayur Puri
4. "Hey Na Na Shabana" (Party Map Remix) Remix - DJ Akhil Talreja
5. "Musik Bandh Na Karo" (Remix) Remix - Kiran Kamath

Reception

Critical response

Hum Tum Shabana received negative reviews all throughout. Preeti Arora of Rediff.com said, "... an unashamed attempt to ape the Golmaal series, Hum Tum Shabana is a rudderless ship which simultaneously endeavors to straddle many genres. And fails miserably," and gave it half a star out of 5 stars.^[2] The Indian Express rated it half a star as well.^[3] Taran Adarsh of Bollywood Hungama gave it 1.5 out of 5 stars, said that it has a funny first half but a disappointing second hour.^[4] Nupur Barua of fullhyd.com lamented the fact that Sagar Ballary, the director, "seems to prefer the Golmaal and Dhamaal styles, rather than that of his first film [Bheja Fry]." fullhyd.com rated the movie 4/10.^[5] The Times Of India's Nikhat Kazmi wasn't positive about the film either, and rated it 2/5.^[6]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Archived copy . . 15 August 2011 . 25 December 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20181225175159/http://www.bollywoodhungama.com/movie/mahesh-babu/ . live .
2. Web site: Review: Hum Tum Shabana is best avoided - Rediff.com. 30 September 2011. 1 October 2011. https://web.archive.org/web/20111001073408/http://www.rediff.com/movies/review/review-hum-tum-shabana-is-best-avoided/20110930.htm. live.
3. Web site: Hum Tum Shabana Review. Indian Express. Shubhra Gupta. 30 September 2011. 31 October 2011. 3 September 2024. https://web.archive.org/web/20240903193901/https://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/entertainment-others/hum-tum-aur-shabana/. live.
4. Web site: Latest Bollywood Movies 2022 | Hindi Movie List | Bollywood Movies Online | New Hindi Movie Download - Bollywood Hungama. https://web.archive.org/web/20110317041803/http://www.bollywoodhungama.com/movies/review/14224/index.html. dead. 17 March 2011. .
5. Web site: Hum Tum Shabana Review. fullhyd.com. Nupur Barua. 30 September 2011. 31 October 2011. 1 October 2011. https://web.archive.org/web/20111001053701/http://www.fullhyderabad.com/profile/movies/4511/2/hum-tum-shabana-movie-review#tabs. live.
6. Web site: Hum Tum Shabana Review. The Times Of India. Nikhat Kazmi. 30 September 2011. 31 October 2011. 3 September 2024. https://web.archive.org/web/20240903193912/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/movie-reviews/hum-tum-shabana/movie-review/10170596.cms. live.