Tum Bin [2001]

Tum Bin
Reviewed June 12th 2007

When Tum Bin released I had rented it and turned it off after just 10/15 minutes.. I don't know why but I was not interested in the film at all. Recently though I caught half of the film on Star Gold and was enjoying it so much (but had to leave 'coz I was going somewhere)... So this made me go out and buy the DVD and finally I watched the film entirely today.

My overall thoughts about the movie? Well I loved it! It's sweet, simple and really lovely. It deals with real human emotions so sensitively that even though I've not been through any of the circumstances the characters go through, I still relate to them so much!

The first half of the movie is simply perfect! The second half gets slightly slow in the screenplay and does tend to drag a bit but it's still very nice.

The Music - It's just amazing. I've always loved the soundtrack of the film and that remains even today. The music has soul... the lyrics are gorgeous and so sweet.

Sandali - Well I'm a huge fan of hers and with reason - she's a great actress. She has so much potential. She's talented and gorgeous, and she has amazing screen presence - she knows how to dominate a scene and make her presence be felt in the simplest and most natural way!! I still maintain that her best performance is the one in Ab Tumhaare Hawaale Watan Saathiyo - now that was outstanding. But still, even here she was really good. When she cried, I felt like crying for/with her. The film revolved around her and if you couldn't gather sympathy for her character, the film would fail for you -- Sandali made it work for me. I wish she was more successful as an actress because she's a complete package - I really love this girl!

Priyanshu - I'm really not a fan of his, far from it... However, he delivered quite a good performance here, especially considering it was his first film. So hats off to him for that, I was definitely impressed! And I don't think I'm wrong in saying his performance in his first movie is his best yet - he hasn't matched it in any of his subsequent movies [except perhaps Madhoshi].

Rakesh - Good performance. I wish his role was stronger because he's a very talented actor and he's incredibly cute, I really like him! I remember watching this movie of his called 'Tumse Milke...Wrong Number' - loved it, it's a shame he hasn't seen success in his acting career.

Himanshu - Average performance. I don't like him at all and this did not in any way change my perception of him - he has a long, long way to go as an actor - and I don't know how he became a model!

Anubhav Sinha Dus is one of my favourite movies... I'm not too fond of Aapko Pehle Bhi Kahin Dekha Hai but it's quite sweet, and I'm really really looking forward to Cash. I haven't seen Tathasthu but I could see from the promos how different the genre is. Anubhav has the ability to make such drastically different styles/genres of movies and succeed so well in them. Dus and Tum Bin are both amazing in their own styles. Anubhav is definitely a great director and for a debutant he absolutely stuns with his professional work in Tum Bin. Oh and I have to add here that the techniques used in the editing and camerawork of the film were fantastic too...

Sensitive, emotional and touching - I don't know why it took me so long to watch this film but I'm glad it finally happened because Tum Bin is fresh and new even today!!