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Hum Tum

Hum Tum (Hindi: हम तुम, translation: You and Me, Urdu: ہم تم) is a Bollywood movie, released in India on May 28, 2004, directed by Kunal Kohli and produced by Aditya Chopra and Yash Chopra. The movie stars Saif Ali Khan and Rani Mukerji in the lead roles.Hum Tum (translates as You and Me or literally as Me, You) was loosely inspired by When Harry Met Sally... following the encounters of the two main characters until they, after several years and various meetings, become friends and finally fall in love at the end of the movie.The comic characters Hum and Tum have their own animated sequences in the movie, where they represent the current state of Karan's and Rhea's relationship.The film won several Filmfare Awards, including Best Actress (Mukerji), Director (Kohli), Actor in a Comic Role (Khan), Female Playback Singer (Alka Yagnik for the title song) and Scene of the Year. It lost Best Film to Yash Chopra's Veer-Zaara. Animation for this film was done by Kathaa Animations and the Special Effects by Tata Elxsi[1]. Saif Ali Khan won the National Film Award for Best Actor in June 2005.Karan (Saif Ali Khan) is a cartoonist and a self-styled ladies' man. His daily comic, named "Hum Tum," explores the battle of stereo-typical behaviour. On a plane from Delhi to New York, he meets Rhea (Rani Mukerji), but she doesn't seem the to be a least bit interested in him. His feeble attempts at flirting go nowhere, but when they have a stopover in Amsterdam on their way to New York, she agrees to spend a few hours exploring the city with him. Karan quickly learns he has little in common with the feisty but proper Rhea, but he won't give up. He ends their contentious time together with an unwelcome kiss. Rhea is outraged and storms off, but Karan insists they'll meet again. After a couple months living in New York, he spots her in the park, and she causes a scene with his girlfriend,who is Rhea's friend, this ends in the break-up between Karan and his current girlfriend.Now three years later, when Karan is helping his mother plan a wedding that turns out to be Rhea's. Rhea is marrying Sameer (Abhishek Bachchan). They bicker again, but this time, they part on good terms. Years later in Paris, Karan is visiting his father (Rishi Kapoor), when he runs into Rhea again. He learns from Rhea's mother (Kirron Kher) that Sameer has died in a car accident, and he sets out to help her reclaim her positive outlook on life. Karan goes back to Mumbai, and three months later, Rhea and her mother visit. Sensing that she needs to be with a straight-laced, "boring guy", he conspires with Rhea's mother to fix her up with his shy best friend, Mihir (Jimmy Shergill). But eventually Mihir falls in love with a friend of Karans, Diana (Isha Koppikar) and they get engaged. On the engagement night Rhea learns from drunk Diana about the conspiracy. Mihir makes Rhea realize hers and Karan's love for each other. That night Rhea and Karan consummate their relation. Karan finds it a mistake and asks Rhea to marry him as he feels she could never fall in love with a guy like him. Rhea gets upset as she realizes she loves him but tells Karan that they should not commit one more mistake. Rhea leaves him as she misinterprets his confused feelings as guilt (about having made love) rather than love for her. Karan realizes his mistake,and goes out to find her. One year later, Karan and Rhea reunite again. Karan admits his love for her,and they get married and have a baby girl. The storyline of the movie is similar to A Lot Like Love with Ashton Kutcher.