Music

The music composed by duo Vishal Shekhar who was the music director of "Honeymoon Travels Pvt. Ltd", for the film"Ta Ra Rum Pum" is very enjoyable.The songs of “Ta Ra Rum Pum”capture the top position in the music market. The title track "Ta ra rum pum" is sung by Shaan, Mahalaxmi Iyer, Sneha Suresh and Shravan Suresh - Vishal-Shekhar have used four different voices for four leading characters of the movie. Consistent whistling makes this track vivacious. The lyrics, however, lack creativity.
1=> "Nache le" is one jaunty track full of vigour. Sonu Nigam and Somya Roah lend their voice to the song, which is an open invitation for the listeners to dance. The background score is more of a mix and match variety. The lyrics further convey the robust Punjabi spirit of dance and celebration.
2=>"Ab to forever" is about the eternal male-female war of words about love. It begins with rhythmic dholak beats and Vishal's mumbo-jumbo. The Hinglish lyrics reflect the contemporary lingo of youth.
3=>"Hey shona" is sung by Shaan and Sunidhi Chauhan in their melodious voices. It is a slow euphonious track conveying the feelings of two lovers for each other. Apt dhol and drum beats and spirited guitaring gels with the lyrics, which for the most part remain mediocre.
4=>"Ta ra ra ra rum" is another mellifluous track sung exceedingly well by Shreya. This one is a slow lyrical track and marks a turning point in the movie with its sanguine tone. Piano play is the mainstay of the music. It is repetitive at some places and relatively long as well.
5=>"Saayiaan" is a song that expresses Sufi spirit, crooned by Vishal Dadlani on an inspiring note. Though the rendition falls short of creating that soothing effect through the lyrics, it gels well with the music.Although attempts have been made to compile an assorted album it turns out to be mediocre. At some places, there seem to be traces of "Salaam Namaste". Some more creativity and imagination might have lifted the album above average.

The girl forgets her dad instead and walks down the altar, oops no, drives down the car, and marries RV on a fast track. Pronto they have two designer kids and it's time to sing along 'Ta Ra Rum Pum'. So far, so good...actually feel-good!
Interspersed amongst all this fun is some real engaging action on the fast tracks. Details about how changing a tire after a few laps is important, filling in a particular brand of lubricant is a real necessity and placement of the sponsors' hoardings at all the strategic spots where Siddharth Anand places his camera is of vital importance, are explained to the audience in some subtle and not-so-subtle manner.
No one seems to mind all this, you know, because the action is pulsating, crashes make you gasp and editing is slick. In short, the kind that would make you hold on to your popcorn for some more seconds before you can heave a sigh of relief.
Well, that's not to be the case for long as after some romance, action and comedy [yes, Jaaved Jaafri is superb here as a migrant Gujjubhai who launches Saif on the racing circuit], there is some drama and tear-drop emotion required too. RV is injured on tracks, he recuperates, tries his luck again, is constantly reminded of his crashes, looses 10 races in a row and is soon thrown out (logical, very logical) by the Team Lead Billy [Bharat Dhabolkar] who loves to be called Mr. Bhatia with respect.
RV fails to find a new team, his credit cards and loan companies take away all his assets [this is why buying things on credit is bad, you know!] and he finds himself from Manhattan to a kind of 'machchi-bazaar' found on the backyards of New York. Placed in a one room downtrodden apartment, he, his Shona and his children try everything to call it loud - Life Is Beautiful!
And guess what, in case you wouldn't have done it so far, RV is back o his winning ways. But not before he has been through some annoying neighbors, petty jobs like being a pit worker again, taking care of trolleys in super-stores, failed attempts at being a car salesman and finally being a cabbie on the road. "Wo aisa hai naa, US mein jab kisi ka sapna toot-ta hai, to woh cabbie banta hai" - as said by Gujjubhai at the very beginning of the film!
While first half is quite breezy, thanks again to Jaffri bhai [dialogues like - 'I Love You Brother, son of a different mother' - do keep you in splits], the second half begins on a highly predictable note. The sufferings, the pain, smile on your lips and tears in your eyes kinda emotions, one family-happy family-we are together factors can be seen coming but still credit to the director that he doesn't let them drag beyond a point. He also does well in bringing a different side of New York in this half.
It's after the hospitalization of RV's son that proceedings pick up in a big way. The confrontation scene between RV and Billy is the pick of the lot where Saif is outstanding while the race sequence that follows in climax is terrific. Also, during the pre-climax the track 'Saiyaan' which runs in the background turns out to be best of the lot even though other songs do well as good eye candy.
Especially watch out for opening track 'Ab To Forever' where Rani looks seriously chic in her bronze look, short skirts, shorter tops and some real 'jhatka' moves that she has never done before in her decade long career.
Ok, so there are cliches galore like RV fighting it out on a track because he need money for his kid's operation [oh gawd!], parents skipping their dinner so that children and an accompanying dog could have theirs, lack of degrees resulting in no jobs, rich father against poor match for his daughter and so on and so forth.