Banner: T – Series & Benaras Mediaworks
Producers: Bhushan Kumar, Krishan Kumar & Anubhav Sinha
Director: Anubhav Sinha
Star: Aditya Seal, Neha Sharma, Kanwaljit Singh & debutant Aashim Gulati
Music: Ankit Tiwari & Nikhil – Vinay
Director Anubhav Sinha’s last outing was the Shah Rukh Khan starrer sci – fi film Ra.One and now after a long hiatus he returns to carry forward the legacy of the original Tum Bin with a newly decorated package of Tum Bin 2 albeit with the same ingredients remixed.
The scripted scenerio of Tum Bin 2 kicks off with an untoward & unexpected skiing accident of Amar (Aashim Gulati). When the rescue team gives up their hope of finding Amar’s body, this leaves his fiancée Taran (Neha Sharma) & Amar’s loving & caring father Papaji (Kanwaljeet Singh) with no hope of finding him ever. Unable to bear the grief of Amar’s loss, Taran withdraws herself from the world & goes into a nutshell. One fine day, Papaji introduces his late friend’s son Shekhar (Aditya Seal) to Taran and her lovely & lively sisters. Seeing Taran in sorrow, Shekhar tries his level best to bring a smile on her face. Shekhar also helps Taran immensely in realising her dream of setting up a confectionary business. Amidst all the proceedings, Taran not just tries to forget her past & Amar, but also gradually falls in love with the happy – go – lucky Shekhar. Suddenly, one fine day, out of the blue, Papaji gets a call from Amar, whom everyone thought was dead long ago. Amar is extremely happy to be united with his loving family, especially Taran. While on one hand, love gets rekindled between Taran & Amar, on the other hand, Shekhar plans to leave everyone and let Taran & Amar have a happy life ahead together. The innocent Amar, who is totally unaware of the love affair between Taran & Shekhar, starts dreaming of his future with Taran. That’s when Taran confesses to Amar about her feelings for Shekhar.
This week the sequels of 2 film’s franchise Force & Tum Bin were released. So while Force 2 clinched its success spot at the Box – Office turnstiles Tum Bin 2 will definitely have the going tough as in the name of making a sequel director Anubhav Sinha seems to be heavily gripped with the hangover of the original Tum Bin. So he has just rehashed the heady cocktail of the earlier film. Even otherwise this age old tussle between 1 girl & 2 boys is totally outdated. And Tum Bin 2 offers nothing new. Yet what saves Tum Bin 2 is the mellifluous, melodious & foot tapping music of Ankit Tiwari & Nikhil – Vinay & of course the eye pleasing cinematography of Ewan Mulligan which is really top – notch.
Performance wise it is Neha Sharma who steals the thunder from both the boys Aashim Gulati & Aditya Seal. She is followed a close 2nd by Aditya Seal. He delivers a very sensitive as well as the happy – go – lucky act as per the demands of the role. He has really come a long way from his Ek Chotisi Love Story & Purani Jeans days. While the small screen sensation Aashim Gulati makes his Bollywood debut with Tum Bin 2 and in spite of his brief screen time he has given a good account of himself.
Tail Piece: Tum Bin 2 is like an old wine in a new bottle. It will gradually sail through the stormy Box – Office turnstiles on the strength of its music, cinematography & word of mouth publicity.
