Maddock Films’ Hum Do Hamare Do is a comedy-cum-love story.
Dhruv Shikhar (Rajkumar Rao) is an orphan who hasn’t had a very happy childhood. He had worked in the tea-stall of Purshottam Mishra (Paresh Rawal). He grows up to become a successful and self-made man. He has just launched the Jaadugar app which is about Virtual Reality. He meets blogger Anya Mehra (Kriti Sanon) at the launch party of his app. Soon, they fall in love with one another. However, Anya makes it known to Dhruv that she would want to get married to a person who has a loving family and a dog. While adopting a dog is not problematic, Dhruv decides to ‘make’ a family just so that Anya agrees to marry him.
Purshottam Mishra and his beloved of yore, Deepti Kashyap (Ratna Pathak Shah), agree to pose as his parents as they want to help Dhruv marry the girl of his choice. At first, there are many an awkward moment between Dhruv’s ‘family’ and Anya’s family. However, the truth about the identities of Dhruv’s parents comes out in the open on the day of Dhruv’s engagement with Anya. What happens then?
Deepak Venkateshan and Abhishek Jain’s one-line story may be interesting but the entire story does not have much meat. The screenplay, written by Prashant Jha, is extremely weak. For one, although it is a love story, the romance between Dhruv and Anya is hardly established. Secondly, the comedy is terribly weak. In fact, the comic punches hardly evoke laughter or even a smile. Frankly, the problem lies in the fact that the interactions between Dhruv’s fake family and Anya’s family look absolutely silly and made up when they should actually be appearing genuine for Anya and her family, if not for the audience. The prologue of the screenplay is also dull. The attempt to make the climax emotional is not a very successful one. Prashant Jha’s dialogues are ordinary.
In the role of Dhruv Shikhar, Rajkumar Rao does only a fair job as it is seemingly difficult for him to rise above the insipid script. Kriti Sanon is alright as Anya. Paresh Rawal doesn’t quite impress as Purshottam Mishra. Ratna Pathak Shah is quite nice but she stands out mainly in the emotional scenes. Aparshakti Khurana is routine as Shunty. Manu Rishi Chadha is okay as Dr. Sanjeev Mehra. In the role of his wife, Prachee Shah Pandya gets limited scope; she is quite good. Aditya Tarnach leaves a mark as Sanket. Mazel Vyas makes her presence felt in a brief role as Kunika Mehra. Saanand Verma, as Shaadiram, suffers on account of weird characterisation. His performance is ordinary and doesn’t raise laughter at all. Sarthak Sharma (as Chhotu) is average. Khabir Mehta (as Chintu) makes a fine impression. Shibani Bedi (as Shunty’s wife) and the others lend the desired support.
Abhishek Jain’s direction is not very inspiring or effective. Sachin-Jigar’s music is a mixed bag. The ‘Bansuri’ song is the best number. Some other songs are quite melodious. Lyrics (by Shellee) are meaningful. Sachin-Jigar’s background music should’ve been better. Amalendu Chaudhary’s cinematography is appropriate. Production designing (by Dayanidhi Patturajan and Amrish Patange) is fair. Dev Rao Jadhav’s editing is alright.
On the whole, Hum Do Hamare Do is a poor show all the way and will not find much appreciation.
Released on 29-10-’21 on Disney+ Hotstar.