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Starring: Ajay Devgan,
Kajol, Aditya Rajput, Aumckar, Hazel Croney, Shyam
Adhatrao, Ramu Bashyal, Richa Bhattacharya, Adhir Bhatt,
Robin Bhatt
Directed by Ajay Devgan
Ajay Devgan makes an impressive debut as a Director with
this touching tale of love. The film is based on most
profound of human emotions in a story that is both
tender and extremely moving. The film sets in a bizarre
ambience for a charming journey right from the opening
credits which are imaginatively designed inscribed with
worldly love definitions. Ajay initiates his love story
on a cruise-liner with his narrative which literally
takes over to narrate a compelling story in the
flashback mode.
Ajay is a happy-go-lucky, fun loving man, till he comes
across Pia and falls head over heels in love. She does not
immediately reciprocate, although later on she falls for
his charm. They get married and lead a happy life, but
destiny has something else for them.
It begins with some forgetful moments, which occur often
and then get finally diagnosed as Alzheimer's disease.
Quite a few touchy scenes especially when the child is
about to drown, and the other one where she herself
explains what is Alzheimer's disease, unknown to the fact
she herself suffers from it.
Kajol is exceptional in a scene while the doctor is
diagnosing her condition, and she is breaking down in
embarrassment and fright. The doctor tells her a line to
relax her and she makes up a prudent line, grinning
bravely through her tears. She is impressive with her
spontaneity in the first half and even the delicate
moments in the second half, which is probably one of her
best performances to date. In fact, in this movie, she
gives a more mature and restrained performance.
Being the lead actor, as well as the director its Ajay
Devgan's show all the way. His restrained style, the
portraying of different shades of his character and
using silence, he is just too good. Ajay Devgan also
succeeds in extracting authentic performances from the
entire cast. Sumeet Raghavan is significant as Ajay's
close friend. Divya Dutta and Karan Khanna are apt in
their roles. Aseem Bajaj's outstanding cinematography
adds life to every frame in this opulent creation.
CREDITS
Directed by Ajay Devgan
Writing credits
Story - Ajay Devgan
Screenplay - Robin Bhatt, Sutanu Gupta, Akarsh Khurana
Banner - Devgan Entertainment
Produced by Ajay Devgan, Kumar Mangat
Executive Producer - Vikrant Sharma
Lyrics - Munna Dhiman
Dialogue Writer : Ashwani Dheer
Original Music - Vishal Bharadwaj
Cinematography - Aseem Bajaj
Film Editing - Dharmendra Sharma
Production Design - Samir Chanda
Costume Designers - Anil Cherian, Manish Malhotra, Anna
Singh
Production Management
Asst Production Managers - Mangesh Daphale, Sanjay
Inamdar
Second Unit Directors
First Assistant Director - Fazal Mehmood
Second Assistant Director - Dharmendra Sharma
Third Assistant Director - Harish Wadhone
Fourth Asst Director - Aumckar
Fifth Assistant Director - Vijayeta Kumar
Visual Effects by
Lead Compositors - Pavan, Uppu Pavanrajesh
Digital Artists - Sudeepto Bose, Ilamuruguselvan
Digital Compositors - Sarang Deshpande, Avinash Gupta,
Anup Kumar, Vinod Mannem, Balakrishnan P.S. Nadar,
Naveen Shukla, Ashwin Singh, Gaurvendra Singh,
Visual Effects Supervisor - Abhinav Sah
Matte Painter - Naveen Shukla
Digital Lighting - Sayantan Sanyal
Compositor - Ranen Nongmaithem
Visual Effects Rendering - Sunil Mohapatra
Visual Effects Technical Support - Uppu Pavanrajesh
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It is a film about the understandably dreaded
Alzheimer's disease. (It is a stage where a person
develops problems with his forgetfulness and thinking
which occurs due to loss of memory).
U Me aur Hum is the story of the love between Ajay and
Pia, who meet aboard a cruise liner. She is a stewardess
on board, while he is a passenger. Ajay Devgan is on the
cruise along with his two friends, one who has an
unhappily married life, while the other is very eager to
get married.
And Devgan deals this powerful romantic drama with
surprising maturity. There are some wonderful songs
rendered by Adnan Sami, Shreya Ghosal and Sunidhi Chauhan.
Devgan not only handles his first film with great
sensitivity and care, but adds a masterly touch when he
ends it with an emotionally satisfying end.
It is a splendid, tragic film, but its love that triumphs
in the hard journey of life.
- Aniz Filmvala
Cast
Ajay - Ajay Devgan
Piya - Kajol
Ajay's Son - Aditya Rajput
Chef - Aumckar
Hazel Croney
Shyam Adhatrao
Ramu Bashyal
Richa Bhattacharya
Adhir Bhatt
Robin Bhatt
Mrunal Despande
Vishesh Didwani
Divya Dutta
R.N. Jagtap
Karan Khanna
Sachin Khedekar
Meghna Kulkarni
Pramatesh Mehta
Milind Pathak
Sumeet Raghvan
Sarika
Suhas Sawarkar
Isha Sharvani
D.A. Virkar
Anita Wahi
Other Crew:
Stunts Co-ordinator - Jai Singh
Camera and Electrical Department
Assistant Cameraman - Rajeev Ranjan Bhardwaj, Asit Biswas,
Shakeel Khan
Key Grip - Ahmed Khan
First Assistant Camera - Prashant Pednekar
Camera Operator/ Gaffer - Anshuman Singh Thakur
Lighting Technicians - Shahnawaz Alam, Jitendra Tripathi
Still Photographer - Nath Gupta
Clive Teare - Special Camera Technician: Panavision India
Editorial Department
Digital Film Colorist - Paul A. Byrne
On-Line Editor - Joginder Singh Varna
Choreographer - Ashley Lobo
Assistant Choreographer - Yashika Dhillon
Production Controller - Salim Merchant
Sound Designer - Rakesh Ranjan
Playback Singers - Adnan Sami, Shreya Ghosal, Sunidhi
Chauhan, Vishal Bharadwaj
Publicity Designer - Himanshu Nanda, Rahul Nanda |
