Tom, Dick, and Harry (2006 film)
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| Directed by | Deepak Tijori |
| Screenplay by | Kamal Pandey Yunus Sajawal |
| Story by | Kamal Pandey Yunus Sajawal |
| Produced by | Sudhir Kumar Surendra Bhatia Avinash Bhatia Rajan Prakash |
| Starring | Dino Morea Jimmy Shergill Anuj Sawhney Celina Jaitley Kim Sharma |
| Cinematography | Manoj Soni Yusuf Khan |
| Edited by | Asif Khan |
| Music by | Himesh Reshammiya |
| Distributed by | Oracle Entertainment Pvt. Ltd. |
Release date |
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Running time | 140 minutes |
| Country | India |
| Language | Hindi |
| Box office | Rs. 11.24 crores |
Tom, Dick, & Harry is a Bollywood comedy film released on 12 May 2006. It stars Dino Morea, Jimmy Shergill, Anuj Sawhney, Celina Jaitley, Kim Sharma, Gulshan Grover and Shakti Kapoor.[1] It had music by Himesh Reshammiya who made a special appearance in the film.
It pays a small tribute to Bollywood as it contains multiple references to older films and has a number of unforgettable Bollywood characters from earlier movies.[2]
Plot
This is a comedy about three physically impaired men: Tom (deaf), Deepak/Dick (blind) and Harry (mute). They live together as paying guests, and their life takes an endearing turn when a beautiful girl Celina comes to live in the bungalow opposite their house. They start making their moves to cast an impression on her, who is least interested in acknowledging their presence. In Tom’s life there’s Bijlee, a fisherwoman, who is completely besotted by him and does not leave any stone unturned to express her desire. On the other hand there is Suprano (Gulshan Grover) a bad man who is out to prove that he is the worst villain ever and has with him some of Bollywood's most dreaded criminals, Shakaal from film Shaan, Gabbar Singh from Sholay and Mogambo from Mr. India, making an indestructible Suprano. Tom, Dick and Harry unknowingly become the target of Suprano, by being the biggest barriers in his business deals.
Cast
- Dino Morea as Tom
- Jimmy Shergill as Harry
- Anuj Sawhney as Deepak / Dick
- Celina Jaitley as Celina
- Kim Sharma as Bijli
- Gulshan Grover as Suprano
- Shakti Kapoor as Inspector P.K. Waghmare
- Rakesh Bedi as Happy Singh
- Kunika as Jassi Singh
- Shashi Kiran as Shopkeeper
- Avtar Gill as Celina's uncle
- Himesh Reshammiya Special Appearance as Himself in song "Zara Jhoom Jhoom"
Rakesh Bedi ... Happy Singh Bobby Darling Bobby Darling Avtar Gill Avtar Gill ... Celina's uncle Ramesh Goyal Ramesh Goyal Gulshan Grover Gulshan Grover ... Soprano Hansa Hansa Celina Jaitly Celina Jaitly ... Celina (as Celina Jaitley) Shakti Kapoor Shakti Kapoor ... Inspector P.K. Waghmare Javed Khan Javed Khan ... Soprano's assistant Shehzad Khan Shehzad Khan ... Ray More Shashi Kiran Shashi Kiran ... Shopkeeper Kunika Kunika ... Jassi H. Singh Aditya Lakhia Aditya Lakhia Manmauji Manmauji ... Clerk Sanjay Mishra Sanjay Mishra Dino Morea Dino Morea ... Tom Himesh Reshammiya Himesh Reshammiya ... Himself Anuj Sawhney Anuj Sawhney ... Dick Gauri Shanker Gauri Shanker Kim Sharma Kim Sharma ... Bijli Jimmy Shergill Jimmy Shergill ... Harry Rajpal Yadav Rajpal Yadav
Reception
Critical reception
The film received mixed but mostly negative reviews. Taran Adarsh from Bollywood Hungama said "The choice of the story and screenplay is what acts as a major turn-off, the music is the only saving grace. Dino Morea tries hard, but in vain. His timing is just not right. Jimmy Shergill doesn't deliver either. And why is he looking pale at most times? Anuj Sawhney is excellent and is the best performer in the crowd. He's a complete natural. Celina is wasted. Kim Sharma will be loved by the commoners. Gulshan Grover is efficient as the weird don. On the whole, TOM DICK AND HARRY is too weak a fare to leave any impression whatsoever".[3] Nikhil Kumar of Apunkachoice.com called the film "Silly, childish humour, poor script and shoddy direction mark the triple whammy for Tom Dick And Harry, which is tripe of a film. The movie's director Deepak Tijori ought to know that childish buffoonery is not synonymous to comedy".[4]
Box office
It grossed 8 crores at the box office, altogether the total net gross was 11 crores. Overall it was declared as below average.[5]
Notes
- The film was originally titled "De De Pyar De".
- In the masquerade party sequence, Tom disguised himself as a priest from Amar Akbar Anthony, Dick disguised himself as Radhe Mohan from Tere Naam and Harry disguised himself as the titular character in Mangal Pandey.[6]
Soundtrack
Lyrics by Sameer
| Song | Singer(s) |
|---|---|
| Chheena Re Chheena | Sunidhi Chauhan & Arya |
| Zara Jhoom Jhoom | Himesh Reshammiya |
| O Mitra Re | Kunal Ganjawala |
| Tanha Jiya Na Jaye | Himesh Reshammiya & Ahir |
| Tere Sang Ishq | Himesh Reshamiya & Tulsi Kumar |
| Yeu Kashi Kashi Mi | Richa Sharma & Sonu Nigam |
The film's promotional video has the song Zara Jhoom Jhoom which became a musical blockbuster and created a record as the film's music album grossed Rs. 25 million.
Sequel
A sequel, titled "Tom Dick and Harry Rock Again", released in 2009. It was directed by Rahul Kapoor and starred a completely different cast altogether.[7] The film featured the song "Mein Tere Pyar Mein" by Mika Singh which has been produced by Vikas Kohli at Fatlabs studio.
References
- ^ "Kasam 1988 Movie News, Wallpapers, Songs & Videos". Bollywoodhungama.com. 15 April 1988. Retrieved 25 June 2015.
- ^ [1] Archived 2013-12-12 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Kasam 1988 Movie News, Wallpapers, Songs & Videos". Bollywoodhungama.com. 15 April 1988. Retrieved 25 June 2015.
- ^ "Tom Dick and Harry : Review : Bollywood News". ApunKaChoice.com. 13 May 2006. Retrieved 25 June 2015.
- ^ [2] Archived 2012-02-17 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Tom Dick and Harry - Bollywood Movie News". Indiaglitz.com. 28 March 2006. Retrieved 25 June 2015.
- ^ [3] Archived 2011-02-09 at the Wayback Machine