HUMKO TUMSE PYAAR HAI – PASSES MUSTER

Rating:- * *

A likable love story HUMKO TUMSE PYAAR HAI has that old-world charm that worked in the 1970s and 1980s. You can guess what's coming next. Although the execution of the material by Bunty Soorma, Vikram Bhatt holds your attention most of the time, the film isn't path-breaking in any way.

The film takes us to a village in Rajasthan where a blind girl called Durga [Amisha Patel] lives with her mother [Suhasini Mulay]. Although Durga is blind, she makes beautiful clay statues, a skill she learnt from her late father. Durga meets Rohit [Arjun Rampal], who is impressed by Durga's art and beauty and they fall in love.

A village goon named Rana [Parmeet Sethi] wants to take advantage of Durga's handicap and attempts to rape her. Luckily, however, saves her. Rana learns of Rohit and decides to eliminate him. But the mother shields Rohit and dies in the process. Rana is arrested.

Rohit wants to have Durga’s eyesight restored through Dr. R.K. Prasad [Kanwaljeet] who operates upon her eyes. The operation proves a success too, , but before the bandage is taken off from Durga's eyes, Rana and his cronies try to kill Rohit, and in the ensuing fight both Rana and Rohit die.

Learning of Rohit's death, Durga tries to commit suicide, but is saved by Dr. Prasad who now treats Durga as his daughter. Dr. Prasad takes Durga to Swit zerland for a change. There Durga meets Raj [Bobby Deol], a business tycoon, and in their first meeting itself, Raj falls in love with Durga. But she resents his advances.

One day Durga happens to visit the house of Raj where she is shown Rohit's photographs. Raj tells Durga that even he is suffering the loss of his best friend, Rohit. Dr. Prasad convinces Durga that Raj is the right guy for her and that he wants to see her married. Durga agrees to marry Raj. But lo, when preparations for the marriage have just begun, Raj gets a phone call informing him that his childhood friend, Rohit, is still alive. Raj brings Rohit home. Understandably, Rohit is stunned to see Durga there, but she does not recognize him as she had never seen him.

A number of sequences catch your attention.But the climax acts as a complete spoil sport. Just when you were actually enjoying the ride, you realize that the vehicle just ran out of gas at this juncture.

Music [Anand Raaj Anand] is easy on the ears. The title track, 'Chori Se Dil Ko' and 'Dhola Aayo Re' are good compositions. Cinematography [Nirmal Jani] exploit the Swiss locales very well.

Performances? Bobby Deol is only getting better as an actor. He manages to register an impact in a film that belongs to Amisha and Arjun primarily. Amisha ought to control her voice when she screams [it gets screechy].

On the whole, the film is a decent entertainer, with a few glitches here & there notwithstanding.