Tom, Dick, and Harry (2006 film)

Tom, Dick, and Harry
Directed by Deepak Tijori
Produced by Sudhir Kumar
Surendra Bhatia
Avinash Bhatia
Rajan Prakash
Screenplay by Kamal Pandey
Yunus Sajawal
Story by Kamal Pandey
Yunus Sajawal
Starring Dino Morea
Jimmy Shergill
Anuj Sawhney
Celina Jaitley
Kim Sharma
Music by Himesh Reshammiya
Cinematography Manoj Soni
Yusuf Khan
Edited by Asif Khan
Distributed by Oracle Entertainment Pvt. Ltd.
Release dates
  • 12 May 2006 (2006-05-12)
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

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

Soundtrack

Music is Composed by Himesh Reshammiya and 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 Reshammiya & 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

  1. "Kasam 1988 Movie News, Wallpapers, Songs & Videos". Bollywoodhungama.com. 1988-04-15. Retrieved 2015-06-25.
  2. Archived 12 December 2013 at the Wayback Machine.
  3. "Kasam 1988 Movie News, Wallpapers, Songs & Videos". Bollywoodhungama.com. 1988-04-15. Retrieved 2015-06-25.
  4. "Tom Dick and Harry : Review : Bollywood News". ApunKaChoice.com. 2006-05-13. Retrieved 2015-06-25.
  5. Archived 17 February 2012 at the Wayback Machine.
  6. "Tom Dick and Harry - Bollywood Movie News". Indiaglitz.com. 2006-03-28. Retrieved 2015-06-25.
  7. Archived 9 February 2011 at the Wayback Machine.

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