Tum Bin

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Tum Bin
File:TumBinFilmPoster.jpg
Film poster
Directed byAnubhav Sinha
Written byAnubhav Sinha
Produced byBhushan Kumar
Krishan Kumar
Starring
CinematographyVijay Kumar Arora
Edited bySanjib Datta
Music byNikhil-Vinay
Production
companies
Super Cassettes Industries Ltd.
Anubhav Sinha Productions
Release date
  • 13 July 2001 (2001-07-13)
Running time
158 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageHindi

Tum Bin (transl. "Without You"), also known as Tum Bin... Love Will Find a Way, is a 2001 Indian Hindi-language romantic drama film written and directed by Anubhav Sinha. The film stars Priyanshu Chatterjee, Sandali Sinha, Himanshu Malik and Raqesh Bapat. The music is composed by Nikhil-Vinay, with lyrics penned by Faaiz Anwar. The movie has garnered a cult following mostly consisting members of the 80’s and 90’s generation. With blockbuster movies like Gadar Ek Prem Katha and Lagaan releasing the same year, Tum Bin, with its entirely new cast, still managed to get audience’s attention. Its also Shabraaz’s favourite movie of all time. He loves Tum Bin’s music too.

Plot

After Amar Shah's accidental death in India, Canada-based Shah Industries is on the verge of collapse. Pia Varma, Amar's fiancée and a Managing Director of Shah Industries, is devastated, Girdhari, his dad, is in shock and unresponsive towards others while Amar's sister and grandmother are in mourning. Inspector D'Mello who is investigating the case is determined to find the person responsible for the accident despite his superiors' indifference towards the case.

Months after Amar's death, a highly respected and talented business worker named Shekhar Malhotra offers to re-build and restore Shah Industries without any compensation, stating Amar met him in India and offered him a job before his death. He is given the chance and goes about the uphill task of making the company viable again. Gradually, Shekhar heals the gaping wound left in the Shah family by Amar's death and they come to accept him as one of the family while he falls in love with Pia. What they don't know – except for Bosco, Shekhar's friend in Canada – is that it was Shekhar's jeep that accidentally had hit Amar after he swerved to avoid hitting an innocent girl who had walked into the road, causing his death. Ridden by guilt Shekhar came to Canada to confess, ask for forgiveness, and do whatever he can for the family.

Abhigyan is a wealthy Canadian industrialist who meets Pia and realizes that she is the right woman for him. He is considering proposing to Pia and helping to rebuild Shah Industries. But Pia has fallen in love with Shekhar. Eventually, a conflict arises between Pia and Shekhar regarding a proposition made by Abhi to take over Shah Industries. Shekhar realizes that Pia does not need his help anymore and decides to return to India.

Pia stops Shekhar while he boards his flight and confesses her feelings for him. Shekhar denies his feelings and boards the plane. Devastated, Pia goes home and gets engaged to Abhi. At the airport arrives Inspector D'Mello, from India in search of the person who killed Amar, and arrests Shekhar. They wait, with Bosco, to board the next flight to India. Shekhar calls Pia and tells her how much he loves her and confesses that it was he who hit her fiancé. Being drunk, Shekhar meets with an accident.

Pia feels guilty about falling for the man who caused Amar's death and confesses it to Girdhari, who surprises her by speaking for the first time after his son's death. He tells her that Shekhar had told him the truth when he first visited them and he believes Shekhar. Amar's family then makes Pia realize how much Shekhar has done for the family and that he is like Amar to them. Bosco informs them about Shekhar's accident. Abhi tells a skeptical Pia to go back to Shekhar as he is her true love. Meanwhile, D'Mello who is in the hospital with everyone, understands that the family needs Shekhar more than the law does and simply closes the case and leave. The movie ends with Shekhar recovering and uniting with Pia while Abhi is left devastated and is comforted by his uncle.

Cast

Production

Filming

A clapperboard of the film

The principal photography started from November 2000, and the film is mostly shot in Calgary, Canada, while the songs were picturised in Mumbai.[1]

Jagjit Singh "Koi Fariyad" controversy

During the making of the film, Anubhav Sinha, director, approached Jagjit Singh for the film's background music and song. During record, Sinha rejected Gazal's "Sher" 81 times, disappointing Singh and made him to leave the task, but soon after, he understood the situation and agreed to complete the Gazal.[2]

Further, Nikhil (music director) said:

‘We wanted a mature song, because the love story had become very serious, so it was decided to take a ghazal. Then, it was decided to lose Jagjit Singh as he was the only person who could do justice to that song. We sang the song to Jagjit ji, he liked it very much. It was a film of youngsters, so the sound was kept new. Did some fusion music. Jagjit ji himself came to the studio several times and dubbed this song. We were satisfied in the beginning, but he himself used to come that let’s do that song once again. So we had five-six antras, of Jagjit Singh, on different days, in different moods, so it took ten days to edit which antara to take or which not to take. [3]

Casting

At film's initial stage, John Abraham also auditioned for the film but was rejected after a "very bad" tryout.[4]

Critical reception

Pratiksha Arora in a review for Rediff complimented the first half of the movie, but felt the second half of the movie "disappoints". Several aspects stood out well, including some of the photography during the songs and the overall story, but felt the music was lacking and the film was too long.[5]

In September 2016, director Anubhav Sinha declared the film as an achievement in his career and said: "That Tum Bin turned out to be a much-remembered film is an achievement."[6] Again in July 2020, on his instagram, he posted: “Some films run and some don’t. Very few live a very long life. I’m so grateful that my first film has been loved for 19 years and counting. This date 2001 it changed everything for me. Forever. Thank you Team. #TumBin.” The post was well received by his colleagues and fans of the film.[7]

In 2021, Reshma Sen, film critic, wrote: "Simply and easily "the best" in its genre. "Tum Bin (2001)" the only film that got my heart and left me weeping after it ends. Such a beautiful masterpiece I have seen in my whole life. No any violence, no vulgar dialogues, no sex or nudity, literally nothing as disappointing. A complete package of happiness for your whole family. 20 years has passed, but till day this film is hard-hitting. God bless the beautiful cast and crew members of the film."[citation needed]

Box office

A commercial success at the time of release, earning an estimated ₹8.28 crore (US$1.0 million) at the box office, against a budget of ₹2 crore (US$250,000).[8]

Soundtrack

The soundtrack is composed by Nikhil-Vinay, Ravi Pawar and T.S.Jarnail and released on 2 May 2001, two-months earlier than the actual film. The lyrics were provided by Faaiz Anwar, Yogesh, Pushpa Patel and T.S. Jarnail. Singers like K.S. Chitra, Shailaja Subramanian, Anuradha Paudwal, Udit Narayan, Sonu Nigam, Jagjit Singh, Abhijeet Bhattacharya and Tarsame Singh Saini lent their voices for the soundtrack. According to the Indian trade website Box Office India, with 2,000,000 units sold, this film's soundtrack album was the year's sixth highest-selling.[9]

Track list

No.TitleLyricsMusicPlaybackLength
1."Chhoti Chhoti Raatein"Faaiz AnwarNikhil-VinayAnuradha Paudwal, Sonu Nigam6:00
2."Daroo Vich Pyar"T.S. JarnailT.S. JarnailT.S. Jarnail, Hunterz (Rap)4:57
3."Dekhte Hi Dekhte"Faaiz AnwarNikhil-VinayAnuradha Paudwal, Abhijeet Bhattacharya5:08
4."Koi Fariyaad"Faaiz AnwarNikhil-VinayJagjit Singh9:01
5."Meri Duniya Mein- M"Faaiz AnwarNikhil-VinaySonu Nigam4:52
6."Meri Duniya Mein- F"Faaiz AnwarNikhil-VinayShailaja Subramanian2:57
7."Pyar Humko Hone Laga"Faaiz AnwarNikhil-VinayK.S. Chithra, Abhijeet Bhattacharya3:13
8."Suru Ru"Faaiz AnwarRavi PawarSonu Nigam4:33
9."Tumhare Siwa"Faaiz AnwarNikhil-VinayUdit Narayan, Anuradha Paudwal4:53
10."Tum Bin"Faaiz AnwarNikhil-VinayK.S. Chithra5:56
11."Zoom Bumbura"Faaiz AnwarRavi PawarSonu Nigam4:27
12."Chhoti Chhoti Raatein II"Faaiz AnwarNikhil-VinayAnuradha Paudwal, Sonu Nigam3:58

Sequel

Main article: Tum Bin 2

A sequel of the film, Tum Bin 2 starring Neha Sharma, Aashim Gulati and Aditya Seal was released in 2016.

Remake

The film was remade in Telugu as Ela Cheppanu (2003) starring Tarun and Shriya Saran.

References

  1. ^ Dec 23, TNN |; 2000; Ist, 13:21. "'Tum Bin': A love triangle based in Canada | Hindi Movie News - Times of India". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 19 February 2022. Retrieved 24 January 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  2. ^ "Jagjit Singh was unhappy with his singing in Tum Bin's 'Koi Fariyaad,' Anubhav Sinha rejected 'sher' 81 times". The Indian Express. 14 July 2021. Retrieved 26 January 2022.
  3. ^ "20 Years of Tum Bin: Jagjit Singh kept 'wandering' in himself for 10 days, then recorded 'no complaint...'". India News Republic. 13 July 2021. Retrieved 26 January 2022.
  4. ^ "Tum Bin turns 20: John Abraham's 'very bad' audition, Bhushan Kumar's 3 am call to director Anubhav Sinha". The Indian Express. 15 July 2021. Retrieved 21 March 2022.
  5. ^ "rediff.com, Movies: The review of Tum Bin". m.rediff.com. Retrieved 24 January 2022.
  6. ^ "Anubhav Sinha: That Tum Bin turned out to be a much-remembered film is an achievement - Entertainment News , Firstpost". Firstpost. Retrieved 24 January 2022.
  7. ^ "Anubhav Sinha celebrates his first film Tum Bin as it completes 19 years: 'This date 2001 it changed everything for me'". Hindustan Times. 14 July 2020. Retrieved 24 January 2022.
  8. ^ "Tum Bin - Movie - Box Office India". boxofficeindia.com. Retrieved 3 March 2019.
  9. ^ "Music Hits 2000–2009 (Figures in Units)". Box Office India. Archived from the original on 15 February 2008. Retrieved 12 July 2017.

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