Na Tum Jaano entertains

          Two ongoing films which are slowly catching up with the audience are Ab Ke Baras and Na Tum Jaano Na Hum. New-comers Arya Babbar and Amrita Rao lead the cast of the first film. Arya has some theatre experience thanks to her mother Nadina Babbar, stage director-actress wife of one-time Bollywood hero Raaj Babbar and now a politician. Amrita comes from modelling, and this is her first release. Her next film - The Legend of Bhagat Singh - is expected to go to theatres in June.

           It's a story of rebirth. Lovers who are killed in the Quit India Movement (1942) for the freedom of the country are born again unknown to one another. The girl is haunted by dreams she doesn't understand. She leaves home in search of someone. Who? It's a strange story of mystery, thrill, eternal love and patriotism, partly told in flashback.                                                                        

Hrithik Roshan and Esha Deol

           Na Tum Jaano Na Hum, in contrast, has popular actors, Hrithik Roshan, his senior Saif Ali Khan and new-comer Esha Deol, who is the daughter of Hema Malini, beautiful actress of the eighties. It's again a story of love and the part fate plays in mutual relationships.

           The "innocent trio" is ignorant of the future of their relationship. An unseen power will decide the final union - who meets whom and who is the ultimate loser. The story is woven on this theme. The unpredictability creates an interesting suspense. It's a good package of entertainment for those who prefer light-hearted movies.

-by A Film Critic
May 15, 2002