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Wikipedia article




'Tum Bin' , 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 and produced by Bhushan Kumar. 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 background score is composed by Babloo Chakravarty.

The movie has garnered a cult following mostly consisting members of the 80s and 90s generation.

Plot



After Amar Shah's accidental death in India, Canada-based Shah Industries is on the verge of collapse. Pia Varma, Amar's fiance 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 fianc. 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



*Priyanshu Chatterjee as Shekhar Malhotra

*Sandali Sinha as Piya "Pia" Verma

*Himanshu Malik as Abhi Gyan

*Raqesh Bapat as Amar Shah

*Vikram Gokhale as Girdhari Shah

*Amrita Prakash as Milli Shah

*Dina Pathak as Amar's grandmother

*Manoj Pahwa as Inspector D'Mello

*Rajesh Khera as Bosco

*Rajendra Gupta as Iftekhar "Ifti"

*Navneet Nishan as Ayesha "Phuphu"

*Vrajesh Hirjee as Iftekhar's Manager

Production



Filming



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

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.



Further, Nikhil (music director) said:

Casting

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

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.

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." Again in July 2020, on his instagram, he posted: Some films run and some dont. Very few live a very long life. Im 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.

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."

Box office



A commercial success at the time of release, earning an estimated at the box office, against a budget of .

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 ninth highest-selling.

Track list



Sequel



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




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