Such is the premise of Hum Tum (translating to "Me and You"), a 2004 Hindi-language Romantic Comedy film written and directed by Kunai Kohli and produced by Aditya Chopra of Yash Raj Films, loosely inspired by When Harry Met Sally..., with Saif Ali Khan and Rani Mukherji in the leading male and female roles. In a great departure from most Bollywood romance films at the time, this movie is decidedly not about Love at First Sight.
This film provides examples of these tropes:
- Babies Ever After: Rhea and Karan have a daughter after finally entering a relationship. But Karan gets quickly irritated when a newborn boy is positioned right next to his daughter, saying that he's already trying to flirt and may enter another long, protracted battle of the sexes.
- Earn Your Happy Ending: It takes nine years and numerous fights, but Rhea and Karan are eventually able to establish a healthy relationship.
- Gilligan Cut: Karan actively refuses to help his mother with wedding preparations, saying "no" three times. Cue him doing just that when the scene cuts.
- Love at First Sight: Averted big time. Rhea and Karan are very hostile towards each other and stay that way for most of the film.
- The Mourning After: Sameer's death causes Rhea to take a level in cynic and refuse to pursue another relationship.
- Running Gag: Something bad happens every time Rhea and Karan meet, which they quickly notice and lampshade:
- Upon their first meeting, their plane lurches violently.
- When they meet in New York, a few people playing with a ball get hurt.
- When they meet in Delhi, the tent the wedding planners are trying to build falls to the ground.
- When they meet in Paris, the attendant giving drinks to the passengers in the train drops the tray.
- When they reunite in Mumbai, it starts raining in January, a month that is not supposed to receive rain.
- Time Skip: Several, as the plot jumps to all the points when Rhea and Karan meet.
- Wham Line: One right before the intermission, which signals a shift in the movie's tone:Rhea: Sameer is no longer part of my life.
