Spicezee Bureau

Kunal Kohli’s much-awaited Saif-Rani starrer ‘Thoda Pyaar Thoda Magic’ released this Friday to recreate the somewhat lost magic of Yash Raj Films. After the debacle of Yash Raj’s ‘Tashan’, ‘Aaja Nachle’ and ‘Jhoom Barabar Jhoom’, TPTM sure comes as a breather for the banner as well as for audience.

Kunal, the director of the hit ‘Hum Tum’, has indeed made a good effort to get the team together again to recreate some ‘Pyaar’ and ‘Magic’ for Yash Raj. TPTM, led by Saif and Rani, has Rishi Kapoor playing God, who played Saif’s father in ‘Hum Tum’.

TPTM is the story of a successful businessman Saif Ali Khan (Ranbeer Talwar), an angel Rani Mukerji (Geeta) and four innocent kids. The film opens with its title track capturing Ranbeer’s ‘not so happy’ childhood moments and instantly after the song, he meets with a real bad accident and ends up killing a couple. Ranbeer, the businessman, is charged with murder. But shockingly, the judge being truly bighearted, orders Ranbeer to look after the four young kids of the deceased couple, until the youngest of them turns 18.

Ranbeer happens to hate kids, his own childhood being not a pleasant one- his mother died when he was very young. The situation has it that the kids are, obviously, set for revenge, when God has a meeting with his angels to bring peace to all five.

There we see Rani (Geeta, the angel), after a long time and with some extra pounds, as a nanny on a cycle to help the two warring parties to settle for love, with some magic from her side. The film talks about how the kids make up with Ranbeer.

The kids have put up a good performance. Rani Mukherjee and Saif Ali Khan have their intact sharing some cute moments in the film. Ameesha Patel plays a cameo as Ranbeer`s girlfriend. The lady looks stunning throughout, especially in her eye-catching bikini number.

On does tend to remember Emma Thompson starrer Nanny McPhee but the comparisons are not that accurate really.

In all ‘Thoda Pyaar Thoda Magic’ is sure a treat for kids, with some fairly satisfactory direction, and good performances by the entire star cast. So, this one’s not a blockbuster but undoubtedly a little stress-buster for Yash Raj Films!