''Hope Aur Hum'' () is a 2018 Indian

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-language

family drama In film and television show, television, drama is a category or genre of narrative fiction (or docudrama, semi-fiction) intended to be more serious than humour, humorous in tone. Drama of this kind is usually qualified with additional terms t ...

film produced by Samira Bandopadhyay under her banner Thumbnail Pictures and directed by Sudip Bandopadhyay. The film stars

Naseeruddin Shah Naseeruddin Shah (born 20 July 1950) is an Indian actor. He is notable in Indian parallel cinema. He has also starred in international productions. He has won numerous awards in his career, including three National Film Awards, three Filmfare A ...

Sonali Kulkarni Sonali Kulkarni (born 3 November 1974) is an Indian actress, producer, and writer who primarily appears in Marathi and Hindi films. She has also appeared in Kannada, Tamil, Gujarati and English films. She has worked in over 70 films, both com ...

Aamir Bashir Aamir Bashir is a Kashmiri actor, film producer, and director. Early life and education Bashir was born and raised in Kashmir, the son of the retired Chief Justice of Jammu High Court. He is a graduate of St. Stephen's College, University of ...

and

Naveen Kasturia Naveen Kasturia (born 26 January 1984) is an Indian actor known for his work in TVF drama series ''TVF Pitchers'' and '' Aspirants''. He also appeared in lead actor in the critically acclaimed film '' Sulemani Keeda''. He received critical accl ...

. It was released on 11 May 2018.

Plot

A father obsessed with a vintage copying machine, considering it photocopying as an art. He is unable to reconcile with the fact that machine has lived its life. Ultimately sells it for the greater good of the family but later it is known that spare parts of machine are available . Movie explores the life of each family member and how their lives are intertwined with each other.

Cast

as Nagesh Srivastava (Daadu) *

as Adit (Daughter–in-law) *

as Neeraj (Elder Son) *

as Nitin (Chachu) * Kabir Sajid as Anurag *

Virti Vaghani Virti Vaghani is an Indian actress and model, specially known for Jai Shri Krishna (जय श्री कृष्ण 2008) and Hope Aur Hum (2018), also worked in advertising for more than 100 commercials and developing her acting career. ...

as Tanu * Neha Chauhan as Auto Girl *

Beena Banerjee Beena Banerjee (born 19 February 1943), also known as Beena or Bina, is an Indian actress in Bengali and Hindi films and television. Biography Beena Banerjee was born as Beena Batabyal on 19 February 1943, the daughter of film actor Pradeep ...

as Nani

Production

Development

The idea to make this film was conceived in

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during the college days of Sudip Bandyopadhyay, the director of this film, who says that the characters that he has written for the film are all based on the people that he has come across in his life. About the character of Nagesh Srivastava played by

, the director says that, "For Nagesh’s character, I drew from people in my life: a photocopy machine owner I knew, my school headmaster, my football coach and also a little bit of me."

Casting

Director Sudip Bandyopadhyay says that he wrote the character of ''Nagesh Srivastava'' keeping

in mind while

and

were selected because of their resemblance to a young Naseeruddin Shah.

Soundtrack

The soundtrack of ''Hope Aur Hum'' comprises 3 songs which were composed by Rupert Fernandes while the lyrics were written by Saurabh Dikshit.

Critical reception

Reza Noorani of

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praised the acting performances of the film but felt its screenplay was incoherent and gave the film a rating of 3 out of 5. Shalini Langers of

The Indian Express ''The Indian Express'' is an English-language Indian daily newspaper founded in 1932. It is published in Mumbai by the Indian Express Group. In 1999, eight years after the group's founder Ramnath Goenka's death in 1991, the group was split betw ...

gave the film a rating of 1.5 out of 5 and felt that the film suffers from a dull script and poor direction. Kriti Tulsiani of

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said that the film has good intentions but is not strong enough to leave a lasting impact. Troy Ribeiro of

Hindustan Times ''Hindustan Times'' is an Indian English-language daily newspaper based in Delhi. It is the flagship publication of HT Media, an entity controlled by the KK Birla family, and is owned by Shobhana Bhartia. It was founded by Sunder Singh Lyall ...

criticized the slow pacing of the film and its outdated plot and gave the film a rating of 2 out of 5.

References

External links

* * {{URL, https://twitter.com/HopeAurHum, Hope Aur Hum - Official Twitter Indian family films Indian drama films 2018 drama films 2010s Hindi-language films Hindi-language drama films