Rating : 2/ 5

Cast: Shahana Goswami, Randeep Hooda

Director: Arjun Bali

Tara and Nikhil meet at a wedding and fall in love at first sight. They live together in a plush apartment in Bangkok . Tara's world revolves around Nikhil who is too busy chasing the perfect life a good contract can craft for him. He chooses his clients over her. They have a tiff and she gets into a taxi. She has an accident and is declared dead. Nikhil goes home crying but wakes with Tara next to him. Is he dreaming? Did she really die? Is this girl really Tara?

There is nothing amusing or interesting in the first half until the accident. The second half replays most of the movie as Nikhil desperately tries to figure out and change the course of the day because he doesn't want to lose Tara. So he goes out of his way to explicitly express his feelings for her, which is quite sweet.

The movie attempts to be different but borrows heavily from the Tom Cruise starrer Vanilla Sky and If Only He Loved As There was No Tomorrow starring Jennifer Love Hewitt. There are shades of Meet Joe Black too.

Ratio Agnihotri and Jayant Kriplani who play Nikhil's parents provide comic relief. The music is bland barring Tum Paas Ho which is shot on the beautiful island of Phuket.


You hate Randeep's character Nikhil initially because he ignores the doting Tara and you relate to the desperate doting lover he transforms into. Hooda's performance improves with the film.

Fresh from the success of Rock On! Shahana is excellent once again as the romantic girlfriend, the theatre actress and the girlfriend who is pleasantly amused by her boyfriend's sudden shower of affection. Using her attractive smile and eyes, she emotes well and connects with the audience because she seems so real. She smiles and cries a lot more here than she did in Rock On! She steals every scene.

Out of the much publicized 10 kisses, only two are worth mentioning. I particularly liked the 'meet-the-parents' scene and the pre-climax scene.

Some things are quite silly like the Thai lady singing a Hindi song and Thai people watching and understanding a Hinglish play. They should have been taken care of. Bangkok looks beautiful and different from what we have seen earlier.

Ru Ba Ru is a one time watch if you are a sucker for romance.