Tauba Tauba
| Tauba Tauba | |
|---|---|
 Theatrical release poster | |
| Directed by | T L V Prasad |
| Produced by | Evershine Films |
| Written by | T L V Prasad |
| Starring |
Payal Rohatgi Amin Gazi Antara Biswas |
| Music by |
Nitin Raikwar Vikrant Mathur Vishuraj-Jayant |
Release dates | 1 October 2004 |
Running time | 121 minutes |
| Country | India |
| Language | Hindi |
Tauba Tauba (My Oh My) is a 2004 Bollywood sex comedy starring Antara Mona Lisa Biswas, Amin Gazi and Payal Rohatgi. It was directed by T L V Prasad and is a remake of the 1981 film Private Lessons which starred Sylvia Kristel. It was followed by a sequel in 2008, Phir Tauba Tauba which was also directed by T L V Prasad.
Synopsis
Tauba Tauba, a small budget Hindi movie, tells the tale of 15-year-old Sunny (Amin Gazi), a motherless child of a business tycoon, Mohan Shanbagh (Ayub Khan). Sunny is obsessed with sex, this is partially due to Sunny's environment. His sex-crazed principal, Mr. Gomes (Laxmikant Berde), goes around bedding all the teachers and at home his Casanova Father is involved in love games with secretary Sophia (Rashi Tyagi), who from time to time also teases Sunny with her sexuality. All these factors expose Sunny to sex at his young age, so when Sunny sees 25-year-old Payal (Payal Rohatgi), it's not long before he is smitten.
Cast
- Payal Rohatgi - Payal
- Amin Gazi - Sunny
- Laxmikant Berde- Mr. Gomes
- Antara Biswas
- Ayub Khan - Mohan Shanbagh
- Rashi Tyagi - Sophia
- Rocky Sandhu
- Supriya Karnik
- Tej Sapru
- Anil Nagrath
- Sumeet Arora
- Rashid Khan
- Kishor Bhanushali
- Shyam Solanki
- Vikas Kalantari - Special Appearance
- Sheweta Keshwani - Special Appearance
- Arun Daga - Special Appearance
Critical Reception
The film was panned by critics upon release. Salil Kumar reviewing for Rediff, gave the film the film a negative review and said, '...it is doubtful if anyone would like to spend Rs 100 just to see a couple of women prancing around in colourful undies'.[1] Guest reviewer for the BBC, Goher Iqbal Punn, also disliked the film and called it film avoidable fare and an ordinary piece of work.[2] Nitika Desai of ApunkaChoice gave the film 2/5 stars and praised the story for balancing sexual exposure with comedy and thriller in the first and second halves respectively, but blamed the lack of substance in the story. It was however noted that those expecting to see lots of cleavages and bikini clad babes will not be disappointed.[3] Kashif Ali of Full Hyderabad gave the film a rating of 1.0 and called it perverse suffering.[4] Pankaj Shukla of Smashhits.com gave the film a negative review but praised Payal Rohatgi calling her a winner as both a sex bomb and an actress.[5] Santabanta.com called the film - Eminently distasteful and not the least erotic or even titillating, 'Tauba Tauba' makes a mockery of the audience.[6]
References
- ↑ Kumar, Salil (1 October 2004). "Tauba Tauba: All sex, no story". Rediff. Retrieved 18 August 2014.
- ↑ Punn, Goher (11 October 2004). "Tauba Tauba Review". BBC Shropshire. Retrieved 18 August 2014.
- ↑ Desai, Nitika (1 October 2004). "The Tauba Tauba Review". Apunkachoice. Retrieved 18 August 2014.
- ↑ Ali, Kashif (1 October 2004). "Tauba Tauba Review". FullHyd.com. Retrieved 18 August 2014.
- ↑ Shukla, Pankaj (1 October 2004). "Another Sex Film, Another Weak Story". Smashits.com. Retrieved 18 August 2014.
- ↑ "Tauba Tauba". santabanta.com. 1 October 2004. Retrieved 18 August 2014.