Ta Ra Rum Pum (Hindi: ता रा रम पम is a 2007 film that stars Saif Ali Khan and Rani Mukerji in the lead roles. This is the second time the lead pair worked together after the success of their last film, Hum Tum (2004). The film is directed by Siddharth Anand, who directed the 2005 film Salaam Namaste. The film was a semi-hit at the box office in India. The plot of this film can be compared loosely with that of Will Ferrell's Talladega Nights, as in this film the protagonist meets with an accident while racing and than makes a comeback destroying his nemesis race driver.

Production

Shooting began in May 2006 and the film was released on 27 April 2007. The working title was originally Ta Ra Rum Pum Pum The film was shot almost entirely in the United States of America, with a few scenes shot in a studio in Mumbai. Portions of the film were filmed in Rockingham, North Carolina at the Rockingham Speedway and at West Allis, Wisconsin, at The Milwaukee Mile. Ali Haji had to go through three auditions and Angelina Idnani was called in for her fourth audition before they were both finalized for the movie.The plot of this film is combined with that of Will Ferrell's Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby, as in this film the protagonist meets with an accident while racing and than makes a comeback destroying his nemesis race driver and Will Smith's The Pursuit of Happyness, where a father and son have to move out of their house, due to the loss of a job.