When you choose to adapt the Iranian movie by renowned executive Majid Majidi, kids Of Heaven (1997), which was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Foreign tongue movie, you're shouldering a big responsibility. Public are bound to compare the two movies. It's predictable, isn't it?

For those who've watched the Iranian movie, you'll realize that Bumm Bumm Bole is not a patch on that movie. With that hasn’t observed the Iranian movie and would view Bumm Bumm Bole as an isolated case, Bumm Bumm Bole still upsets.

So what ails this movie? There's no denying that Priyadarshan is one of the premium storytellers around, except if you've watched some of his new movies, you may've understand that they have been stretched past an end. That's one of the prime causes why Bumm Bumm Bole suffers.

The finale of the movie should be the best part of the enterprise, since the viewer carries home the end of the movie, besides numerous magnificent moments, while creating an exit from the hall. In this case, the finale is a complete disappointment.

What comes crossways is on-the-face, blatant promotion of a shoe brand and also an energy drink, which really robs the movie of its virtue. A movie that should've been pure and measured a piece of art falls prey to profitable diktats. Why Priyan?

Each once in a even as Priyan makes a exit from the type of movies he's known for and attempts a movie that's real and untouched and for that, the avid storyteller deserves a salute. Except is it essential to create a 2-hour movie, when the tale could've been Indianized in approx. 1.30 hours?

What raises the movie to a watchable level at times are the two kids - Darsheel Safary and Ziyah Vastani - who are only sweet, besides a few unusual successions. That's about it!

Khogiram, his wife and their children Pinu and Rimzim belong to a terrorist-dominated area. Khogiram and Ritu have hand-to-mouth profits and can hardly direct things.

The children are affected by this as well. They go to a reputable school as it is Khogiram's goal to give them the educational chances he missed. But the financial crunch creates it hard for kids to match the standards of the school. They don't have enough wealth for consistent or shoes.

Things worse when Pinu misplaces Rimzim's merely couple of shoes. Rimzim can't go to school without her shoes. They work out a plan where together of them will share the similar shoes.

Pinu comes to know of the Interschool Marathon where one of the prizes is a pair of shoes. Pinu tactics to run for it and win the shoes for Rimzim. Will Pinu be capable to win the shoes for his child sister and turn sideways his dad's anger?

Bumm Bumm Bole has a simple, unfussy tale and that's its USP. Except what could've been narrated in a brief format is stretched so much that it tests the patience of the viewer. Besides numerous surplus successions, particularly towards the second hour, the pacing of the movie is glaringly slow, which only adds to the woes.

The movie falters mostly towards the finale, when Darsheel takes part in a marathon, but the entire sequence doesn't make you overjoyed. Ideally, the contest should've been an exhilarating skill, which it is not. Also, you can spot Darsheel wearing orthodontic braces; it's there in some prospects, it's missing in some scenes. Even or else, the braces don't go with his nature.

There's no denying that Priyadarshan has shot the movie well and the lush green locales create a sweeping impact. Also, he has executed a little series with flair, but Bumm Bumm Bole doesn't come across as a movie that would be lapped up by either children or adults. Cinematography is top notch. Melodiously, the song on the kids is eye-catching.

Darsheel proves that he's no fluke. Of course, you can't evaluate Darsheel in Bumm Bumm Bole with Darsheel in Taare Zameen Par, since both were dissimilar cinema, except what you do notice is that the child knows the grammar of performing right. Ziyah is a scene-stealer and looks like a doll.