Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani

My review: Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani

At the outset when one watches "Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani", one can't help but wonder is it made by the same person who also gave us one of the better movies in recent times "Wake up Sid". One wonders what had gone into the promising Ayan Mukherjee's head this time. May be this time around the influence from the  producer side (Karan Johar) must have so overwhelming for him to avoid it from getting into his head which he astutely stayed away from in his debut film. Movie has lots of Karan Joharisque idiosyncrasies which puts off the viewers.

There seems to be an ongoing battle throughout the movie between the casual, naturalistic writing and characterization of Ayan and the cutesy, overtly dramatic, irritating making style of Karan Johar which makes the movie neither here nor there. A well conceived and enacted scene is quickly followed by an artsy-craftsy, pretentious scene, which is want ruins the impact the movie would have created otherwise. Many characters are typical Karan Joharisque. Evelyn Sharma, Kunal Roy Kapur and parts of Kalki's character to name a few, are plain irritating and imbecile characterizations. These type of characters spring now and then and spoil the good work done by Ranbir's, Deepika's and Aditya Roy Kapur's.

Ranbir Kapoor is good, carries on with his good work he has been doing off late. As a carefree Bunny he comes out with various shades in his portrayal with elan. Deepika Padukone in an almost deglamourised role has got good opportunity to perform which she has done with glee. An unidimentional character with some cliches of how medicos are portrayed on screen, she has left nothing to blame as far her performance is concerned. Aditya Roy Kapur once again shows what a talent he is. He is brilliant as Avi while Kalki is getting a bit typecast in the last few movies of her's. Less said about the rest of the cast the better.

Movie's music is already a huge hit among the youth and it is the main reason why the movie has got a grand opening and is able to sustain the same. Yet another hit album from Pritam with "Badtameez Dil " rocking the dance floor. He scores in other melodious numbers too. 

V.Manikandan is the cinematographer who's hard work is evident on screen. Excellent picturization of the Himalayan snow clad mountains and the royal beauty of Udaipur.

When one comes out of the theater there is a feeling of something missing especially when one ventured into the theater with "Wake up Sid " in the back of the mind. Considering the talent that Ayan revealed to the world with his debut, his second coming is way short of what was expected of him.

On the whole, "Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani" is a futile union of sagaciously thinking young director and still juvenile in mind middle-aged producer.

Bottomline: For the juvenile minds. 

2.5/5