movie- Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani.
Director
Ayan Mukerji
Producer
Karan Johar, Sharan Kapoor
Genre
Romance
Cast
Deepika Padukone
Ranbir Kapoor
Kalki Koechlin
Verdict - Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani makes
you feel good
Yeh Jawaani Hai
Deewani is exactly what you expect it to be. A good romantic comedy. The first
half is breezy and fun but guess what? The second half delivers! Remember the
last time the Hindi film industry did all of that? I’m glad you don’t because
this would help you enjoy the film more.
All the usual
ingredients of a typical big-budget romantic comedy are here. Two stars. Catchy
music. Grand locations. Playful comedy. But movies like these need to have one
essential ingredient for them to stick. Drama. In romantic dramedies of the
past, melodrama took care of it. Now we don’t want the emotions to be over the
top, we want them to be sincere and honest. For example, In a Dilwale Dhulaniya
Le Jayenge (1995), the lovers were kept apart by external factors like the
parents not giving their consent. In today’s day and age, the factors are
internal. We keep ourselves apart from fulfilling our dreamy romance.
Ranbir Kapoor and
Deepika Padukone may be the stars that catch hold of the screen with their
personas and never let go but it is Ayan Mukerji’s scripting and Hussain
Dalal's dialogues that makes sure it doesn’t let go of your heart. Beneath all
the clichés and the songs and the mush lies this refreshing ability to make a
movie about people. The emotions aren’t big, everything around it certainly is.
When they profess love, they don’t shout it on mountaintops. When they fight,
they don’t scream and breakdown. When they repent over their regrets, they
don’t crave for a melodramatic reunion. They act like people.
Apart from romance,
the film captures a bit of life. People change. Things don’t turn out the way
you wished they would. You don’t end up with people you wanted to. Then you
look back and you see why. Not many mainstream movies go here. When they do,
they make a big deal about it. This is what I liked about this film the most.
It may seem like a mainstream film on the surface but it does things that
usually Hindi films don’t care to address.