Another shove down the road of reviewing another Hindi movie, this time I settled for one of my favourite Rom-Coms, Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani. As far as I remember, this was the last movie I liked of Ranbir Kapoor (yes I was a pretty big fan of his). Released on May 31st 2013, the movie has a star-studded cast with Ranbir Kapoor, Deepika Padukone, Kalki Koechlin and Aditya Roy Kapur.
The movie starts with a lady reminiscing about her former life, her life with her friends and starts talking about her one trip that changed her life for the better. The narrator is Naina Talwar who was then a medical student, the one who was found hidden behind thick textbooks and microscopes. She was bored of her life that day when she encountered an old friend, Aditi Mehra her classmate from school. The two get talking and Aditi tells her about her plans to visit Manali on a hiking trip with her friends. Naina, completely not being herself, takes the plunge and leaves a letter for her mother as she heads to the railway station to get on the train and finally have some fun! There she meets two of her other classmates, Kabir Thapar and Avi, who instantly recognise her from her glasses. As the journey proceeds, Naina feels out of her depth, sitting between a group of strangers and has no idea how to start a conversation with them.
They reach their destination and Kabir and Naina become more acquainted with each other. The two realise that Aditi has a secret crush on Avi but don't dwell on the matter too much. Naina shows her true colours and breaks all her boundaries when they celebrate the festival of Holi in a small town with all the fun and, as we Indians say, the "josh" of the festival. Naina realises that she's fallen for Kabir but doesn't disclose it because she knows he isn't going to get into a relationship. They part as friends and for a while nothing happens.
Eights years pass and they all meet again in Udaipur for Aditi's wedding. Naina is a successful doctor, Kabir is a photographer/journalist and Avi is trying to set up his own bar. Naina and Kabir meet and things go an awful lot towards love again. But Naina doesn't want to deal rejection again and Kabir isn't sure if he really does love her or not. The night before the wedding, he sees Naina with another man and jealousy brews in him making it clear that he does have feelings for her. The two of them confront each other and confess their love, but neither one of them is willing to let go of their careers.
On New Year's Eve, as Naina braces herself to spend the first moments of the new year alone, she hears the doorbell ring and standing in front of her is Kabir! His love for her was more important than his dream job and in the end love conquers all and they live happily ever after. Just your typical Hindi-movie plot, but this one was somehow different. I still cannot fathom why.
I felt the music brought this movie to life. All the songs are perfect for the scenes and have catchy tunes and impeccable lyrics. You give me good music and I will love the film. It may be a complete cliched Hindi movie, but it's worth at least one watch.
The movie starts with a lady reminiscing about her former life, her life with her friends and starts talking about her one trip that changed her life for the better. The narrator is Naina Talwar who was then a medical student, the one who was found hidden behind thick textbooks and microscopes. She was bored of her life that day when she encountered an old friend, Aditi Mehra her classmate from school. The two get talking and Aditi tells her about her plans to visit Manali on a hiking trip with her friends. Naina, completely not being herself, takes the plunge and leaves a letter for her mother as she heads to the railway station to get on the train and finally have some fun! There she meets two of her other classmates, Kabir Thapar and Avi, who instantly recognise her from her glasses. As the journey proceeds, Naina feels out of her depth, sitting between a group of strangers and has no idea how to start a conversation with them.
They reach their destination and Kabir and Naina become more acquainted with each other. The two realise that Aditi has a secret crush on Avi but don't dwell on the matter too much. Naina shows her true colours and breaks all her boundaries when they celebrate the festival of Holi in a small town with all the fun and, as we Indians say, the "josh" of the festival. Naina realises that she's fallen for Kabir but doesn't disclose it because she knows he isn't going to get into a relationship. They part as friends and for a while nothing happens.
Eights years pass and they all meet again in Udaipur for Aditi's wedding. Naina is a successful doctor, Kabir is a photographer/journalist and Avi is trying to set up his own bar. Naina and Kabir meet and things go an awful lot towards love again. But Naina doesn't want to deal rejection again and Kabir isn't sure if he really does love her or not. The night before the wedding, he sees Naina with another man and jealousy brews in him making it clear that he does have feelings for her. The two of them confront each other and confess their love, but neither one of them is willing to let go of their careers.
On New Year's Eve, as Naina braces herself to spend the first moments of the new year alone, she hears the doorbell ring and standing in front of her is Kabir! His love for her was more important than his dream job and in the end love conquers all and they live happily ever after. Just your typical Hindi-movie plot, but this one was somehow different. I still cannot fathom why.
I felt the music brought this movie to life. All the songs are perfect for the scenes and have catchy tunes and impeccable lyrics. You give me good music and I will love the film. It may be a complete cliched Hindi movie, but it's worth at least one watch.
You put people's feelings into words, ananya :') yjhd is indeed one of favorites and very special to me. :* kudos to you. ^_^
ReplyDeleteDivya thank you so much! :D
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