Paulo Coelho said, “Only 3 things can change our lives:
dreams, suffering and love.”
As may happen with the gifts of great proverbs, Ayan
Mukherjee took the first and last of those three things, put them into a story together called “Yeh
Jawani hain Deewani” and created an incredible marvel.
The story makes a dazzling start with Madhuri Dixit gracing
the screen. For the first half, the amateur adventurer Naina
(Deepika) joins the threesome team of Kabir (Ranbir), Avi (Aditya Roy Kapur),
Aditi (Kalki) who keep the audiences rolling in laughter. There isn’t
a single dull moment. As all great times come to an end for new beginnings,
some love is lost, some stays in the heart. Even as teenagers who can go
absolutely bonkers in love, both Aditi and Naina display a tremendous sense of
emotional maturity in response to a love that’s lost and that is confessed only
to self.
This is not even where the marvel begins. The marvel springs
off in the second half where Ayan presents a scenario in the journey of life
where the road forks into two: one that chases your dreams and the other that takes
you to love. It is the rendition of this choice that makes Ayan the brilliant
filmmaker he is. The life choices rendered from globetrotter Kabir and our desi, padhaku girl Naina is the prodigy
of this film. I would go and watch it once again only to listen to their conviction of lifestyle choices and their own knowledge of who they are and what they want out of their lives.
Ranbir delivers his business as usual stellar performance.
Deepika gushes godly gorgeousness throughout. She steals the limelight as far
as I am concerned. Real life is their personal business but as far as reel life
goes they share charismatic chemistry as an item.
Personally, it feels like Ayan made a DDLJ twenty years down
the line. I am simply glad that they still make films like this and we have a
director who gets it just right.
A must watch!
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I agree with all of what you said, but somehow I was hoping for an alternative ending to the movie where he wanders of to live his dream, but with his love. Which wasn't the case. You can argue that he had seen enough to "settle down", but that's not what he says earlier in the movie.
ReplyDeleteAnd what was that with Naina when she talks about all the things local that are better than all the things in the world?!! Is she so naive or stupid to NOT experience the cultures, foods, architecture, etc. of the world?
All in all I enjoyed the movie for the dream he wanted to live (that's my dream too), for the maturity in friendship amongst everyone and many other personal reasons.
Parind, movies are perceptive so everyone's entitled to their own feelings on a story and characters.
DeleteSo, in Naina's defence, I don't think she ever used the word "better" for the local delights she has mentioned. Throughout that dialogue they have maintained they are just two different people. The very fact that she had a contending local argument to every global one, to me, means how much she has experienced the country that she is raised in. She is probably more aware and sunk into the culture than the average local Indian. It also doesn't necessarily mean she is averse to experiencing cultures outside. She decided to experience Manali on her own, right?
Why is it that the globetrotter Kabir has everything to say about the world but not India? It has been said that India as a land is more diverse than the entire Europe content with its varied heritage. But that doesn't necessarily mean he is averse to India.
One or both involved in the relationship have to let go of things to make a relationship work. Who does what is their business! Eventually, as long as both are content with their choices, they are good... be it "I traveled the world all my life and loved it." or ... "I fell in love and we both took vacations to exotic lands twice a year."