Saturday, December 6, 2008

Yuvvraaj Film Review

A film worth watching in 1980s, but not in 2008's. The story has been written in a way suited for early 80s. That is the initial verdict after watching the entire film.

Deven (played by Salman Khan) is a chorus singer in Prague. He is seen paired with Anushka (played by Katrina Kaif) who is appearing as playing a cello. Anushka is deeply in love with Deven, who is pursuing a bright career as a musician (but all his zest is not shown). Deven is surviving the career just because of Anushka.

Anushka's dad Banton (Boman Irani) is a doctor who is introduced by burning Deven's picture. He hates her daugter's relationship with Deven (because he is not rich). Anushka is pressing her father for her marriage with deven as she needs her father's consent for that and Deven is stressing her for a marriage. 

In one of the deviations Deven gets the news of his rich father's demise (from a policeman who asks his fathers name to fill up a chargesheet, and delivers his fathers death news) and Deven starts for getting his share in property. Deven starts for his home after challenging to Banton that he will be billionaire in just 40 days, if not he can choose not to accept him as son-in-law.

Deven has two brothers Danny (played by Zayed Khan) and Gyanesh (played by Anil Kapoor). Danny is a spoilt brother and Gyanesh is a mentally challenged brother. His father in his will as announced by Sikandar Mirza (played by Mithun Chakraborthy) says that his property share's majority goes to Gyanesh. Danny and Deven are seen then paired for lions share of the property. 

Deven brings Gyanesh to Prague. Anushka makes Gyanesh sing for her and instills confidence in him (Though Gyanesh is mentally challenged he can write musical notes of his own and sing well, what the heck!). Danny accompanies Deven to Prague not believing Deven to the full.

Danny is seen then thrown out of his club for not paying his dues, and he is being rescued by his two brothers. From now on Danny is seen a changed good-brother. The three brothers are then united. 

Banton is a friend of Sikandar Mirza who narrates the incidents to him regularly (as Banton says). In the climax, Gyanesh is made to be mistaken that his brothers are just roaming around him for money. A plot to kill Gyanesh by his relatives (for war of money) and to make the brothers culprit goes void. And in the end the three brothers unite, and Banton accepts Deven as his son-in-law.

Seems that Subhash Ghai has completely lost the way of storytelling. He with his age old scriptwriters Sachin Bhowmik and Kamlesh Pandey have completely failed in delivering a good story and script.

The only theme which glues you with the theatre's chairs is its music. Yes. The unsung hero of this movie is none other than A.R.Rahman. His music seems to have generated so power that it mesmirizes most of the times. It is another 'Taal' in making but left without a proper script. If this were a right script it would have been a correct mix of silent rhythmic and at the same time vibrant cinema. The music is so fresh and authenticated that it is the only point of watching the entire movie. Also Gulzar saab's lyrics go hand-in-hand with the music.

A.R.Rahman also appears in a guestrole in the end of the movie where all the crew of the movie are shown. 


Banner: Muktha Arts
Cast: Katrina Kaif, Salman Khan, Zayed Khan, Anil Kapoor, Boman Irani, Mithun Chakraborthy etc
Music: A R Rahman
Lyricist: Gulzar
Cassetes & CDs: T-Series
Cinematography: Kabir Lal
Producer, Story, Editor & Director: Subhash Ghai

Film Rating: 1.5 Stars
Music Rating: 4.5 Stars
Verdict: Watch this picture only if you love watching 80's film in new age and also for its background score and music. Just these two reasons.

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