This was a very well made and very well cast film! It's so ironic because the thing that will draw you to watch this film is its lack of appeal. You see it and it looks so dreary, so damp like a murky rainy day and yet there's just that light at the end of the tunnel that sucks you into it.
Yuva is the very beautifully shot story of three men, whose lives are impacted by one another one faithful afternoon when their paths cross aboard a bridge. It all begins with Michael Mukherjee (Ajay Devgan) seemingly being assassinated at the start of the film by Abhishek Bachchan's character, Arjun (Vivek Oberoi) a casual bystander is caught in the cross-fire and in a series of flashbacks, their stories are told one after another in sequence that updates the viewer with what led to the violent scenario.
In flashback, we learn that Bacchan's character is a wife-beating thug who has just been released from prison and is about to get his hands dirty again by meddling in dirty politics with Om Puri's sinister politician character. Rani Mukherjee, Bollywood's "go-to poster girl for the role that might lead to Oscar" plays Bacchan's battered wife who wishes he would quit his wild ways.
We find out that Michael Mukherjee is a student body union leader who is trying to challenge society at all costs and will go to any length to uphold justice. A cross with Sonu Sood's Gopal (also Bachchan's character's brother) is what leads to the ill-fated occurrence aboard the bridge. A radiant looking, French teaching Esha Deol plays the love interest of Michael's and never mind the age difference, their chemistry is hot and they sizzle! We also find out via flashback that playboy Arjun (Oberoi) has just return home to Kolkata from college and plans on going abroad when he meets at falls in love with a supposedly non-makeup wearing Kareena Kapoor at a nightclub. It is in his quest to get the girl that he gets caught in the cross fire aboard the bridge.
Everybody holds their own in this gritty drama of politics and patriotism. Yuva is a Hindi cinema accomplishment and not to be missed by anyone.
The songs are exceptional, the music is hauntingly beautiful and relevant. Yuva has worked its way into my top ten list of great Hindi cinema films. I subtracted one point though for the violence. ;-)
Yuva is the very beautifully shot story of three men, whose lives are impacted by one another one faithful afternoon when their paths cross aboard a bridge. It all begins with Michael Mukherjee (Ajay Devgan) seemingly being assassinated at the start of the film by Abhishek Bachchan's character, Arjun (Vivek Oberoi) a casual bystander is caught in the cross-fire and in a series of flashbacks, their stories are told one after another in sequence that updates the viewer with what led to the violent scenario.
In flashback, we learn that Bacchan's character is a wife-beating thug who has just been released from prison and is about to get his hands dirty again by meddling in dirty politics with Om Puri's sinister politician character. Rani Mukherjee, Bollywood's "go-to poster girl for the role that might lead to Oscar" plays Bacchan's battered wife who wishes he would quit his wild ways.
We find out that Michael Mukherjee is a student body union leader who is trying to challenge society at all costs and will go to any length to uphold justice. A cross with Sonu Sood's Gopal (also Bachchan's character's brother) is what leads to the ill-fated occurrence aboard the bridge. A radiant looking, French teaching Esha Deol plays the love interest of Michael's and never mind the age difference, their chemistry is hot and they sizzle! We also find out via flashback that playboy Arjun (Oberoi) has just return home to Kolkata from college and plans on going abroad when he meets at falls in love with a supposedly non-makeup wearing Kareena Kapoor at a nightclub. It is in his quest to get the girl that he gets caught in the cross fire aboard the bridge.
Everybody holds their own in this gritty drama of politics and patriotism. Yuva is a Hindi cinema accomplishment and not to be missed by anyone.
The songs are exceptional, the music is hauntingly beautiful and relevant. Yuva has worked its way into my top ten list of great Hindi cinema films. I subtracted one point though for the violence. ;-)