After I
left it out in the interval, I haven’t been really able to judge what is more
shameful, appalling and inexcusable in Divya Khosla Kumar’s YAARIYAN- an allegedly
youthful film about college-going generation experimenting with their aimless-clueless-directionless
lives till they reach the state of realization. Is it the very first 20-25
minutes that only demonstrate how a hysterical teenager [played by Himansh
Kohli- an ‘ohh, he’s sooo cute’ chap with all his white teeth out for
exhibition] tries his hard luck to enjoy his first kiss? The first kiss always
ends up in some not so favorable results, for most I guess but what happens
here is totally weird and bizarre! And on the top of that, his loud & clear
proclamations to go on date with the hottest girl in college someday soon!
Or is
it the level of humor that permits itself to show women as sex-objects? Be it
the female teachers in sleeveless low-cut blouses acting only as seductress to male
teachers and falling over them or a barely dressed girl student playing the
role of ‘bharat mata’ in college-play and the rest of male actors competing to not
waste the ‘opportunity’ to get physical with her, you know what exactly the
film is trying to do…to tickle the boneless leech inside you.
There are
many in the list but the most unforgivable is the fact that ‘YAARIYAN’ comes
out of Divya Khosla Kumar, a woman and a mother herself. If she doesn’t find
all these offensive, I would certainly have my doubts on her sense and
sensibility. As captain of the ship, she only shows an upper hand in
picturisation of songs. They are edgy,
sharp, stylish and with music video kinda look, but whenever you look out for
her expertise in emotional scenes or in the drama part, she falls miserably. Even
the writing is so immature, convenient and flawed that you only enjoy the
transitions to make story go further with unplanned funny clarifications.
A bunch
of losers who are flashy, shoddy and hopeless in their lives get selected by
the principal of the college to take part in an art & culture competition
with some Australian college, in order to save the institution from going in
bad business hands. They sure have their ‘**ck it all’ reasons behind the
selection but then enters the heavy-duty emotional extravaganza of racial
discriminations in Australia. And then starts the most illogical and irritating
part where Australian students lift their song while they were busy singing
& dancing on your highness Yo Yo Honey Singh’s ‘aaj din hai sunny-sunny’,
beat one of them out to death for actually no reasons and what not!! Our poor
babies!!
With a lead
starcast that is best to look at only on posters when they are not allowed to
speak, act or emote, I was expecting surprises but ended up with possibilities
of losing my mind, sense of cinema and high opinion for today’s youth that are
in real more designed for future than the multimillionaire T-series headhoncho Bhushan
Kumar’s talented wife Divya Khosla Kumar thinks and believes. Recommendations of
any kind for this would need guts! I don’t have that in me. [0.5/5]
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