Yeh Jawani Hai Deewani – The colourful package which fizzles out.

 Yeh jawani Hai Deewani is essentially story of four friends who in their youth go through life changing emotions when they are trekking through Manali.

Bunny, played by Ranbir Kapoor is a happy go guy who wants to roam around the world to experience the thrills of life. He starts it by going on a trekking trip to Manali along with Avi (Adithya Roy Kapur) and feisty Aditi( Kalki Kochlin) joining them in the last moment is Naina, played by Deepika, is a homely girl and also a book worm but eager to experience different things in life,  so decides to join the trip to Manali.

As expected Naina falls in love our daring hero. But as the trip ends they go on their separate ways in life to fulfill their dreams. How they get together forms the rest of the story?

Ayan Mukerji who gave us a coming of age movie in ‘Wake up Sid’, falters very badly in all his departments i.e, story, screenplay and direction. The story is so flimsy that you will start wondering why Naina fell in love Bunny in the first place. Screenplay is so clichéd that our heroine forgets to board the halted train then starts running so as to create a DDLJ moment. Our director drags it in the second half to an extent that the one heartfelt sequence of our hero confessing his love to our heroine seems boring.

Cinematography by Manikandan is standout feature along with editing and production values, which is expected from Karan Johar production.

Songs, already a chartbuster, provide some relief as they are well shot. Madhuri Dixit appears in a item song, even though the song is awkwardly timed, shows what is missing from today’s heroines. She brings grace to the songs and the dance moves.

Ranbir & Deepika among the cast are the only saving grace of the movie, but even their chemistry is not enough to save the movie from the slow screenplay. Aditya Roy Kapur is only seen in the movie either running behind girls, losing money or holding a glass. If he took one step forward in his career with his performance in Aashiqui 2, he takes two steps back with this one. Kalki’s only contribution in the movie, apart from yelling in the first half, is in getting everyone back together for her marriage.

What promised to be a summer blockbuster with colourful enthusiastic trailer and hummable songs turns out to damp squib.

I am going with 2.5 out of 5 for this colourful package which fizzles out without making any impact on the audience. Waste of such a wonderful title.