Let me just start off by telling you that this review will have a few Spoilers! But This movie is not a movie to watch like loads of times, like DDLJ, K3G, Jab We Met, ZNMD. It's a one time watch! Now, you can read the rest, thank you.
This is a fun film which is centred around two main characters! And the love that brews between them!
The film shows a package being sent to some people who are not shown yet!
Naina (Deepika Padukone) is the first character we see who looks through a 'yearbook' type book and as soon as she sees Bunny (Ranbir Kapoor) face she flashbacks to 8 years ago...
Naina meets her old school classmate, Aditi (Kalki Koechlin), who tells her about the trek, in Manali, she and her two friends Avi (Aditya Roy Kapur) and Bunny are going to.
Naina, an aspiring doctor studying medicine, wants time to herself, she wants to be able to go on a holiday. Far away from this place, that she calls home. She logs onto the website, where all the bookings for this trip are located and she joins the adventure.
Departure day, Bunny and Naina meet. Some humourous dialogues get exchanged and she ends up in the same bunker, on the train, as the three best friends.
The entire group is 25 people large, which means that there are definitely situations bound to be created. Perfect place for a director to show their creativity. The 3 best friends, add a 4th member to their gang, Naina. During this time we also find out that Aditi loves Avi (but everyone knows apart from him).
However, the same old cliches are used again..."The girl falls in love with boy, boy doesn't reciprocate the feelings", but there's a twist in this story. Bunny gets a place in a programme in the US. This news comes at a shock for all the friends, because of which Naina does not tell him that she loves him, rather she is genuinely happy for his coming success.
Avi, who expected everything from Bunny, faked a smile and wished him all the best for it. Aditya Roy Kapur is an absolutely amazing actor. His performance is so believable yet so powerful at the same time.
The four friends go there separate ways as we head "Back To The Future" (No puns intended). Personally, I think if the film did not have this 1 hour long flashback, the film would have been a much more beautiful movie, on the other hand, the audience would not be able to engage with the characters, so I guess Ayan Mukerji chose the audience's preference rather than a critics.
Back in the present, we find out that Bunny has become a journalist/cameraman on a travel channel. He has travelled everywhere and even more. He is offered a new job, hosting his own tv show, travelling all over the world, which he obviously accepts instantly.
One day when he comes home (ready to leave for his newest adventure), he gets a video from Aditi, who surprises him with the news of her wedding and invites ... More like begs him to come.
Now, we meet Taran (Kunaal Roy Kapur), Aditi's fiance, who Avi has a lot of doubts about. Avi has hit almost rock bottom in his career. He is a drunk gambler, who does not win much of anything in his life.
Bunny makes it to the cocktail party of Aditi's wedding (surprising everyone in the film). But... to Avi, Bunny can not be considered a friend anymore (even says it to his face...WOAH!).
After this deep encounter between the former best friends, Bunny meets Naina "properly" after 8 long years. They have a catch up session and converse very sweetly (kinda).
We see the wedding ceremonies in their true nature from then on. On the day of the Sangeet (Dance battle so to say), Bunny and Avi get into a physical fight but quickly make up by the aid of Aditi, who wants her best friends to become friends again (which they do). I think this fast paced forgiveness of friends in Bollywood is a good trend, but it seems too quick, to seem realistic.
At the Dance Battle, Taran prepared a dance for Aditi, where he shows his impressively comedic dance moves. Bunny and Naina save the day for the bride's side as they come up with a mind blowing performance which causes everyone to get up on their feet and dance.
Naina and Bunny become the centre of attention as they spend a whole entire day site seeing around Udaipur, just days before the wedding. A wonderful scene at the edge of a cliff where Naina explains to Bunny that "You can’t do everything. Something will always get left out." There and then you realise that Bunny may start to have feelings for Naina. However, again, no one talks about what they are feeling about each other and change the topic onto other subjects, as to why Bunny missed his father's funeral. (ooops....SPOILER ALERT!).
We also get to see the dynamics of Taran and Aditi's relationship, as they both compliment each other very well (the characters as well as the actors).
SPOILER ALERT!
Bunny meets Naina while she is just having a drink with another man. Bunny gets jealous and causes Naina to leave and he follows her. Here, she finally tells him that "If I spend another moment with you, I'll fall in love with you....again. And you won't ....again". Bunny kisses her and they depart. They meet again in the same night where they both say I love you to each other but Naina tells him that they can't be together because they both have different dreams that they aspire towards. She tells him to forget about her and goes.
As the marriage ceremonies come to an end, Aditi and her 2 bestfriends share some departing tears, after which Bunny walks off, while Naina sobs in the background.
I think Ayan Mukerji (Director) could have shortened the movie by skipping this whole kissing sequence and going straight to the "I love you" part of the film.
While at the airport, Bunny decides that he will not take the job and he will stay here, move into his father's place. There are some emotional father-son flashbacks between Bunny and his late father (Farooq Sheikh).
New Year's Eve 2013 - The newly married couple leave for their honeymoon. Avi says "Au Revoir" to his bar as he does not have the finances to run it anymore and Naina is sat home alone, with her dog, watching tv. Suddenly, the door bell rings, it's Bunny.
Naina dumbfounded, can not believe that he is there. He tells her that he still has those dreams that he had once before, but now in those dreams, he sees himself holding her hand, while going all around the world.
The final scene is quite uplifting and fun, as all four of them are on the phone to each other as the countdown to 2014 begins and ends.
The songs in YJHD are good, not amazing, but are very good. The melodious "Kabira Fakeera" has to be the highlight of the movie for me (song-wise). The choreography was well done as well, although some of it was slightly rash, but overall good again.
I give this film an 6.5/10 "6.5 out of 10" .
Rating: A feel good film! Nothing special or surprising but above average nonetheless
This is a fun film which is centred around two main characters! And the love that brews between them!
The film shows a package being sent to some people who are not shown yet!
Naina (Deepika Padukone) is the first character we see who looks through a 'yearbook' type book and as soon as she sees Bunny (Ranbir Kapoor) face she flashbacks to 8 years ago...
Naina meets her old school classmate, Aditi (Kalki Koechlin), who tells her about the trek, in Manali, she and her two friends Avi (Aditya Roy Kapur) and Bunny are going to.
Naina, an aspiring doctor studying medicine, wants time to herself, she wants to be able to go on a holiday. Far away from this place, that she calls home. She logs onto the website, where all the bookings for this trip are located and she joins the adventure.
Departure day, Bunny and Naina meet. Some humourous dialogues get exchanged and she ends up in the same bunker, on the train, as the three best friends.
The entire group is 25 people large, which means that there are definitely situations bound to be created. Perfect place for a director to show their creativity. The 3 best friends, add a 4th member to their gang, Naina. During this time we also find out that Aditi loves Avi (but everyone knows apart from him).
However, the same old cliches are used again..."The girl falls in love with boy, boy doesn't reciprocate the feelings", but there's a twist in this story. Bunny gets a place in a programme in the US. This news comes at a shock for all the friends, because of which Naina does not tell him that she loves him, rather she is genuinely happy for his coming success.
Avi, who expected everything from Bunny, faked a smile and wished him all the best for it. Aditya Roy Kapur is an absolutely amazing actor. His performance is so believable yet so powerful at the same time.
The four friends go there separate ways as we head "Back To The Future" (No puns intended). Personally, I think if the film did not have this 1 hour long flashback, the film would have been a much more beautiful movie, on the other hand, the audience would not be able to engage with the characters, so I guess Ayan Mukerji chose the audience's preference rather than a critics.
Back in the present, we find out that Bunny has become a journalist/cameraman on a travel channel. He has travelled everywhere and even more. He is offered a new job, hosting his own tv show, travelling all over the world, which he obviously accepts instantly.
One day when he comes home (ready to leave for his newest adventure), he gets a video from Aditi, who surprises him with the news of her wedding and invites ... More like begs him to come.
Now, we meet Taran (Kunaal Roy Kapur), Aditi's fiance, who Avi has a lot of doubts about. Avi has hit almost rock bottom in his career. He is a drunk gambler, who does not win much of anything in his life.
Bunny makes it to the cocktail party of Aditi's wedding (surprising everyone in the film). But... to Avi, Bunny can not be considered a friend anymore (even says it to his face...WOAH!).
After this deep encounter between the former best friends, Bunny meets Naina "properly" after 8 long years. They have a catch up session and converse very sweetly (kinda).
We see the wedding ceremonies in their true nature from then on. On the day of the Sangeet (Dance battle so to say), Bunny and Avi get into a physical fight but quickly make up by the aid of Aditi, who wants her best friends to become friends again (which they do). I think this fast paced forgiveness of friends in Bollywood is a good trend, but it seems too quick, to seem realistic.At the Dance Battle, Taran prepared a dance for Aditi, where he shows his impressively comedic dance moves. Bunny and Naina save the day for the bride's side as they come up with a mind blowing performance which causes everyone to get up on their feet and dance.
Naina and Bunny become the centre of attention as they spend a whole entire day site seeing around Udaipur, just days before the wedding. A wonderful scene at the edge of a cliff where Naina explains to Bunny that "You can’t do everything. Something will always get left out." There and then you realise that Bunny may start to have feelings for Naina. However, again, no one talks about what they are feeling about each other and change the topic onto other subjects, as to why Bunny missed his father's funeral. (ooops....SPOILER ALERT!).
We also get to see the dynamics of Taran and Aditi's relationship, as they both compliment each other very well (the characters as well as the actors).
SPOILER ALERT!
Bunny meets Naina while she is just having a drink with another man. Bunny gets jealous and causes Naina to leave and he follows her. Here, she finally tells him that "If I spend another moment with you, I'll fall in love with you....again. And you won't ....again". Bunny kisses her and they depart. They meet again in the same night where they both say I love you to each other but Naina tells him that they can't be together because they both have different dreams that they aspire towards. She tells him to forget about her and goes.
As the marriage ceremonies come to an end, Aditi and her 2 bestfriends share some departing tears, after which Bunny walks off, while Naina sobs in the background.
I think Ayan Mukerji (Director) could have shortened the movie by skipping this whole kissing sequence and going straight to the "I love you" part of the film.
While at the airport, Bunny decides that he will not take the job and he will stay here, move into his father's place. There are some emotional father-son flashbacks between Bunny and his late father (Farooq Sheikh).
New Year's Eve 2013 - The newly married couple leave for their honeymoon. Avi says "Au Revoir" to his bar as he does not have the finances to run it anymore and Naina is sat home alone, with her dog, watching tv. Suddenly, the door bell rings, it's Bunny.Naina dumbfounded, can not believe that he is there. He tells her that he still has those dreams that he had once before, but now in those dreams, he sees himself holding her hand, while going all around the world.
The final scene is quite uplifting and fun, as all four of them are on the phone to each other as the countdown to 2014 begins and ends.
The songs in YJHD are good, not amazing, but are very good. The melodious "Kabira Fakeera" has to be the highlight of the movie for me (song-wise). The choreography was well done as well, although some of it was slightly rash, but overall good again.
I give this film an 6.5/10 "6.5 out of 10" .
Rating: A feel good film! Nothing special or surprising but above average nonetheless
