I am highly disappointed with Subhash Ghai’s Yuvraj. I am checking my memory log to see if this is the worst film I have seen in 2008. However, I can confirm without doubt that this is the worst Subhash Ghai film I have watched ever.
3 brothers of Yuvraj family, Gyanesh (Anil Kapoor), Devan (Salman Khan) & Danny (Zayed Khan) are not good one another. Gyanesh is still like a child nurturing his music love. He is considered as mentally unfit. Devan is all the way cursing his billionaire father for leaving him to poverty but he make everybody else’s life miserable around him. Devan have a reason where he is after beautiful Anuskha (Katrina Kaif) and her father (Boman Irani) is all against gaving his daughter’s hand to Devan. Danny is living a prince’s life, banking on his fathers money. One day the father is dead and left a will and what is in the will and how they live the will is to be seen on screen.
Script and characterisation is the worst part of the film which being the essance of any film pulled down all merrits of the other departments. Weak characters without having a face or reason swith their emotions and thoughts in a flash leaving the audience to utter astonishment – it is a pity to spare a vital department of film making to complete ignorance. The shots too look more part of drama than a scene from a movie. Unless Subhash Ghai was trying to do something real for the sake of it, I could not find any justice to such a pathetic show from the veteran.
Katrina Kaif and Boman Irani are the only two people who don’t got affected by the influence of bad characterisation and weak script and these two are good. Salman Khan tried hard to give some of fine performance, still fall way short of target. Even the showman of any stage, Anil Kapoor had to struggle most of the film but only by end he managed to show his presence felt. Zayed Khan, there is absolutely nothing for him in this film.
Music of AR Rahman was quite different once again and beautiful. Except one or two tracks, all of those tracks were impressive with powerful use of instruments and best selection of voices. Choreography was all colourful and was experimental in nature. However, it failed to create the mood or link for the film. It stay separate from the film, except the climax song. Beautiful lighting and sets added visual impact. Cinematography is very good. Brilliant.
Overall, the movie worth a miss unless you want to seeonly those songs on big screen. ( For Salman Khan fans, you may wait for the film to finish and don’t miss the party song after that, he is better there.)
My rating : 1.5 stars