Sunday 27 May 2012

Yeh Khula Aasman

Samarth Lahri & Gitanjali Sinha (the writers of YKA) seem to have been totally blown away by Udaan. The similarities between the posters and trailers of YKA and that of Udaan are a little too stark to go unnoticed. Now mind you Udaan was an 8 on 10 movie and probably the best one from year before last (2010) with some stunning performances. My apprehension was therefore well placed because the expectation of yet another off beat excellent movie may have been too much. And too much it turned out to be. Way Way too much.

About 15 minutes into the movie I was actually trying to figure out how not to sleep. This is actually supposed to be a true story if the press reports are to be believed. But was there a way that the true story could have actually been mashed up severely beyond a point of respecting the intent behind the story? Well, Gitanjali Sinha surely could not have mashed it up more than what the end result turned out to be. The fact that she is a newbie director is extremely obvious with the quality of execution and the errors in consistency.

YKA is the story of Avinash (Raj Tandon) who doesn’t get through to the IITs. Add to that the complications of parents who are not based in India but in London. How they decide to leave their son in Mumbai is a bit confusing. Now that he has failed to make it, he decides to leave for Bhagalpur by train to meet his grandfather Gulab (Raghuvir Yadav). Gulab Daadu is obviously very pleased to see his grandson after 10 years. Along the way to recuperation and coming to terms with taking a drop of a year (to give IIT a 2nd shot), Avinash makes some new friends, participates in a kite flying competition and finds the love of his life. And between all this, the audience can take a quick snooze.

YKA is one of the most boring movies in recent times. The direction is of course depressing to say the least. But what makes it worse is the really atrocious editing from Kaustubh Chitnis and Vivek Shah’s pedestrian cinematography. The dialogues are uninspiring. And the last straw on the camel’s back is the zero intensity acting from everyone in the cast. It is surprising that actors who are as talented as Raghuvir Yadav and Yashpal Sharma have been wasted. But a lot of it has to do with them not giving their 100% to the movie.

Anand Milind has also come up with some really average music. Overall, a waste of time this one. Don’t bother watching it even on DVD. 3 on 10.

Trailer on http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fvl9xw7y3a8

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