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After a long time, took some time to watch a movie. Yeh Jawani Hai Deewani, directed by 'Wake up Sid' fame Ayan Mukherjee.

The way the movie opened to an item number from Madhuri Dixit (you too Madhuri?), i thought it was a sad day for me. And next,  the way the story line proceeded, i thought it would be another visual treat like Zindagi Na Milegi Doobara. It was not to be the case either. It was like seeing both Hussey and Raina out first ball in the first over.

A very thin story-line, some terse dialogues, jarring music largely due to the re-recording portion (Pritam, you disappointed me) and some brilliant acting by (my favorite) Deepika and Ranbir is how i see the nearly 3 hour drama. Farooq Sheikh and Kunal have done really well. The chemistry between D and R is absolutely touching.

What was really memorable for the three of us that watched the movie was that a large portion of second half was shot in a place (possibly the same room) where we spent our vacation recently. The proverbial big-fat Indian wedding was visually boring though.  If only cinematography was as creative as seen in ZNMD, this could have served to showcase the beauty of Udaipur, as Spain was done in the other movie.