Why You Should Skip Youngistaan

I was given a choice this Friday, watch Dishkiyaoon or Youngistaan. I picked the lesser of two evils having already witness Harman’s debut debacle, Love Story 2050.

Jackky Bhagnani, a 28 year old video game designer who works in Tokyo and has a live in girlfriend, gets handed the title of India’s Prime Minister after the demise of his father (Boman Irani). This sentence is enough to tell us that the makers if this film were living in their own mind space. Then again, ours is a country where people like Rakhi Sawant and KRK are also contesting elections. We shouldn’t mock poor Jackky for trying to make “serious” and topical cinema. But we will do it anyway.

The nation wants to know, why did Jackky make this movie?

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The film is filled with characters who have been obviously inspired by legit politicians. You will see caricatures of a Bengali President like Pranab Mukherjee, P. Chidambaram and Jackky ji as our very own Rahul baba. Youth empowerment ftw! They even had their own version of Arnab Goswami aptly called Parnab along with his trademark catchphrase – “The nation wants to know!”

Yes Jackky, the nation wants to know WHY you keep making such bad movies?

The big question

The only reason why people will contemplate watching this movie, is to find out how the hell does JB become the PM? Frankly, I am still confused. Does our constitution really allow a thoroughly inexperienced 20 something to take charge of our country just because he belongs to a powerful family? The film shadily nudges such questions aside.

Casting choices

The Iranis, both Boman and his son, had such trivial roles in the film. Farooq Sheikh was utterly wasted. It’s shame that Youngistaan also happens to be his last film. Speaking of the lead actor himself, I had no expectations from him. Clad in this Nehru jackets, Puma (product placements...ugh) specs and red roses. One moment, he’s a duffer who wants to know why his Facebook profile is being deleted. In the very next shot, he becomes this pseudo-intellectual ready to tackle India’s issues.

Neha Sharma should jump in a tanki

Surprisingly, the weakest link of this film isn’t the lousy story or Bhagnani’s nonexistent acting talent. It’s Neha Sharma. God, she’s a whiney bimbo of a girlfriend who any guy in his right mind would get rid of. The jarringly excessive make-up is so in your face in the close up shots. The fake-ness of her tears. Everything was annoying to the nth degree.

Mat suno sange mar mar

I wish this film had a Party Abhi Baaki Hai or a Aaja Lip Lock Kar Le. Tanki and the rest of the songs were a MAJOR disappointment. A lot of people are tripping on Sange Mar Mar but it doesn’t do anything for me. Duniya ka kaunsa PM apni girlfriend ke saath Taj Mahal mein gaane gayega?

PM U Rock. Not.

Within half an hour I wished I was watching Dev Anand romance his obscenely young Italian wife in Mr. Prime Minister instead. I think I may have to re-watch Rajneeti to get this gobar tatti out of my head. They should have named itDung-istaan(no offense to Hindustaan, just the film).