A story about three people, and how their lives change through one incident. Sounds cliched? Hardly is.
The film was: intelligent screenplay, applaudable performances, inspiring music and lastly some brilliant social commentary. How did Mani Ratnam pull it off, mirroring the mind of the youth? Yuva captures the very essence of living in developing country, going through drastic changes and its effective in yours and mine quotidien mundane acts in life.
Lalan (Abhishek Bachhan) is the potential mafia-to-be in Bengal, who wants to make some moolah through ripping off shoulders, and beating the shit out of his victims. He has no brain, just brawn, will kill anyone as long as he makes his profit.
Arjun is - classic example of potential brain drain, wants to leave for the United States for an MBA (that education that apparently fetches a fat salary, and creates wonders like GFC). He also wants to get rich or die trying...but realises something else on this way to shiny big buildings of B-schools.
Michael - our desi hero? Ha, you wish. Does everything he wants to yes, but for a real reason, not the idealist unreasonable types, believes in a systematic correction of faults - through elections. Smart eh? How come no one thought of that before. That is the central theme of Yuva. Do something, stand up, fight and at least TRY.
No one has portrayed the attitudes and the circumstances of the youth better than Yuva. A very well crafted tale of many aspects of the youth.
Think of all the campaigns/ demonstrations which took place in the past ten years involving the youth. Whether it was the fight against the reservations, or the most recent involvement of the youth in the Anna Hazare's Lokpal campaign.
The youth is out there, omnipresent, so powerful yet so lost. It's hard to find a direction, some one points, the other distract and get diverted. Yuva needs to find a way. Now is always the time, but when is now?
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