Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani
director's note:
dreams. ambition. hope. disappointments. so much possibility.
so many options. eager to jump. afraid to crash.
travel. first day at your first job. hectic days. sleepless
nights. family. no time for them, suddenly. laughter, music, dance…
friendship. best friend getting married. trying to understand the concept
of marriage.trying to understand the concept of love. falling in
love. falling out of love. falling in love again.
excitement.confusion. feeling invincible. feeling worthless.
the feeling that things couldn't possibly get worse. only to learn that
they do in fact get worse.but only until they get better. making choices,
taking chances, accepting change… The madness of youth!
The journey from a 21-year old to a 30-year old has had shades
of all kinds. As the rest of life will too, undoubtedly. But there is something
about one's first tryst with adulthood which is particularly powerful… a
kind of rawness, a lack of lived experience, no way of truly knowing what lies
at the end of the road one is walking on, a constant seeking in the dark for
the moments where life is full of light.
Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani
is a cocktail of all these encounters and obsessions… It is a story of
the exhilarating and terrifying journey of four characters as they
navigate through their youth; from their carefree laughter as they set off on a
holiday together in their colleges days, until their bittersweet tears as
they watch the first of their bunch get married. It is an effort to somehow
capture the spirit of their lives, wrestle with it and give it to our audience
in a bottle. So that it might make them feel happy and joyful and sad and
nostalgic. And like the characters in the film, it might make them seek for
what it is, in all of the above, that truly gives our lives meaning…
Character
Sketch
Bunny (Ranbir
Kapoor) : Bunny is charming and fun loving, full of spirit and an
indomitable spirit of adventure. He rejects mediocrity and longs to leave his
life at home behind to travel, see the world and embrace the freedom of being unattached.
Passionate and resourceful, we see Bunny grow from a young student full of
unconventional ambitions to a hard working videographer on a travel show, chasing
and concretizing his dreams. He embraces a modern value system and wants to be
answerable to no one but himself.
Naina (Deepika
Padukone) : Naina is a simple, good-natured and extremely focused girl.
Frustrated by the restrictions she needs to put on herself to achieve her
dreams of being a doctor; she impulsively decides to go on a trekking trip to
Manali to give herself a break. Through the film, Naina transforms from the
restricted claustrophobic person she thought she was to a free spirited woman
with a newfound love for herself and comfort within her choices. She is strong
and dependable and stands firmly for rooted family values.
Aditi (Kalki
Koechlin): Brazen, loud and boisterous, Aditi
finds herself constantly pushed into being “one of the boys”. She is deeply
protective to the point of being aggressive towards her two best friends, Avi
and Bunny. Aditi doesn’t care much for appearances or money, but extends her
own brand of warmth to those she respects or likes. She is fiercely loyal and fiery,
almost too ready to fight for what she believes in. Aditi rarely reveals her
softer side but her freely swearing, belligerent persona mellows out over time.
Avi (Aditya Roy
Kapur): Avi is a carefree, happy-go-lucky boy and Bunny’s best friend.
He loves alcohol, cricket and his student life. He enjoys living in the present
moment and doesn’t spend much thought or effort into planning his future. He is
very attached, almost dependent on his best friend, Bunny who he loves deeply.
His lack of a mature worldview stilts him in some ways and he remains largely
stuck in his teenaged universe.
CAST
RANBIR KAPOOR … BUNNY
DEEPIKA PADUKONE … NAINA
KALKI KOECHLIN … ADITI
ADITYA ROY KAPUR … AVI
KUNAAL ROY KAPUR … TARAN
POORNA JAGANNATHAN … RIYANA
NAVEEN KAUSHIK …
SUMER
STORY, SCREENPLAY &
DIRECTION AYAN MUKERJI
PRODUCED BY HIROO YASH JOHAR
& KARAN JOHAR
CO - PRODUCER APOORVA
MEHTA
DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY V. MANIKANDAN
MUSIC PRITAM
LYRICS AMITABH BHATTACHARYA
EXECUTIVE PRODUCER MARIJKE
deSOUZA
PRODUCTION DESIGN AMRITA MAHAL
NAKAI, RAJNISH HEDAO
EDITOR AKIV
ALI
SOUND DESIGN NAKUL
KAMTE
DIALOGUES HUSSAIN
DALAL
COSTUME
DESIGN MANISH MALHOTRA, SAMIDHA WANGNOO
CASTING
DIRECTOR NANDINI SHRIKENT
