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10 January 2014Hindi145 min

Yaariyan

3.418 reviews
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Bayesian avg · 18 critic reviews

7.5+ Exceptional · 6.5 Recommended · 5.0 Mixed

3.73 ratings
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User Score · avg of 3 ratings

8.0+ Exceptional · 7.0 Recommended · 5.5 Mixed

Yaariyan is a Bollywood college-based romance adventure film directed by Divya Khosla Kumar. This is a contemporary young film that takes audiences through the trials and tribulations of the best years of their life.

Critic Consensus

Critical reception for Yaariyan is overwhelmingly negative, with the majority of reviewers advising audiences to avoid the film entirely. The most consistent praise across reviews is reserved for the film's music and songs, with several critics acknowledging the soundtrack as infectious or hummable despite dismissing everything else. Common criticisms include weak screenplay, artificial performances, underdeveloped and incoherent storytelling, and a general sense that the film lacks depth and intelligence. A handful of critics conceded limited appeal for a young audience drawn specifically to the music.

18 reviews · 2 positive · 3 mixed · 11 negative

Praised: Infectious, hummable musical scoreCriticised: Weak screenplay and performances

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Critic Reviews (18)

Shubhra GuptaTop Critic· Indian Express
3.0
"They should have just compiled the songs, a couple of them hummable, in a CD, instead."
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Anupama ChopraTop Critic· Hindustan Times
2.0
"Its stuffed with banal but infectious songs that lodge themselves in your head like Yo! Yo! Honey Singh's aaj blue hai pani pani. But everything else in this film is a train-wreck."
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Taran Adarsh· Bollywood Hungama
8.0
"...has a gripping second half, smash hit musical score and the youthful romance that should lure and entice its target audience -- the youth. A treat for youngsters and young at heart!"
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Madhureeta Mukherjee· Times Of India
6.0
"'Yaariyan' is nothing to gush about, but the teenies can watch this one for a lark...and some yo-yo beats!"
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4.0
"Strictly for those who want to enjoy the songs on the big screen, the rest can go revisit Jo Jeeta Wohi Sikander the best college campus film of all time!"
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Daily Bhaskar· Dainik Bhaskar
4.0
"Only for the teenagers and college goers who believe in unbelievable. 'NO' to everyone else."
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Rohit Vats· IBNLive
4.0
"The film lacks a strong conflict line. The whole racial thing in Australia emerges as the most touching part of 'Yaariyan'."
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2.0
"A self-indulgent, dumb movie, intolerable from the word go. The only bright point in this otherwise forgettable experience is this actress, Rakul Preet Singh. Hopefully we'll get to watch more of her in some other film but you certainly need to avoid this one."
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Meeta Kabra· Wogma
2.0
"Very rarely, do I say this about a film, but this once I have to - there go two and a half hours of my life."
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Sachin Chatte· The Navhind Times
2.0
"The story is regressive, silly and just about everything in the film looks fake, including the acting. The only one I felt sorry for was Deepti Naval. Surely, she deserves better than this. And so do we."
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"Yaariyan talks about a whole lot of other things – friendship, trust, patriotism, race attacks and tolerance – but makes no sense at all. It would make perfect sense to give this film a miss."
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Mansha Rastogi· NowRunning
2.0
"With no plot, horrid screenplay and horrendous performances, Yaariyan, in short, is the example that movie-making is not everybody's business. Stay away"
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1.0
"... no brownie points for making a film like this. Yaariyan with its synthetic characters and artificial emotion has the depth and intelligence of a seedy music video. Steer clear!"
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Saurabh Dwivedi· India Today
1.0
"Lots of action, lost of attempt to create drama, and not-so-great dialogues take over the movie. Avoid watching the film."
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Paloma Sharma· Rediff
1.0
"Yaariyan may be targeted at a young audience but every single teenager who chooses to watch it will be insulting their own intelligence."
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Mohar Basu· KoiMoi
0.0
"It would be an understatement to say such a disastrous film wasn't made in a long long time and Yaariyan now ranks amongst one of those odd films that hit every Friday and move by without anyone noticing them."
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Komal Nahta· KomalsReview
"...has ordi­nary entertainment value but its super-hit music is its trump card. The film will, therefore, appeal to the youth and prove to be a plus fare. Its superb opening is a big plus point."
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JPN· Jagran
"Being a small budget movie, the movie features new faces. Though it doesn't have big star cast or lavish locations, Yaariyan has a fresh story. The story takes few twists and turns that are too filmy to believe. Whatever the flaws the move has, it gives a very fresh feeling."
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Cast & Crew

Details

Release Date
10 January 2014
Runtime
145 min
Language
Hindi
Genre
Romance

User Ratings & Reviews

Users3.73 ratings

3 ratings from the community

Community Reviews (1)

ALMay 2016

WTF was that? Thank God i'm still alive over here. Those 145 minutes were a total waste!! I horribly regret the 68 bucks I paid for nonsense. The story was clichéd, phony and nonsensical. The new actors are pretty annoying -- even Uday Chopra seems Oscar- worthy in front of them. Deepti Naval was the plus point. Cinematography + Direction + Choreography + Script = belch!! My neighbor walked away halfway out of annoyance. I too wanted to do that but I had a tasty tub of cheese popcorn to hog up. It kinda kept me engrossed. The only good thing about the movie is the soundtrack! One of the worst movie I ever seen in my life. A total wastage of time n 700 mb data Don't dare to go to cinemas.

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