Yuvah (2009) at Online|Talkies

Yuvah” is young Narendra Babu’s third directorial venture after the reasonably well-made romantic films “Oh Gulaabiye” and “Pallakki”.But this time the director has taken a different route in making a full-on action flick using the finest technical talents from Bollywood and the south film industry.”Yuvah” has much gloss and glitter, but the story lacks soul.”Yuvah” has some exceptional action and chasing sequences by Bollywood fight masters Yagna Shetty and top southern fight choreographer ‘Thriller’ Manju.And some of the dance sequences choreographed by Saroj Khan and Akbar Khan are brilliant and eye-catching.

The film revolves around Jeeva, a Black Belt in karate, who has to take up the responsibility of his family because he has an irresponsible father.His helpful nature and good behaviour attracts him to his classmate Sree.During one of his outings with Sree, Jeeva accidentally hits a big don Jayaraj, who gets killed. But Jayaraj’s gang members suspect another rival gang member and kill him.Sree takes Jeeva to her father Annaji, who is also a big don. Anna, who is tracking Jeeva’s movements, then gives him a gun for protection.

Meanwhile, Jayaraj’s elder brother Dhoni, who has a running feud with Anna, learns that Jeeva had killed his brother.An enraged Dhoni also comes to know that Jeeva is in love with Anna’s daughter. So he wants to kill Jeeva and settle scores with Anna.And as in most masala movies, the hero wins his final combat with Dhoni.

The great song compositions by Guru Kiran and good camera work make the film attractive.The director has chosen perfect outdoor locations to film the action sequences. Despite its fast-paced movement, “Yuvah” goes down by a few notches because of the weak screenplay. Surprising because director Babu had proved to be different from other filmmakers in his previous films.The story of “Yuvah” have been retold many times over and it looks as though the screenplay is a montage of several sequences seen earlier.