- By Swati Singh
- Wed, 31 May 2023 11:44 AM (IST)
- Source:JND
Ranbir Kapoor, Deepika Padukone, Aditya Roy Kapur and Kalki Koechlin starrer Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani completed 10 years of its release on Wednesday. Produced by Karan Johar and helmed by Ayan Mukerji, the film was released in 2013 and was declared a blockbuster. The non-linear back-and-forth format and the point-of-view narration by Padukone's Naina make the movie sympathetic and immediately hit a nerve. YJHD has a lot of replay potential because of the way the story develops while showcasing some sweet, simple moments.
As YJHD completes 10 years, filmmaker Ayan Mukerji headed to his Instagram handle and shared an emotional note, revealing that he has never watched the movie from beginning to end.
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Ayan wrote in the caption, "I think after all these years, I can confidently say that…Making this movie was one of the greatest joys of my life! And what we achieved with it – with all its perfections and imperfections – is a source of great eternal pride for me! Strangely, I don’t think I’ve ever seen Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani fully from beginning to end, since the day it released …(Always pushing towards the next milestone, and not looking back enough…!)"
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He further noted, "In the recent months, I have often had people recognise me and come up to me… and I’m thinking they will say something about Brahmāstra, and then they started talking about YJHD!"
Mukerji further shared the director's note, which read, "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."
Kalki Koechlin also marked the special day as she headed to her Instagram handle and shared a heartfelt note. She wrote, "How we’ve all grown and learnt since then and yet some things I can’t imagine any different, like @deepikapadukone will always be teaching us a dance step we can’t follow, @adityaroykapur will always be our big Lebowski, Ranbir will always play a prank that makes us squeal and @ayan_mukerji will always ask us uncomfortably personal questions that lead to the best conversations loved the memories we collected here, happy 10 years guys."
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