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There were at least two moments in the movie where I had goosebumps. Without giving away any spoiler, the commonality in those two moments was the combination of a terrific performance heralded to another level by a soundtrack that speaks for the film. Needless to say, a lot of  credit goes to the makers - the director and the writers for creating such moment(s).  Raanjhana is pushed from good to great because of the acting, writing and music. In what is a complete relief, the characters don't fall prey to Bollywood climax identity crisis which I held as a tragic weakness of yeh jawani.. Here are it's merits in random order:  The performance of the protagonist- Dhanush, after Ranveer Singh, is a great example that Bollywood does once in a while, look beyond looks and give rank outsiders so much as a "chance". To dhanush's favor is his body of work, kolaveri fame (and of course the rajnikant connection). But unlike Ranveer, Dhanush can boast of no si...

You may identify with this: the cricket team you supported needed 36 runs to win in the last over. A very capable batsman was on strike. The first 5 balls went for sixes and on the last ball he hits a  desperate  shot and loses the wicket . There is not as much disappointment as there is sheer sympathy that a team tried so hard, was so close to victory, and yet somehow just missed the mark! You will remember it as a great match which they sadly didn't manage to win. Well that's how I feel after watching Y eh J awani H ai D eewani . A film that is almost flawless and yet missing there is something missing and it falls short of being a great modern love story..  No. There is nothing unacceptable about a predictable end. Rarely does a love story end in a tragedy - at least in mainstream Bollywood. Be it DDLJ , J ab W e M et or the more recent Cocktail , were we really surprised the movies ended the way they did ?  It was always the process that made it a g...