Yaariyan

<p>Living on a university campus in , , Lakshya is the son of a martyred army officer who does not appreciate his father’s sacrifice for the nation. Lakshya, Jiya – a college bombshell, Saloni – a geek, Pardy – a drummer, and Neil – a biker, are five close friends who are exploring the best moments of their lives in college, experiencing different relationships as they lead an aimless life. Lakshya and his girlfriend, Jenny, try to kiss in the library but get interrupted by Pardy and caught by the principal. Soon, at a function Lakshya and Jenny again try to get intimate with Jiya taking on her role for the function but things go awry when Jiya gets stripped from her saree in her undergarments in front of the audience and Lakshya and Jenny hang from a rope above. Jenny then dumps Lakshya. They come across a challenge when an Australian businessman buys the college campus and plans to build a casino instead but is ready to lease out the land to the college for 100 years only if they are able to defeat a team of Australian students in a five-round competition. The principal chooses the five students to take part in the challenge. For the first three rounds they are sent to Australia where Lakshya meets his best friend and cousin Debu. He also meets Jannet, an Australian student, who falls in love with, and when the teams are spend time together at beach, Lakshya and Jannet make out. During the first round of rock concert, the Australian band steals Lakshya and his band’s song, and on protest they brutally beat Debu. While Debu is rushed to hospital, Lakshya and the band perform a Hindi song, eventually losing the first round. Saloni then wins the second round which is a chess competition. Unable to recover from his injuries, Debu succumbs in the hospital. Disturbed by his death, Saloni and Neil lose the third round of bike race, giving Australia a 2–1 lead. The competition is then shifted to India with the final two rounds to go. Lakshya discovers that Neil was the traitor who gave their song to the Australian band and intentionally lost the bike race to obtain an Australian visa as promised by the Australian team member. Meanwhile practicing for the next three rounds, Lakshya falls in love with Saloni after helping her get back at Jenny for bullying Saloni. Saloni wants tell everyone that they are in love, however, Lakshya refuses as he doesn’t want Jannet to figure out their relationship. On the day of Holi, Lakshya and Jannet make out again. However, they get interrupted as Neil is recording them. After Holi, Jannet express her love for Lakshya, but, Lakshya realizes he loves Saloni who figures out about him and Jannet. Despite Lakshya’s attempts of making her forgive him, Saloni tries to get back at him. As Saloni tries to kiss another man in public, Lakshya comes in, kisses Saloni and expresses his love in front of everybody. Lakshya figures out about Neil helping the Australians as he gave them the song that they were supposed to sing. Neil plans to lose the bike race but Lakshya makes him think that the Australians are double crossing him. Neil realizes his fault and decides to win the race, but fatefully falls from stairs breaking his leg. Lakshya takes his place and beats Australia in round four, leading to a tie between both teams. In the final round of rock climbing, a team member of both teams has to collect his respective country’s flag from the hilltop and race back to the college in order to win the competition. After crossing all the hurdles, Lakshya manages to win the race and the college celebrates their victory. The story ends with Lakshya and Saloni, Jiya and Pardy getting together while Neil repents his deeds. Lakshya and Jannet decide to be just friends. Lakshya’s mom gives him his dad’s sunglasses. Lakshya realizes the importance of sacrifice for the world. At the end, Lakshya and Saloni kiss but Lakshya is again distracted as his sight goes to another girl standing there. Early 2011, Bhushan Kumar announced making a film in college romance genre and that Divya Khosla Kumar would be the director. And first choice for the female leads was offered to , and with the title .. Soon, an announcement was released that the cast of the film will include newcomers and as well as and . The title of the movie was registered with . The production budget of film is (US$1.3 million). The shoot began in followed by shoots in and . In , the movie was shot in . The film was also partially shot in Cape Town. Song Sunny Sunny was shot in the area of Cape Town. The film received generally negative reviews. Saibal Chatterjee for Movies gave the film 1 star out of 5, stating that “makes no sense at all”. Paloma Sharma for gave the film 0.5 out of 5 stars and wrote: “Yaariyan may be targeted at a young audience but every single teenager who chooses to watch it will be insulting their own intelligence”. Mohar Basu for gave the film 0 stars out of 5 stating that “there is no valid reason for you to watch Divya Khosla Kumar’s . It is dull, boring, pathetic and doesn’t seem to get over it”. Madhureeta Mukherjee from gave the film 2 stars out of 5. She stated that ” is nothing to gush about, but the teenies can watch this one for a lark…and some yo-yo beats!”. Taran Adarsh for gave the film 4 stars out of 5 and stated that is “A treat for youngsters and young at heart”. “On the whole, has a gripping second half, smash hit musical score and the youthful romance that should lure and entice its target audience.”. Tushar Joshi for praised the music of the film, and gave the film 2 stars out of 5 stating that the film is “strictly for those who want to enjoy the songs on the big screen”. Yaariyan had a good first weekend of around Rs 150 million nett Yaariyan grossed around Rs 25.0 million nett on first Monday taking its four-day total to 190 million nett. Yaariyan had the same figure as Monday as it collected 25.0 million nett taking its five-day total to Rs 215.0 million nett Yaariyan collected around 27.5 million nett in second weekend. Made on a budget of 100 million. It collected 420 million. Yaariyan was screened in the UAE and had a limited release. The soundtrack for the film was composed by . There is also a special number by titled . rendered tracks for this film as well. also composed a track. Audio album of the movie was released on 3 December 2013 through . A stand alone sequel, titled and released on 20 October 2023 under and Vinay Sapru’s direction, is a featuring , , , , , and .</p>