Yuvraaj had all the ingredients of being a superhit - superstar cast, a director with a very good track record, big budget, great music director to compose music, exotic locations, awesome ‘look’ and that extra V and A in the name.

But why does this movie fail. The answer is simple, the formula is ghisa-pita (worn n torn) and outdated. Secondly - bad bad bad script. Ghai brings us again a family melodrama that may have worked in his favor in the 80s and the early 90s but not now. His style and his writing seems to have stagnated.

Subhash Ghai claimed in an interview that his work is heavily inspired from the classics of English literature. That definitely shows in the screenplay, the sets, costumes and the backdrop of the story. But that wouldn’t make up for the story and script Mr. Ghai. Looks like he made the entire movie for himself, as he pleased, as he liked without bothering whether or not it will make sense to the millions who will watch the film.

It would’ve been more appropriate for Subhash Ghai to make this into a silent movie rather than try and have dialogues that would make you hold your head in anguish wondering whats wrong with the dialogue writer or that would make you chuckle unintentionally purely because they sound dumb. Especially the one - “Jo bete ne apne baap ki shakal sapne mein bhi na dekhi ho, woh beta nahin, woh hardcore anti-family man hai.” I mean what the….

Anyway - Coming to performances and star cast. Anil Kapoor is the saving grace who manages to pull off fairly well in a badly written role (although I failed to understand what exactly was his medical problem). Zayed Khan had a stereotypical role whose acting abilities were just about enough to sail through. Katrina Kaif, looks pretty as she is expected to, she still needs to work hard on her expressions and ofcourse her Hindi. Salman Khan, needs a nice wig or a change of hairstyle - his performance is as inconsistent as his look throughout the film. He needs a crash course on acting and Zayed needs much more.

All you can watch this movie is for the pure spectacle it provides… really beautiful to watch but painful to hear and understand.