Yuva (2004) on Netflix
NR20042h 41mActionDramaThriller
Student leader Michael Mukherjee fights political meddling in college elections. Lallan Singh becomes a hit-man for a politician, while Arjun Balachandran dreams of America. A bridge ties them.
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- IMDb7.3/109,861 votes
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Plot summary
Three men live in Kolkata. Lallan Singh, a migrant from Bihar, is left on his own when his brother Gopal Singh goes away. He marries Shashi Biswas, takes a job guarding a printing press, and drifts into crime. Gopal later draws him into the pay of a powerful politician. Michael Mukherjee is a student leader who wants politicians kept out of college elections, with his friends Vishnu and Trilok beside him, and he loves his neighbor Radhika. Arjun Balachandran, the carefree son of an IAS officer, plans to move to the United States and falls for Meera after meeting her at a dance club. One morning, all three are on the same bridge in Kolkata.
Cast
- Karthik Kumaras Vishnu
Did you know?!Facts and trivia about Yuva (2004)
Can contain spoilers, watch the movie first.
- Hrithik Roshan was initially offered the role of Lallan Singh in Mani Ratnam's Yuva, but the part went to Abhishek Bachchan instead.
- Because parts of Yuva were shot in Chennai, the production painted Ambassador cars yellow so they would look like the yellow taxis of Kolkata.
- Abhishek Bachchan's performance as the enforcer Lallan Singh won him the Stardust Award for Actor of the Year – Male and was called a breakthrough for him.
