Certain
issues
continue
to
make
waves
and
hit
headlines.
Issues
like
the
influx
of
people
from
the
Northern
states
to
Mumbai,
or
the
one
where,
allegedly,
residential
societies
don't
seem
too
keen
to
allot
flats
to
members
of
a
particular
community...
N.
Chandra
encompasses
all
this
and
more
in
Yeh
Mera
India.
The
style
of
narrating
the
stories
is
akin
to
Chash,
while
the
storytelling
is
similar
to
Chandra's
accomplished
works
Ankush
and
Pratighaat
-
two
films
that
made
him
an
iconic
figure
then.
Yeh
Mera
India
Yeh
Mera
India
is
sharp
as
a
blade
and
yes,
it
does
re-open
old
wounds.
The
film
works
in
most
parts
because
you
identify
with
most
stories,
but
how
one
wishes
Chandra
would've
kept
the
length
of
the
movie
in
check.
Final
word?
Yeh
Mera
India
has
its
heart
in
the
right
place.
Here's
a
film
that
pricks
your
conscience
and
makes
you
think.
Recommended!
Yeh
Mera
India
is
an
attempt
to
explore
the
real
stories
behind
the
headlines.
These
stories
deal
with
racial
bias,
communal
bias,
caste
bias,
class
bias,
gender
bias,
lingual
bias
and
immigrant
bias
that
plague
the
society.
It
is
a
story
of
one
day
in
the
life
of
12
people
from
different
strata
of
Mumbai
city,
which
is
a
melting
pot
of
cultures.
N.
Chandra
goes
back
to
his
roots
-
topical,
hard-hitting
themes
-
and
picks
up
stories
that
the
common
man
would
relate
to.
These
stories
are
connected
to
one
another
and
some
of
them
are
disturbing,
which
only
goes
to
prove
that
the
storyteller
has
succeeded
in
drawing
your
attention
to
the
problems.
But
what
dilutes
the
impact
is
the
way
some
of
these
stories
are
culminated
in
the
concluding
reels.
In
real
life,
not
all
stories
have
a
happy
end,
but
in
this
case,
they
do.
Also,
since
Chandra
has
chosen
to
raise
too
many
issues,
it's
sure
to
take
a
toll
on
the
length
of
the
film,
with
each
story
demanding
a
justifiable
ending
and
that
only
makes
the
goings-on
lengthy.
Chandra
is
best
remembered
for
his
first
two
films
[also
TEZAAB]
and
in
Yeh
Mera
India,
the
N.
Chandra
of
yore
is
visible
in
several
sequences.
One
only
wishes
the
production
values
would've
been
superior.
The
film
has
an
ensemble
cast
and
the
actors
infuse
life
in
their
characters.
In
fact,
every
actor
in
Yeh
Mera
India
leaves
a
mark,
but
the
ones
who
stand
out
are
Anupam
Kher,
Parvin
Dabas,
Vijay
Raaz,
Atul
Kulkarni,
Seema
Biswas,
Rajpal
Yadav
and
Smilie
Suri.
On
the
whole,
Yeh
Mera
India
is
a
film
that
grows
on
you.
It's
a
film
that
the
aam
aadmi
would
connect
with.
At
the
box-office,
this
film
should
show
an
escalation
thanks
to
a
strong
word
of
mouth.