Yaariyan

Living in a university campus set in Sikkim, Lakshya (Himansh Kohli) is the son of a martyred army officer but does not appreciate his fathers sacrifice for the nation. Lakshya, Jiya (Nicole Faria) - a college bombshell, Saloni (Rakul Preet Singh) - 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 yet living an aimless life. They come across a challenge when their college land has been bought by an Australian businessman who plans to build a casino instead but is ready to lease out the land to the college for 100 years only if theyre able to defeat a team of Australian students in a five-round competition.For the first three rounds they are sent to Australia where Lakshya meets his best friend and cousin Debu. During the first round of rock concert, the Australian band steals Lakshya and his bands 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 to death 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 two more rounds to go.

Lakshya discovers that Neil was the traitor who gave their song to the Australian band and intentionally lost the bike race motivated by a greed of getting an Australian emigration as promised by an Australian team member. Neil is now planning to lose the cycle race as well, but in order to fail his plan, Lakshya befriends Jannet (Evelyn Sharma) and makes Neil believe 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 countrys flag from the hill top and race back to 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.The film received mixed reviews. Madhureeta Mukherjee from The Times of India gave the movie 3 stars stating Divyas debut film Yaariyan is mounted on a large canvas with impressive production value. Prithvi KC of Vellore Times has stated that the movie wasnt up to the hype created.

Saibal Chatterjee for NDTV Movies gave the film 1 star out of 5, stating that Yaariyan makes no sense at all. Paloma Sharma for Rediff gave the movie 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. Madhureeta Mukherjee from Times of India gave the film 2 stars out of 5. She stated that Yaariyan is nothing to gush about, but the teenies can watch this one for a lark.

and some yo-yo beats!. Taran Adarsh for Bollywood Hungama gave the film 4 stars out of 5 and stated that Yaariyan is A treat for youngsters and young at heart. On the whole, Yaariyan has a gripping second half, smash hit musical score and the youthful romance that should lure and entice its target audience. Tushar Joshi for DNA India 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. Mohar Basu for Koimoi gave the film 0 stars out of 5 stating that there is no valid reason for you to watch Divya Khosla Kumar's Yaariyan.

It is dull, boring, pathetic and doesn't seem to get over it.