Some amount of work has gone into making ‘Youngistaan’ somewhat believable as a film about a young man who is propelled into the nation’s highest political seat, not because he wants to but because he is not given an option. Sounds familiar? Many familiar events and political figures pop up, lightly fictionalised, in this story, which gives us a young leader with ideas on harnessing youth power. And how he goes from being a total greenhorn into a smart ‘neta’ who learns how to catch the pulse of a tumultuous, pulsating, on-the- verge-of-polls-India The fact that the Lok Sabha elections are around the corner in real India is smart timing. And attempts have been made to include... |