KCWRF and DLB Films Pvt. Ltd.’s Yeh Hai India (UA) is, as the title suggests, all about India.
Micky (Gavie Chahal) grows up in London because his father, Vishwanath (Ajit Shidhaye), has left India long ago. Micky loves India. Micky’s girlfriend in London, Jenny (Deana Uppal), also likes India.
Micky comes to India one day and stays with his friend, Pandit (Ashutosh Kaushik), in Rajasthan. Jenny joins Micky in India for a few days and then returns to London.
In India, Yashwardhan (Lomharsh), who is the son of the tourism minister (Mohan Joshi), indulges in illegal activities. Since Micky is a conscientious man, Yashwardhan can’t see eye to eye with him because Micky exposes Yashwardhan’s illegal acts. Incidentally, Micky is interviewed by Neha (Antara Banerjee), girlfriend of Pandit, in the television news channel she works for. Before that, she has made Micky a hero of sorts by highlighting his noble deeds on her channel. Frustrated, Yashwardhan gets his father to have Micky arrested. Vishwanath flies in from London and has Micky released on bail.
Meanwhile, the prime minister of India (Mohan Agashe) announces Micky’s name as the candidate who’d participate in the ensuing Global Peace Summit, to be held in India. Unfortunately, Pandit is killed by someone. Nevertheless, Micky participates in the Summit and talks about India’s rich culture.
Lomharsh’s story is not interesting or engaging from any angle. The first half is somewhat okay but the post-interval portion is very weak. It is not explained who has killed Pandit and why. Lomharsh’s screenplay is below the mark as it fails to involve the audience in the proceedings. The viewers are unable to fathom what the drama seeks to convey. Lomharsh’s dialogues are routine.
Gavie Chahal fails to impress as Micky. Ashutosh Kaushik is dull in the role of Pandit. Deana Uppal is okay in a brief role as Jenny. Antara Banerjee does a fair job as Neha. Lomharsh is average in the role of Yashwardhan. Mohan Joshi does quite well as the tourism minister. Mohan Agashe is okay as the prime minister of India. Ajit Shidhaye (as Micky’s father, Vishwanath), Bostock (as Jenny’s father, Smith), Surendra Pal (as Pandit’s grandfather), Bikramjeet Kanwarpal (as the interrogation officer), Mahesh Sharma (as Ramu Kaka, Micky’s caretaker in London) and the rest provide routine support.
Lomharsh’s direction is below the mark. Music (Tapesh Panwar and Raja Hasan) is uninspiring. Lyrics (Rajesh Manthan, Tapesh Panwar and Rafiq Sagar) are functional. M. Sudhakar’s choreography hardly deserves mention. Aslam Keyi’s background music is alright. Camerawork (Balaji Rangha) is so-so. Vinay Pal’s editing leaves something to be desired.
On the whole, Yeh Hai India is a weak fare.
Released on 24-5-’19 at Movie Star (daily 1 show) and other cinemas of Bombay thru Reet Films. Publicity & opening: dull. …….Also released all over.