The dialogues: Be it “kabhi-kabhi kuch baatien hamari yaadon ki khidkiyaan khol jaati hain...” or “do log teen shabd bhi nahin sambhaal paate”, the dialogues are awesome. You can feel the pain when Deepika says “mujhe tumse pyaar ho jaayega…phir se… aur tumhe nahin hoga…phir se”.

The friendship: The easy friendship between Bunny, Avi and Aditi was a treat to watch. You feel like you are missing out on so much of fun. The way Bunny tries to irritate Aditi and wakes her up by putting the television on full volume and singing Jumma chumma de de and is later joined by Avi. It’s surprising when Naina fills in when they forget a few lines of the song. It reminds you of many fun-filled moments spent with your friends and leaves you with a happy feeling.

The jealous Bunny: The jealous Bunny is fun to watch. Bunny brings drinks to share with Naina and is upset to see Vikram (Rana Daggubati), Naina’s friend, there. He asks him to leave and lies that he is her boyfriend (very possessively). And then he tells her that “mujhe laga ki tum daaru sirf mere saath peeti ho”… awww!

The crying Bunny: Ranbir looks SO CUTE with his pink nose when he cries.

The chemistry between Ranbir and Deepika: It could put many real-life couples to shame. You can see the sparks flying and if it is not for real, they are superb actors. The kisses and hugs shared between them seem so real. When Ranbir hugs Deepika after she turns down his proposal and he asks her not to break the hug and stay there for five minutes and she refuses but later he tries to bargain for five seconds — it’s a total awww... moment.

Deepika Padukone: After Cocktail, yet another superb performance from Deepika. In the first half she convinces you as the studious, obedient girl only to become a sexy doctor in the second half. It’s a laugh-out-loud moment when she asks Ranbir to see what the ladke walas are preparing for the dance and he says he doesn’t cheat and she promptly replies “Abbe dhongi, tu cheating nahin karta toh ab tak fourth standard mein hota”.

The music: The songs play the third lead in the film. Badtameez dil and Balam pichkari are clear winners. You might not get up and start dancing although you want to, but these songs make you do a little jig while sitting. Even the slow numbers Ilahi and Kabira are soul soothing.

The Rooh Afza: You can easily relate to the film. The film’s about friendship, love and dreams. It tells you to follow your heart. And yes, I hate Rooh Afza just like Bunny.

Shweta Keshri

The lead pair and their chemistry: “Badtameez” Ranbir, loafer Ranbir, dreamy Ranbir, ambitious Ranbir, bohemian Ranbir, intense Ranbir, sad Ranbir, romantic Ranbir, bearded Ranbir, clean-shaven Ranbir — he was stuff that dreams are made of in YJHD. Adorable. Period. And yet, Deepika stole the show, outshining everyone, including Ranbir, whether as the bespectacled “scholar Naina” or in her sexy turn in the very sexy sari in Badtameez dil. She had the most convincing girl-next-door act; she could have been any of us. Her chemistry with her ex-beau was so top-notch that we crave to see them back together.

Oh-so-relatable: From the clothes, to the situations, to the characters and their aspirations, the friendship and even the kisses shared by Ranbir and Deepika — it all felt REAL.

The gags: Calling Aditi “mere cheetey, mere sher” or calling her fiance “bhabhi”, Aditi referring to Ranbir and Aditya Roy Kapur as Karan-Arjun left us ROFL!

The songs: We don’t remember the last time we wanted to get up and dance to songs in a packed movie hall. Badtameez dil and Balam pichkari made me want to. I managed to restrict myself to a chair jig.

Mohini: Last but in no way the least is Madhuri Dixit. It was full paisa wasool as soon as she did her matkas in Ghagra. That the rest of the film was great was a very, very nice bonus.

Chandreyee Chatterjee

It’s real! The movie is very believable. From friends going on trips to having a silent crush on your closest male friend to getting over it and moving on... to friendships falling apart due to lack of communication, it was all SO real.

The kiss: The tender, short and I-need-you kiss was extremely ‘aww’. The message was simple — a simple kiss can be very, very romantic. Also, following the kiss, Ranbir casually pecks Deepika twice — again, making no fuss about kissing. In sync with the first point, very natural and very real.

Ranbir, Ranbir, Ranbir and Deepika: <Drools>. Both of them being my favourite Bolly pair, I couldn’t take my eyes off them. My heart popped into my mouth whenever there was a close shot of the duo. The flirty way in which their eyes spoke to each other was simply oh-so-brimming-with-love! His dreamy eyes, her dimple — so complemented each other <happy sighs>. The scene where Naina says “Tum samajhte kyun nahin ke main do minute aur rahi toh mujhe tumse pyaar ho jayega…. Phir se.. aur tumhe nahin hoga phir se”. The teary-eyed Naina’s and the bewildered Bunny’s expressions were the ultimate moments of love and realisation in the movie.

The dialogues: Funny and direct. Whether it was Naina’s confession of her feelings or Bunny feeling jealous and addressing Naina as his ‘girlfriend’ or Avi blatantly saying he and Bunny are no longer friends were very direct and straight. No beating around the bush, no melodrama.

The music: Kabira, Badtameez dil and not to forget Ranbir’s favourite track Ilahi from the movie were outstanding. It’s very hard not to fall for the foot-tapping numbers.

The fashion: I LOVED Deepika’s look. The first half of was very natural and doable. Printed dresses, paired with a shrug/jacket with boots. Oh-so-young! The second half was more about an elaborate traditional look. Loved her in the sari in Badtameez dil, the deep cut yet simple kurti teamed with patialas and not to forget the itsy-bitsy one shoulder lehnga choli (worn during Aditi’s mehndi) which was HOT!

Pramita Ghosh

Ranbir Kapoor with a beard: When Bunny goes abroad to become a photographer, he wears more than a sexy stubble — a beautiful beard! While this is one look of his we haven’t seen after Rockstar, it has a deeper meaning — his growth from boy to man as he chases and lives his dreams.

A ‘real’ movie: The ending may be filmi but the wheel on which the movie turns is practical. Balancing career and family is something that every man battles.

The dialogues: “Hum dono galat nahin hain, bus bahut alag hain” — the feeling is universal. Or, “Main waqt guzarta hua dekh raha hoon,” when Ranbir stands on the deck in Amsterdam. Or something as profound as “Do log teen shabd bhi nahin sambhaal paate” from Deepika after RK tells her, “I love you”.

One thing you hate: That you haven’t watched it yet or done a repeat!

Karo Christine Kumar

The humour: The film had some genuinely laugh-out-loud moments, not just typical Bolly slapstick. My best was when Ranbir spies on the groom’s party on Deepika’s instructions and seeing Kunal Roy Kapur trying to dance, says “Arey yeh to bhabhi hai”. Another gem was Kalki telling Ranbir and Aditya Roy Kapur, “Karan, Arjun… ab galey milo.”

The control: Hindi movies tend to get very “Mere paas ma hai”… meaning OTT dramatic. But YJHD was delightfully controlled, with even scenes like Ranbir and Aditya’s fight not unspooling into a slugfest or Kalki telling Ranbir why she’s marrying Kunal not getting soppy. It’s a movie about jawaani that’s oh-so-mature!

The kiss: Some lines in life don’t need a reply. When Deepika tells Ranbir that she can’t spend any more time with him because she will fall in love with him… again, and he won’t… again, he closes the distance between them and seals the moment with a tender kiss — one of the most romantic moments in Bolly. Ever.

Samhita Chakraborty

The Ranbir Kapoor-Deepika Padukone chemistry: Sizzling hot! The ex-lovers seem to have taken the challenge head-on — make it look as real as possible, break ke baad. The Kapoor beta had told t2 that the constant chatter about him working with ex-flame Deepika does “bug” him, but both handled the pressure really well in Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani. You go in expecting some awkward moments, an underlying tension, but these two young stars show what being truly professional means. Ranbir had told us “handsome is what handsome does”. We say, a professional is what a professional does.

From the time a bespectacled Naina meets Bunny at the station and they share their own DDLJ train-chhoot-jaigi moment till the end credits roll, with Naina snug in Bunny’s arms, it is their chemistry that makes YJHD. Director Ayan Mukerji packs in many a meeting-the-eye moments with Bunny and Naina speaking a thousand words with their eyes, like the scene with which Balam pichkari comes to an end — the two in Holi revelry stop to look into each other’s eyes. And then Deepika looks away. Uff!

And the KISS. Though this is not the first time they’ve kissed each other on screen, the YJHD kiss is special. And not just because it is between two ex-lovers, but because you realise that moment probably changes Bunny’s life. This time Bunny does fall in love with Naina and it’s for keeps.

Ceetee! Taali!

Deepika Padukone: She is a revelation. YJHD is Deepika Padukone’s film. Finally, the Bangalore beauty is doing much, much more than just shaking her booty. Yes, she does look hot too, but that is not the only talking point when it comes to Deepi and YJDH. Her tale of transformation from ‘scholar Naina’ to a living-in-the-moment Naina touches your heart. She makes you realise that there is a carefree spirit in all of us, waiting to be unchained.

Naina lets Bunny go. And she doesn’t hold a grudge against him. When he comes back, she falls in love again, almost hopelessly, only to hold back in time. An awkward Naina in the first few scenes, her first real moment of letting loose when she blurts out “Tu boli thi” from Jumma chumma, a full-of-life Naina in Balam pichkari and an in-command Naina who has her way, be it enjoying the sunset or making Bunny stay back… Deepika becomes Naina.

Farooque Sheikh: There is so much debate about screen time. Here is one actor who shows that screen time is irrelevant, screen impact is what matters. The old-timers’ lover boy next door, Farooque Sheikh makes you cry in the flashback scene where he asks son Bunny, “So, you can actually cancel your US trip for me?”

Saionee Chakraborty