Yuva is a rebel student at an engineering college in Mangaluru. He is the leader to all the hostelites and stands against the local boys bullying. This leads to a massive clash, ending with Yuva and the local students getting suspended. Yuva also has a strained relationship with his father who has disowned him. As the clash with the localites intensifies, it is revealed that Yuva is also a budding wrestler who has been banned for 2 years over fake corruption charges. Things get serious when he visits his home in Bengaluru, only to find his father missing and family tormented by loan sharks. The hardships Yuva faces to protect his family and his attempt to search for his father while he too gets a second chance at wrestling, forms rest of the story.
Santhosh Ananddram has written an extremely dull story for the big launch of Yuva Rajkumar. The screenplay jumps from one subplot to another without any smooth flow. It starts off in Mangaluru and the college story doesn't really go anywhere with one fight scene leading to another with 2 songs inserted. The story moves to Bengaluru without giving any closure to the college issue and enters into a melodrama stage for most part of the second half. It doesn't help that Yuva has exactly one expression throughout and doesn't impress at all with his dialogue delivery. Only plus for him is the fight scenes whereas he dances well but gets a forgettable music album for his debut. It was painful to listen to him mouth famous Appu dialogue from Jackie. In the end there is an Appu tribute song too, otherwise Yuva is an extremely forgettable film which only tests the patience of it's viewers. Yuva Rajkumar deserved a better launch vehicle and needs to be more selective with his script while working on his acting skills, if he intends to have a longer career.
