India, July 22 -- Mohit Suri's Saiyaara has become a rage at the box office. The musical romance, which was released on July 18, has already broken records, becoming the biggest box-office debut for a film headlined by newcomers. It is an astonishing feat, truly unprecedented in a year when Bollywood seems to have lost its way in the middle of big-budget tentpole movies headlined by big stars. Saiyaara has none of that- it is a traditional romantic film led by fresh faces, Ahaan Panday and Aneet Padda. So the success of the film is a clutter-breaker, and certainly a wake-up call for the industry to sit back carefully and take a closer look.

So what makes this Yash Raj Films production stand out? Let's take a deep dive. Saiyaara is a film...