Setters

We have seen plenty of films based on Scams having multiple stories included, and getting slightly away from the main content. Only few of them were stucked to the content and there also screenplay had some extra filmy material. Setters doesn't have it, not a rare case but one of the rare. Setters is a straight forward take on trending issue of setting it in Government Competitive exams and therefore much needed subject finds it's way on the silver screen. It lacks the top class film-making but is surely a decent and watchable attempt.

Having many twists and turnarounds, the script should not be revealed to spoil the fun but a brief can be told as, it's a tom and jerry stuff between Setters and Cops. Shreyas Talpade plays a negative character Apurva and the characterisation by the writer is smartly done job. Aftab Shivdasani is honest as honest cop Aditya. Others such as Pavan Malhotra, Vijay Raaz, Sonnalli Seygall, Jameel Khan, Ishita Dutt and rest of the cast members are composed and discliplined to thier characters. Setters has some good writing skills and the screenplay is well planned, not well executed though. Kartootien is the only song in the film and that is not useless. When most of the useless songs spoils the tempo in thriller films, this one is that rare situational theme song which doesn't scramble the content. Ashwini Chaudhary as director handled the subject sensibily but he lacked that wow moments from the writer itself. Will it be fair to blame him then? At least he didn't walk on a commercial film-making path, must thank him for that.

Government Competitive exams are deathless and so does the scams are ageless, it will just get better day by day as the technology is never ending. So the film-making on it must be updated, we might have to cross the boundaries of limited vision in coming days but for now just be happy with a decent attempt. Setters, overall is a well planned watchable thriller and a straight forward pinch on a realistic subject without losing time in typical filmy masala.

RATING- 5/10*

I don't generally see Bollywood crap and more so when they don't hit the limelights. But I saw this flick on TV and was instantly connected to it. Why I am forced to write this review is because most people think that the film setters or cheat India are based on unrealistic events. Even a fool of critic Taran A. said that it's just not possible in a state like India for things to happen like this. As far as story is concerned I can assure you that setting happens not only in government exams but in others too...takes place as has been shown and the film is very close to real representation of events,people and conclusions. I can say this because I have seen this. Second, aftab has acted superbly in this movie. Totally justified the role which he plays. Looks good as a police man but alas his fate...his good acting comes out in an average flick. Direction...could have been much better given the good actors they had in their cast. Overall I would say it can be watched at least once as a biography or narration based movie to see the chain of events. Shreyas talpade looks exactly as a setter would look like.

The film follows the cat and mouse game between friends-turned-enemy.

Cop Aditya (Aftab Shivdasani) and a 'setter' Apurva (Shreyas Talpade), who heads exam leaking activities in north India.

Director Ashwini Chaudhary focusses on the cop and criminal chase more than the scams that occur in our educational system.

The film hopes to recreate the tension you witnessed in films like Special 26 or Baby. Unfortunately, it fails.

Shot across Jaipur, Varanasi and Delhi, Setters captures the smells and sounds of our cities and towns well. But What doesn't work is the film's inability to evoke tension.

A thriller tht falls flat and thus feels never ending.

Solid writing would have saved the film that has potential to be gripping....but fails.

It leaves a BORN !!! mark on ""falsified education system in INDIA"". Movie was well-written-excecuted-perfomed as well.. Overall situations were completely unable to guess, what happens next..

This kind of movies are next cinema, for not wasting my time.. (main police guy and beard culprit who ran away to nepal lol)

Waiting for part 2.. (make sure not to change characters, adding any facny tom/dick/harry) Era of true voters always make flourish righteous movies.

Good Luck Guys, I really enjoyed it with kids on age of 14-19.

The concept of the movie is good however, the execution was not upto the mark.