Why Cheat India

I saw this in a theatre with my teenage son who wants to do Engineering. Since this film is focussed on the subject of education n the pressure surrounding it, I am glad I saw this with my son. The film is enlightening n entertaining. Hashmi's acting is praiseworthy. Here, he looked n acted very sober n intelligent compared to his previous glamourous roles. He is famous for two things, songs n smooches n this film does have both of em but very mildly. Hashmi shud be commended to do a movie like this which is so opposite to the regular Bollywood trash, minus the item songs (which is Hashmi's forte), minus the awful gravity defying action sequences, minus the ridiculous six pack abs, etc. Inspite of the budget, the film is very well made. The end speech in the courtroom did make some sense regarding the deserving candidate n the twist was kinda good. This film is anyday better than the awful Simmba.

Why Cheat India review :

From smooching his female co-stars in erotic thrillers to now fixing post graduate exams, Emraan Hashmi has come a long way. His acting has tremendously improved with time and so has his choice of picking scripts. No more Murders and Zehers for him, thank you!!

At concept level, Why Cheat India offers an interesting perspective in to the widely perpetuated exam scams across India. Unfortunately, it doesn't translate in to a consistently engaging cinema.

Emraan plays Rakesh Singh, a Robinhood of sorts, who hires financially poor exam toppers to appear proxy for rich duds in the examinations. "Akalmand toh tum ho; nakalmand banoge ki nahi", he lures one such topper Sattu (Snighadeep Chatterjee) on to his payroll.

Sattu falls for the quick buck and his didi Nupur (Shreya Dhanwanthary) falls for apna Rakesh Bhai. So far so good.

Post interval, the film shifts from the small towns of Uttar Pradesh to aamchi Mumbai and degenerates in to multiple sub plots - drugs, sex, badla, dhoka...anything and everything is crammed in to the narrative while losing focus of its core theme.

It's here that the film's pace dips and dithers and a couple of situations appear confusing. Worse, the climax actually appears to encourage cheating and indulging in fraudulent practices. Maybe the reason our already conservative censors ordered a 'Why' to be added to the films title...

On the positive, the entire real life paper leak scam where answers were verbally provided in a crowded conference hall is well recreated. So is the deep political nexus behind it. That ten minute sequence is a revelation, no doubt.

Of the cast, Shreya Dhanwantary, playing Emraan's love interest, not only looks charming but also pitches in a sincere performance. And yes, Emraan bhai gets his mandatory lip-lock with her. To please his single screen fans. Oh well!

The technical aspects are strictly satisfactory - Not that great but no eeks either. Bappi Lahiri's 'Dil Mein Ho Tum' song from Vinod Khanna starrer 'Satyamev Jayate' (1987) is recreated in an average music score.

Finally, Emraan Hashmi is the film's biggest draw and he expectedly delivers a competent act. Unfortunately, 'Cheat India' gives him only a pass class. No distinction. You know 'Why'...

Regards, Sumeet Nadkarni.

So this movie let me down....emraan is my fav. He disappoints with the choice of script ....lets talk about good-performance by every character is good....emraan again proves he can do any role....the debutant shines well....2.the theme and thinking of making a movie on this subject 3.1st half is well made it binds u with the serious problem of our country that is curroption in exams what's bad-direction bcz u usually get the song when serious moment is going on which disturbs the plot 2.Script the movie has very loose script and nothing much to offer 3.second half the movie has horrible second half and the movie loose it's plot after 1st half the 2nd half is utterly boring 4.climax movie has a strange climax with suspense that is good but in end emraan start the same work again what's the point???? At the end I will rate it 2.5/5 u can watch it in theatre if u r emraan fan...other wise wait for television premiere....

I dont know why the movie got flopped. its better than emraan hashmi usual movies. he gives quite good performance in this movie. the concept is good and well treated. i dont know why such a good movie got flopped. it deserves to be atleast average or hit. anyway its a nice movie. enjoy for the good performances and entertainment.

Movie is good and idea to bring cheating scandles in admissions and job (like SSC) openly is fantastic.