Hostel

Hostel is the story of Karan who starts his 4 year engineering degree moving into a hostel. Within hours of arriving at the hostel he finds out that life at college is not going to be what he imagined as there are a group of guys who extort money from younger students, bully and harass them at all opportunities, even to the extent of stripping them naked, parading them in front of other students (male and female) on college grounds and even worse, in some cases molesting and raping them. Karan tries to stand up for himself but this makes things worse and eventually he realises he has no choice but to keep quiet. When his best friends from the first year start getting involved in the bullying of younger students in the seconds year, does Karan get involved or just concentrate on his studies? Can anyone get through college without some form of abuse? This is a real eye-opener of a film if you've never lived on college accommodation. It's shocking and distasteful but sadly based on reality which is the saddest thing. This is not your typical feel good Bollywood film and many will find it very disturbing.

Vatsal Sheth as Karan is superb in the role, he looks the part, innocent and "pretty" - the perfect target for disgusting bullies. Tulip Joshi as Payal, Karan's love interest, doesn't have a lot of screen time but she performs well and this is not a love story - although their scenes provide some life relief from all the violence and humiliation endured by young students.

Mukesh Tiwari is suitably sinister as Feroz bhai, the main gang leader, who it seems will stop at nothing to show he's top man.

The side actors were nothing of note but the story overall was shocking and this viewer feels the film should be compulsory viewing to all deans and principals of further education institutions in India to make sure they are aware of what's going on under their noses! Watch this if you have the stomach for it. I didn't enjoy it but I'm glad I watched it.

I first thought this movie to be an Ragging wareness video, but later after watching this, I find out to be nothing more than same generic impractical movie potraying impractical circumstances.

1. This film was released in 2011 but its production value looks even more dated. This film was the last nail in Vatsal Sheth's acting career coffin.

2. While the film does try to show us the effects that ragging has on students, it is important to know this film wont age well with time.

3. Today in 2021, ragging like the stuff shown in this film rarely happens. Yes ragging still does exist but i guess films like Chichhore and Hostel Daze portray the real kind of ragging today. So this film HOSTEL looks completely unrealistic in today's time.

4. I initially started watching it just for time pass as it began in a very interesting way but very soon realized it gets monotonous (same thing over and over again - Firoz's goons entering rooms beating juniors, Karan beating his men and this cycle repeats).

5. On top of that, very poor acting, poorly executed scenes. Only our Vasooli bhai (I mean Firoz bhai here) looks dangerous.

6. Overall, this film is not something you would like watching in 2021 but still it has some entertainment in it so i gave it 1 star.

Hostel Directed By Manish Gupta is Crime Horror Drama. Direction is Good But Script is Weak. Screenplay is Dull & Boring. Dialogues Are Weak. Cast is Pathetic.

Karan(Vatsal Seth) Moves Jaigarh For Further Studies. He Gets A Room In Hostel. As The Day Pass He is Been Tortured, Molested And Humiliated By Seniors. He Befriends Who Have Been Gone Through Such Phrase. The Seniors Group is Led By Feroz(Mukesh Tiwari). Meanwhile Karan Meets Payal(Tulip Joshi). They Like Each Other. Feroz is Politically Strong, He Does Illegal Activities in Hostel. Karan Faces Them & Finally Retaliates.

A Year Later, A New Guy Pawan Mehta Enters The Same Hostel. He Goes Through Same Humiliation Like Others Have Gone Through. In Order To Bring Peace Karan Takes An Extreme Step.

Acting By Most Of The Actors is Disappointing. Vatsal Seth & Tulip Joshi Both Are Hopeless. Mukesh Tiwari Does Well in Few Scenes.

Music & Lyrics Are Good But Lack Of Better Singers Makes The Songs Sound Average. Background Music is Not There. "No Sound" Effect Not Used Properly. Avoid The Movie And Save Time.

A genuine movie made on hostel life and how it can hit upcoming students and ruin their life. This movie shows the life inside the hostel very well and vividly and in a genuine light, that it really happens behind those thick ceramal colored walls. There is entire craziness happening inside the breathless, confined, and congested environment and walls of a hostel, be it a renowned institution. Life in hostel is hostile and cruel as it is been shown in the movie, there is senior-junior discrimination, harsh punishments, deadly ragging, illegal use of cigarettes, sexual harassment. Ragging being on the top, which is known as an "initiation ritual" and where a newbie student is humiliated, harassed, and abused by their seniors in the institute.