Reviews

Worth a watch on a rainy day or on a cold afternoon or when you want to watch something reasonably entertaining but without the need to be overly invested in the movie.

Its definitely a time pass movie which could have been so much more better.

Acting , direction , story telling and even writing could have been better because the main issue with this otherwise decent movie is that , at crucial junctures its handled very amateurishly be it in direction , writing or screenplay department.

We dont feel any emotion when one of the villans falls from a cliff , nether do we feel any real emotion when the killer is found nor do we feel any thrill when certain charters die in the movie and thats why I said if certain sections of the movie was not handled in an amateurish way this could have been a very good movie and could have build a career for both Rajeev and Priyanshu, sadly that was not the case.

I would definitely have watched its part 2 , if it had been made because is a decent & clean time pass movie. Which can be watched with family.

All the hype around this movie made it feel as its a not to be missed movie. I had the impression that the movie will show case how Anand takes 30 under privileged kids and motivates them on to succeed in tough examination like IIT Jee.

The film started true to expectation but somewhere at 1/4 stage it changed from being a motivational movie to Rich/Poor movie with over the top storytelling and typical Bollywood masala fights, plots and revenge.

So a movie which had the potential to be on par or even better than movies like "Chak De" , " Dangal" , " Mission Mangal" , "TVF Aspirants " or " TVF Kota Factory" turned into a cheap Bollywood masala movie.

So much so that in the end when all the students pass are tensely awaiting their results , you don't feel the tension and nor are you overjoyed when all of them pass their exam.

At the end you don't feel the same joy when you see the girls Indian team lift the gold in hockey or when Geeta Pogat wins the Gold or when finally Abhilash clears his UPSC or when we see Sandeep Bhaiya in a good job.

The only saving grace of the movie was Hrithik's acting everything else was a major disappointment. If only the movie had stuck to the original story - it would have been a very good movie.

Ps: One big point the movie makers failed to understand in their exuberance to make a Rich/Poor themed movie, is that 90 % of students who pay hefty fees in big coaching centres especially in Rajender Nagar, Kota etc are not from Rich families but from Middle Class backgrounds with dream of landing good jobs.

A very good coming off age movie in a sense. The movie tries to show us the sacrifices of armed forces and their family in a realistic way ( well at least to some extent)

The director basically threw a spanner in this good movie by the stupid superhuman glorification of Sunny Deol's character which was not needed. A handicapped guy cracking the floor of a disco and unnecessary over acting by Sunny spoilt an otherwise good movie.

Even the last story was found wanting, as if the writer wrote the story in a hurry and couldn't think of a better storyline. But it was not as bad as the second story involving Sunny.

A very good concept and surprisingly good acting by vatsal and Sohail. Only if the writer and director had spent more time on the script and director, or if the director had dealt the subject with more maturity, this would have been an awesome movie.

Speaking off poor scriptwriting, the movie shows Monish Behl as a responsible journalist, yet it offers no explanation as to why he didn't post the 3 death letters, which he should have logically posted at first opportunity. And it also didn't make sense why after many years he gave the letters to the Sohail and his friend to hand deliver.

Also why rich kids like Sohail took a bike for the letter delivery and not a car didn't also make sense.

That's why overall I felt they screwed up an opportunity to make a really good movie.

It is still a good watch despite it's flaws.

Dubbing Knight and Day into Hindi would have been a better idea.