Movie: Why Cheat India
Cast: Emraan Hashmi, Shreya Dhanwanthary, Ammar Taalwala
Writer: Soumik Sen
Director: Soumik Sen
Our rating: 3.5/5
Official trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2B6vjua8aK4
Why Cheat India starring Emraan Hashmi is an entertainer.
Emraan Hashmi’s dialogue delivery, screen presence, witty and hilarious scenes reveal a lot regarding the education system.
Although the story has its own flaws, we will find loopholes very frequently, the pace of the film is right. Emraan Hashmi has dialogues that he delivers in his trademarked style should not be missed.
Rakesh Singh (Emraan Hashmi) is a scam artist, he is a kingpin of a group executing the cheats happening in the exams throughout the country. He looks for a scholar student in Satyendra Dubey (Snighadeep Chatterjee) convinces him to write the exams for rich spoilt students. This is a way Satyendra aka Sattu earns his money. He works for Rakesh and finally in due course breaks down and surrenders to the pressure. Rakesh is not able to come in terms with the incident and starts getting into legal issues. The rest of the story revolves around Rakesh, who explains about why he’s doing nothing wrong.
Why Cheat India script is written by Soumik Sen. It has a lot of potential to be a blockbuster. The film has certain revelations that come as a surprise.
Emraan Hashmi gives a strong performance. Alphonse Roy’s camera work is a little disturbing in many sequences; its angles are weird and distracts in scenes. Soumik Sen along with Mishkka Shekhawat have penned some interesting dialogues that adds to the advantage of the film. Star Performance is by Emraan Hashmi – he is seen in cliched moustache and manages to trick people. He charms and makes one believe that he must be the same in real life too. As Rakesh Singh, he’s cunning and ruthless. He is convincing in his role. Shreya Dhanwanthary is brilliant, mainly in the second half. She looks great on camera and excels in the scenes that require the display of expressions. Snighadeep Chatterjee as Sattu delivers a believable performance. Audience will see a genuine and sincere Engineering student in him with no gimmicks. Manuj Sharma as Rakesh’s friend Bablu gives a good supporting performance. The actress playing Emraan Hashmi’s wife in the film is great and hilarious.
Why Cheat India is informative and entertaining. Emraan Hashmi gives an honest effort without being preachy.
Why Cheat India releases on 18 January, 2019.