Rating:
3.0/5
Star
Cast:
Emraan
Hashmi,
Shreya
Dhanwanthary,
Ammar
Taalwala
Director:
Soumik
Sen
Why
Cheat
India
Movie
Review
:
Emraan
Hashmi
|Shreya
Dhanwanthary
|
Soumik
Sen
|
FilmiBeat
'Upar
wala
dua
qauool
karta
hain,
main
sirf
cash
leta
hoon,' quips
Rocky
aka
Rakesh
Singh
(Emraan
Hashmi)
implying
that
bundles
of
cash
be
exchanged
in
return
of
him
getting
proxy
students
to
write
down
exams
for
those
are
unable
to
score.
Why
Cheat
India
throws
a
light
on
how
unsuspecting
students
and
their
desperate
parents
fall
into
the
trap
of
cheating
to
get
through
competitive
entrance
exams.
This
Soumik
Sen's
directorial
begins
with
Satyendra
Dubey
aka
Sattu
(Snigdhadeep
Chatterjee),
an
engineering
aspirant
from
Lucknow
whose
life
takes
a
drastic
turn
when
he
cracks
the
entrance
exam
and
catches
the
eye
of
an
opportunistic
Rakesh
Singh
who
lures
him
into
the
web
of
education
malpractices.
'Tum
apne
gyan
ka
faida
unhein
do,
woh
apni
ameeri
ka
faida
tumhein
denge,'
Rakesh
tries
to
convince
Sattu
when
the
latter
seems
unconvinced.
Meanwhile,
Sattu's
sister
Nupur
(Shreya
Dhanwanthary)
starts
falling
for
Rakesh
even
though
he
politely
brushes
off
her
romantic
affections.
Meanwhile,
Rakesh
has
plans
of
playing
a
'bada' game
next
to
earn
big
bucks.
Will
it
be
a
smooth
ride?
Writer-director
Soumik
Sen
had
a
fantastic
concept
in
his
hand.
However,
his
clumsy
writing
and
inconsistent
screenplay
fails
to
do
justice
to
the
film.
Some
of
the
scenes
look
disjointed
and
the
scattered
narrative
leaves
you
disappointed
further.
Coming
to
the
performances,
Why
Cheat
India
is
all
out-and-out
Emraan
Hashmi
film.
The
actor
adds
his
own
touch
of
shades
in
his
character
of
a
scamster
and
you
realize
he
has
indeed
come
a
long
way
as
a
performer.
Like
a
chameleon,
he
changes
his
colour
as
Rakesh
and
leaves
you
guessing
what's
his
next
move
in
the
film.
He
is
one
of
the
reasons
why
your
eyes
stay
glued
to
the
screen.
An
Emraan
Hashmi
film
is
incomplete
without
his
bombastic
liners
and
Why
Cheat
India
has
a
couple
of
them
worth
whistles.
Sample
this-
"Mujhe
hero
banne
ki
koi
ichha
nahi
hai,
villain
banne
ka
bilkul
time
nahi
hain,
khiladi
hoon,
khel
raha
hoon." These
punchlines
keep
you
hooked.
Debutante
Shreya
Dhanwanthary
makes
a
promising
entry
in
Bollywood
and
shines
in
few
scenes.
Snigdhadeep
Chatterjee
puts
up
a
convincing
act
as
Satyendra
Dubey
aka
Sattu.
Y.
Alphonse
Roy's
cinematography
works
fine.
However,
Dipika
Kalra's
editing
could
have
been
a
lot
more
tauter
as
it
looks
jarred
at
places.
On
the
flip
side,
barring
Phir
Mulaaqat,
none
of
the
songs
stay
back
with
you.
Why
Cheat
India
ticks
off
most
of
the
boxes
and
Emraan
Hashmi's
confident
performance
keeps
you
entertained.
If
only
Soumik
Sen's
writing
and
direction
had
a
little
more
sharpness
to
it!