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Spare us from the C-grade college/hostel-life movies. Especially when the central character has some obscure philosophy on life and love and acting ability of a sleeping pill. And can someone tell me why Shreyas Talpade is resorting to such a poor and half-baked role?
Boys will be boys. Put them in a boys' hostel and you've got endless stories on monkey business, ragging, sexual conquests, addictions, politics in love and love in politics. Let us simplify the course on Dil Dosti Etc.
Apurv (Imaad Shah) makes friends with his senior and college politician, Sanjay Mishra (Talpde). Both have clear goals. While Apurv, an innocent-looking lad, flaunts his appeal in bedding women, Sanjay, in all his Bihari values, will do anything and everything to win that student president election.
Apurv's bedroom duties are fulfilled by a prostitute called Vaishali (Smriti Mishra), when along comes school girl (Ishita Sharma) who he develops a liking for. By day, he is chasing the school girl, and by night, he visits Vaishali.
Between his busy schedule of bashing up opponents and sabotaging the weaker candidates, Sanjay meets bade baap ki beti, Prerna (Nikita Anand). Sanjay falls in love, but Prerna is ambitious, and tries to snuff the romance.
Up until the intermission, you wonder where the plot is heading, or if there is one. Even after that too, much time is wasted in college herogiri.
Debutant director Manish Tiwary doesn't do a very good job here. The editing is very raw, and scenes barely register.
The film suffers dramatically due to its passionless performances. Imaad sleepwalks through the film. He looks heavily sedated and laidback, displaying no charisma and energy, much required for his character. You'll end up asking how this dude got any women to even talk to him, let alone to go any further. Just posing in some designer tight tees doesn't increase the cool quotient.
Shreyas would have been the only one who could implant life in this campus doze. But he remains peripheral and depends on borrowed Bihari lingo, to randomly emerge as a righteous man in conflict scenes.
Most of the dialogues delivered by the supporting cast feels read-out. So even if there is a punchline or meaning in the dialogue, it misses you.
The ladies do a better job here. Smriti Mishra is a good. But her kissing scenes with Imaad look awkward. Can't really blame her, it takes two to tango.
Ishita Sharma has a fresh and naughty presence and provides some smiles. Nikita Anand has potential.
This campus has nothing great going on. Don't bother to visit.
Rediff Rating: 