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F.A.L.T.U

  • 2011
  • 2h
IMDb RATING
4.8/10
3.4K
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Puja Gupta, Jackky Bhagnani, Angad Bedi, and Chandan Roy Sanyal in F.A.L.T.U (2011)
Unable to get accepted, four academically-challenged students decide to open their own college.
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Unable to get accepted, four academically-challenged students decide to open their own college.Unable to get accepted, four academically-challenged students decide to open their own college.Unable to get accepted, four academically-challenged students decide to open their own college.

  • Director
    • Remo D'Souza
  • Writers
    • Vipul Binjola
    • Tushar Hiranandani
    • Aakash Kaushik
  • Stars
    • Arshad Warsi
    • Riteish Deshmukh
    • Jackky Bhagnani
  • See production info at IMDbPro
  • IMDb RATING
    4.8/10
    3.4K
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Remo D'Souza
    • Writers
      • Vipul Binjola
      • Tushar Hiranandani
      • Aakash Kaushik
    • Stars
      • Arshad Warsi
      • Riteish Deshmukh
      • Jackky Bhagnani
    • 14User reviews
    • 10Critic reviews
  • See production info at IMDbPro
    • Awards
      • 1 nomination total

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    Arshad Warsi
    Arshad Warsi
    • Google Chand
    Riteish Deshmukh
    Riteish Deshmukh
    • 'Principal' Bajirao
    • (as Ritesh Deshmukh)
    Jackky Bhagnani
    Jackky Bhagnani
    • Ritesh Virani
    • (as Jacky Bhagnani)
    Puja Gupta
    Puja Gupta
    • Pooja Nigam
    Chandan Roy Sanyal
    Chandan Roy Sanyal
    • Vishnu Vardhan
    Angad Bedi
    Angad Bedi
    • Niranjan 'Nanj' Nair
    Boman Irani
    Boman Irani
    • Principal Sharma (special appearance)
    Darshan Jariwala
    Darshan Jariwala
    • Jeevanlal Virani
    Akbar Khan
    Akbar Khan
    • Mr. Vardhan
    Mahesh Thakur
    Mahesh Thakur
    • Mr. Nigam
    Vijay Kashyap
    • Mr. Nair
    Vivek Vaswani
    Vivek Vaswani
    • Examiner
    Himani Shivpuri
    Himani Shivpuri
    • Contest Judge (special appearance)
    Remo D'Souza
    Remo D'Souza
    • Contest Judge (special appearance)
    Mithun Chakraborty
    Mithun Chakraborty
    • Minister…
    Prayas Choudhary
    • Prayas
    Ashish Ranglani
    • Ganji maker
    Shivansu Sachan
    • Associate director
    • (as Shivansu)
    • Director
      • Remo D'Souza
    • Writers
      • Vipul Binjola
      • Tushar Hiranandani
      • Aakash Kaushik
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    User reviews14

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    3A_Voice

    Where were the Cameos ?

    I had not seen Steve Pink's Accepted, so I can't say to what extent F.A.L.T.U was copied. But I have heard that it is a complete Rip off.

    F.A.L.T.U was as predictable as it gets. The humor is not at all humorous (barring a few punches). It was the same old film regarding the shortcomings of education system presented a bit differently. The only thing you will remember when you walk out of theaters is the last performance, its simply superb, hats off to Remo for such good choreography (though it too was copied from a talent search).

    Remo was only good as a choreographer in the film. His directing was hardly impressive. Acting was ordinary, songs were good (but there were too many of them,which made them irritating). Screenplay was bad. In short it was a debut gone wrong.

    I would rate it 3/10 And Where were the Cameos ?
    1khanraiyan-39389

    Complaont regarding non availability of movie.

    There is only trailer available where is the movie???
    GaneshKSalian

    Done on good intentions but fails to strike a chord!

    F.A.L.T.U directed by Remo D Souza and a copy of Hollywood film "Accepted" must have been done with good intentions bur fails to strike a chord.

    The movie is very bad.

    Story: After barely making it through their Secondary School Certificate examinations, Ritesh Virani, whose father is a Kabadia, is unable to get admission in any college. He is not the only one though, his pals Pooja Nigam and Nanj Nair are also in the same leaky boat. They attempt in vain to secure admission through the father of their scholarly pal, Vishnu Vardhan. Then Ritesh's father decides to fire his hired help and get his son to do the work, and Pooja's dad decides to get her married, the desperate friends get together and concoct a fake college 'Fakirchand And Lakirchand Trust University', with the help of their money-lender friend, Google Chand. They recruit school-teacher, Baaji Rao, as Principal, whose performance is unacceptable by his school principal due to lewd references to 'Munni's Badnami' and 'Sheila's Jawani'. Google Chand offers them a derelict mansion in Panchgani, which they must renovate, invite their respective parents and show them that they have finally been accepted in college. Things get out of hand when scores of youngsters with poor marks show up, insisting on being admitted. Unable to handle the situation, the group let things ride - but not for long - for soon the police and Mr. Vardhan will get involved - threatening to burst their bubble once and for all.

    The movie tries so hard to make you laugh.

    The story is copied so no marks for that.

    The direction is bad.

    The music is good.

    Performances:- Ritesh Deshmukh and Arshad Warsi save the show from going awry.They are awesome.The rest of the actors fail to create impact.

    All in all F.A.L.T.U is bad.
    2philipmathew89

    Very bad movie...

    A bad adaptation from a 2006 Hollywood movie accepted...
    7chechs

    Things go berserk when 4 youngsters' plan to cope with their bad grades results in FALTU

    OK. I passed my schooling, but the problem is with the threshold marks!! 37%, 40% and 42%!! It is for sure that I won't be accepted in any college. So, what needs to be done? F.A.L.T.U. is how Ritesh and gang try to hide their rejection. A Fakirchand And Lakirchand Trust University created overnight, with advertisement in newspapers, a website, admission letters and a different kind of Principal (Ritesh Deshmukh) with the help of Google (Arshad Warsi). OK. Everything done. But soon the trouble starts brewing up when they realize that there are other FALTUs too and that too in the same campus!!

    Go for Faltu for a refreshing take in Indian cinema. It's college all the way after 3 Idiots. Although not up to that mark, but still a good treat for the vacations. Music's good. Newcomer Puja Gupta lives to her performance, but still the lagging point is the acting. A good story plot and screenplay simply fail to overshadow poor performances, even by the veterans like Arshad Warsi and Ritesh Deshmukh.

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    • Trivia
      This is a remake of the 2006 movie Accepted
    • Connections
      Referenced in The Kapil Sharma Show: New Year Special (2016)
    • Soundtracks
      Awaaz
      Written by Sameer

      Composed by Sachin Sanghvi and Jigar Saraiya (as Jigar)

      Performed by Jigar Saraiya (as Jigar)

      Courtesy of Puja Music

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    • Release date
      • April 1, 2011 (India)
    • Country of origin
      • India
    • Languages
      • Hindi
      • Punjabi
      • Marathi
    • Also known as
      • Ф.А.Л.Т.У.
    • Production company
      • Puja Entertainment (India)
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    • Gross worldwide
      • $4,485,014
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    • Runtime
      • 2h(120 min)
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Dolby Digital

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