F.A.L.T.U
| F.A.L.T.U | |
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 Theatrical release poster | |
| Directed by | Remo D'Souza |
| Produced by | Vashu Bhagnani |
| Starring | Arshad Warsi Riteish Deshmukh Jackky Bhagnani Puja Gupta Chandan Roy Sanyal Angad Bedi |
| Cinematography | Vijay Arora |
| Music by | Sachin-Jigar |
| Distributed by | Puja Entertainment Ltd. |
Release date |
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Running time | 120 minutes |
| Country | India |
| Language | Hindi |
| Budget | ₹ 20 crore[2] |
| Box office | ₹ 40 crore[3] |
F.A.L.T.U (Full expansion: Fakirchand and Lakirchand Trust University, English translation: Useless) is a Hindi energetic comedy film directed by Remo D'Souza and produced by Vashu Bhagnani under the banner Puja Entertainment (India) Ltd.[4] It is a remake of the 2006 comedy, Accepted.[5]
It stars Jackky Bhagnani, Puja Gupta, Ritesh Deshmukh and Arshad Warsi in the lead roles. Boman Irani, Angad Bedi, Chandan Roy Sanyal, Akbar Khan, Mithun Chakraborty, Darshan Jariwala and others appear in supporting pivotal roles. The film released on 1 April 2011, to generally negative reviews from critics, though was a moderate success at the box office.
Plot
The story revolves around a group of friends, Ritesh (Jackky), Nanj (Angad) and Puja (Puja), who all received extremely bad marks in their exams. One of their close friends, Vishnu (Chandan) has passed with top marks in pressure of his father, and has enrolled into the top high school of India. In order to make their parents happy & proud, the four friends create a fake university titled "Fakirchand and Lakirchand Trust University (short for F.A.L.T.U)" with the help of Ritesh's childhood friend Google (Arshad Warsi). Things take a turn for the worse when the parents would like to see the university F.A.L.T.U. To make things go right, Ritesh & Google hire a fake principal, Bajirao (Riteish) to act as the principal for one day. However, after the parents' visit, a bunch of foolish kids apply for F.A.L.T.U thinking its a real university. Unable to send them back, the trio, along with Vishnu, Google & Bajirao, turn F.A.L.T.U into a official trust university. Soon enough, the government files a case against every student/member of F.A.L.T.U for creating an fake college. Now the group of friends must fight for their rights, and keep F.A.L.T.U as an university in order to give the kids education.
Cast
- Arshad Warsi as Google Chand
- Ritesh Deshmukh as Principal Baaji Rao
- Jackky Bhagnani as Ritesh Virani
- Puja Gupta as Puja Nigam
- Chandan Roy Sanyal as Vishnu Vardhan
- Angad Bedi as Niranjan "Nanj" Nair
- Boman Irani as Principal Sharma (Special Appearance)
- Darshan Jariwala as Jeevanlal
- Himani Shivpuri as Himani
- Akbar Khan as Mr. Vardhan
- Mahesh Thakur as Mr. Nigam
- Vijay Kashyap as Mr. Nair
- Vivek Vaswani as Examiner
- Mithun Chakraborty as Mr Chakravarty (Cameo)
- Remo D'Souza as Himself
Soundtrack
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The film's soundtrack is composed by Sachin-Jigar with lyrics penned by Irshad Kamil. The song "Le Ja Tu Mujhe" by Atif Aslam was in the top 10 chart busters of 2011.
Track listing
The soundtrack contains 9 songs.[6]
| No. | Title | Performer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Le Ja Tu Mujhe" | Atif Aslam | 5:31 |
| 2. | "Char Baj Gaye (Party Abhi Baaki Hai)" | Hard Kaur | 3:33 |
| 3. | "Rab Sab Se Sona" | Neeraj Shridhar & Apeksha Dandekar | 4:15 |
| 4. | "Fully Faltu" | Mika Singh & Hard Kaur | 4:43 |
| 5. | "Gale Laga Le" | Vijay Prakash & Priya Panchal | 3:54 |
| 6. | "Naye Subah" | Sachin-Jigar | 3:37 |
| 7. | "O Teri" | Vijay Prakash & Sachin-Jigar | 4:00 |
| 8. | "Beh Chala" | Neeraj Shridhar | 4:25 |
| 9. | "Bhoot Aaya" | Lehmber Hussainpuri | 4:02 |
Reception
The film received mixed response from critics worldwide. Taran Adarsh of Bollywood Hungama gave the film 3.5/5 claiming it to be a "coming-of-age energetic film which we need for a long time!" Rajeev Masand from CNN-IBN gave the film 1.5/5 and said "I'm going with one-and-a-half out of five for 'Faltu'. Getting a root canal is less painful."[1]. At the box office, unlike its critical reception, F.A.L.T.U performed slightly well and grossed 12.50 crores on its opening weekend in India. The film collected 40 crores in its full theatrical run, and was declared a hit at the box office.
Premiere
Since F.A.L.T.U was the surprise hit of the year, it premiered on the Asian channel MAX on 26 June 2011.
References
- ^ "Jackky, Puja are just good friends?". Times of India. 2011-02-28.
- ^ ""F.A.L.T.U is going to be a bigger success than all other recent films" - Vashu". Bollywoodhungama.com. 2011-04-04. Retrieved 2011-04-26.
- ^ "Dum Maaro Dum Dull Opening Thank You Steady Second Week". Boxofficeindia.com. 2011-04-23. Retrieved 2011-04-28.
- ^ "Jackky, Puja are just good friends?". Times of India. 2011-02-28.
- ^ "Vashu's 'Faltu' troubles". Times of India. 19 May 2010. Retrieved 2011-03-23.
- ^ http://asspoof.com/index.php?/List-of-Plagiarized-Movies/faltu-copied-from-hollywood-movie.html
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