F.A.L.T.U
| F.A.L.T.U | |
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 Theatrical release poster | |
| Directed by | Remo D'souza |
| Written by | Mayur Puri (dialogue) |
| Screenplay by | Tushar Hiranandani Mayur Puri |
| Produced by | Vashu Bhagnani |
| Starring | Arshad Warsi Riteish Deshmukh Jackky Bhagnani Puja Gupta Chandan Roy Sanyal Angad Bedi |
| Cinematography | Santhosh Pandit |
| Music by | Sachin-Jigar |
| Distributed by | Puja Entertainment Ltd. |
Release date |
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Running time | 127 minutes |
| Country | India |
| Language | Hindi/English |
| Budget | ₹ 50 million[2] |
| Box office | ₹ 230 million[3] |
F.A.L.T.U (full expansion: Fakirchand and Lakirchand Trust University, English translation: Useless, Hindi: बेकार) is a Hindi comedy film directed by Remo D'Souza and produced by Vashu Bhagnani under the banner Puja Entertainment (India) Ltd.[4] Its plot heavily borrows from the 2006 Hollywood comedy, Accepted.[5]
It stars Jackky Bhagnani, Puja Gupta, Chandan Roy Sanyal and Angad Bedi in the lead roles. Riteish Deshmukh, Arshad Warsi, Akbar Khan and Darshan Jariwala appear in supporting 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 plot is identical to the movie Accepted and was partly shot in Mauritius.
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 under the pressure of his father and has enrolled into the top high school of India.
To make their parents happy and proud, the four friends create a fake university titled "Fakirchand and Lakirchand Trust University" (or 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 F.A.L.T.U. To make things go right, Ritesh and Google hire someone, Bajirao (Riteish), to act as the principal for one day. However, after the parents' visit, a bunch of kids apply for F.A.L.T.U thinking it is a real university. Unable to send them back, the trio, along with Vishnu, Google and Bajirao, turn F.A.L.T.U into an official trust university. Soon enough, the government files a case against every student/member of F.A.L.T.U for creating a fake college. Now the group of friends must fight for their rights, and keep F.A.L.T.U as a university to give the kids education.
Cast
- Arshad Warsi as Google Chand
- Ritesh Deshmukh as Principal Bajirao
- 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
- Akbar Khan as Mr. Vardhan
- Mahesh Thakur as Mr. Nigam
- Vijay Kashyap as Mr. Nair
- Vivek Vaswani as Examiner
- Himani Shivpuri as Contest Judge
- Mithun Chakraborty as Himself (special appearance)
- Remo D'Souza as Himself (special appearance)
Soundtrack
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The soundtrack is composed by Sachin - Jigar with lyrics penned by Sameer. The song "Le Ja Tu Mujhe" by Atif Aslam was in the top 10 chart busters of 2011.[citation needed]
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| # | Title | Singer(s) |
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| 1 | "Le Ja Tu Mujhe" | Atif Aslam |
| 2 | "Char Baj Gayi" | Hard Kaur |
| 3 | "Rab Sab Se Sona" | Neeraj Shridhar, Apeksha Dandekar |
| 4 | "Awaaz" | Jigar Saraiya |
| 5 | "Fully Faltu" | Mika Singh, Hard Kaur |
| 6 | "Gale Laga Le" | Vijay Prakash, Priya Panchal |
| 7 | "Nayee Subah" | Jigar Saraiya |
| 8 | "O Teri" | Jigar Saraiya |
| 9 | "Percentage" | Neuman Pinto |
| 10 | "Beh Chala" | Neeraj Shridhar |
| 11 | "Bhoot Aaya" | Lehmber Hussainpuri |
References
- ^ "Jackky, Puja are just good friends?". Times of India. 28 February 2011.
- ^ ""F.A.L.T.U is going to be a bigger success than all other recent films" - Vashu". Bollywoodhungama.com. 4 April 2011. Retrieved 26 April 2011.
- ^ "Dum Maaro Dum Dull Opening Thank You Steady Second Week". Boxofficeindia.com. 23 April 2011. Retrieved 28 April 2011.
- ^ "Jackky, Puja are just good friends?". Times of India. 28 February 2011.
- ^ "Vashu's 'Faltu' troubles". Times of India. 19 May 2010. Retrieved 23 March 2011.