College Bakchodi
Director : Mohit Mahajan
Release date : 7th sem, 2007.
Genre : Comedy/ Drama/ Action/ Thriller/ Suspense/ No Romance Whatsoever
Tagline : Exam fever strikes Manipal !! Everybody beware...
Run time : 194 seconds
Location : Room 213, 7th block, MIT Hostels
Cast :
Release date : 7th sem, 2007.
Genre : Comedy/ Drama/ Action/ Thriller/ Suspense/ No Romance Whatsoever
Tagline : Exam fever strikes Manipal !! Everybody beware...
Run time : 194 seconds
Location : Room 213, 7th block, MIT Hostels
Cast :
Aravind Kumar : Tragic hero
Shomik Dutta : Village idiot/ Country bumpkin
Mohit Mahajan : Voice that spurs the action on
Vaibhav Aiyar : Accomplice and fellow action 'spurrer'
Deepak Padmakumar : Villain/ Caffein addict
Shomik Dutta : Village idiot/ Country bumpkin
Mohit Mahajan : Voice that spurs the action on
Vaibhav Aiyar : Accomplice and fellow action 'spurrer'
Deepak Padmakumar : Villain/ Caffein addict
Plot and Review :
Aravind Kumar, in a stellar performance plays the very Shakespearean role of the tragic, fallen hero. An industrious, hard working, studious and intelligent Instrumentation and Control Engineering student ( that's an oxymoron right there) , the first scene shows this endearing character trying hard to prepare for the next day's examination. In walks the class dunce, Shomik, who didnt need to prepare much for his role. He just needed to be himself and the result as you can see is quite natural. There follows some brief exchange of dialogue which basically consists of double entendres. As the characters are built up right before your eyes, in walks the villain, Deepak Padmakumar. He plays his role with aplomb, and the viewer is immediately attracted to his persona. He manages to be endearing and repulsive at the same time.
Aravind Kumar, in a stellar performance plays the very Shakespearean role of the tragic, fallen hero. An industrious, hard working, studious and intelligent Instrumentation and Control Engineering student ( that's an oxymoron right there) , the first scene shows this endearing character trying hard to prepare for the next day's examination. In walks the class dunce, Shomik, who didnt need to prepare much for his role. He just needed to be himself and the result as you can see is quite natural. There follows some brief exchange of dialogue which basically consists of double entendres. As the characters are built up right before your eyes, in walks the villain, Deepak Padmakumar. He plays his role with aplomb, and the viewer is immediately attracted to his persona. He manages to be endearing and repulsive at the same time.
It 's obvious that Deepak would do anything for coffee. Eyeing the flask at Aravind's table he plans and executes his strategy in a meticulous fashion, ably supported by his sidekick and confidant Vaibhav Aiyar. The ruthlessness with which he shreds to bits Aravind's notes is heartbreaking, a scene that will surely be a tear-jerker even for the coldest hearts. The next scene is downright disgusting. The impudence with which the shreds are scattered over Aravind's head and into his coffee, following which Deepak proceeds to drink the coffee is quite symbolic (symbolic of what? I have not a clue) . It may cause you to revulse and maybe even regurgitate the remnants of your last meal.
This is the last straw for Aravind. Consumed by passion, overwhelmed by anger, a catharsis takes place. Pent up emotions are released, violently. He resorts to violence and raises doubts as to the legitimacy of Deepak's relations with his female siblings. Thus falls our great hero, from the high esteem we held him in so far. Rage made him an animal(and not a domesticated one). This is what MIT does to people.
Mayhem ensues and there is a battle of epic proportions, following which like all good Indian movies, suddenly everything stops (no mothers accidentally killed in this one, that would just be cliched) and everybody lives happily ever after.
The End.
Rating out of 10 : That s for you to decide.
6 comments:
from shomik, ie. village idiot ,
'u dint write of how piddi keeps goin after my testicles with the scissors'
there..i have now..happy??
you piece of shit.....i am trying to save my balls from that scissor brandishing study freak and i am the village idiot!
as been told earlier this was the USUAL scene with the IC people...had nothin to do excpet for disturbin others and cuttin each others BALLS...neways! the director here(mr mahajan) i must say has taken utmost care to put in the even minutest of the minute detail needed to make the video apt for the BC OSCAR awards scheduled next month...the review too is good as it explains the proceedings with every possible detail
@ yes, the true genius of mahajan is he chose to shoot it on a cell phone cam, not any of thos hi-funda things that hollywood dodos like Steven and George use. This gives us the impression that we are actually part of the scene and not just watching a video..truly deserves a BC oscar!
thanks people..i ve prepared a little speech for this momentous BC OSCAR awards next month..
like every good director id like to thanks my actors..aravind as the lead actor..what do i say about him but the fact that you rule tollywood!!
deepu as the villian..he was simply stupendous..everything from his timing to his command over the language and abuses is fabulous..the man even wrote a sexy review about the whole sequence of events..cheers mallu..u rock!!
aiyer and shomik too were gr8..the best part about the movie was it didn need any retakes!!
besides this id like to thank the other members of the crew..the nescafe coffee maker for supplying such gr8 coffee.the make up man..
and of course my family for constnt support and guidance..and sidda for constantly encouraging me in my directorial ventures!!
well nuthng much to say abt this!!!1 odr than the fact that deepu shlkd take upo comedy roles more than the villain thingy that ball of hair on his head is enuf to have ppl in splits !!
and for the comment on paradise lost !!! i guess
the mutation has already set in in you !!!!
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