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Film: "Why Cheat India; Director: Soumik Sen; Cast: Emraan Hashmi , Shreya Dhanwanthary; Rating: ****(4 stars) Relevant topical films frequently fall into the trap of overstatement. But here is where " Why Cheat India " scores high marks. It succeeds avoiding the imbalance between topicality and engagingness by simply letting the actors be. The characters in this film exposing the scam of forged duplicate examinees don't quite develop into the explosive entities they promise to. Their working class psyche shines in their disability to generate spectacular drama. Hearts are broken, young lives are destroyed, marriages fall apart, and ambition dissolve... But life goes on. Director Soumik Sen sees life in trivia. In the way the characters speak of their unremarkable life, the film creates quite a remarkable litany of bustling boredom. Take for example the character of the protagonist Rakesh alias Rocky's wife. She is so immersed in her life of munda

"God accepts prayers, I only accept cash." Bollywood actor Emraan Hashmi is all set to unravel discrepancies in the Indian education system as he unveiled the first teaser of his upcoming film 'Cheat India' . Taking to his Twitter, the ' Baadshaho' actor lifted curtains on the teaser and wrote, "Students, parents, educationists, politicos, media and countrymen..the teaser of " Cheat India ." Inspired by true events, the film features Emraan as a professor, Rakesh Singh, who believes in exchange of knowledge for money. The movie also has an interesting tagline - ' Nakal Mein Hi Akal Hai ', which clearly points towards malpractices in the country's financially lucrative education sector. The flick will take a startling look at the crimes in the Indian education system which has created a parallel ecosystem infested with a mafia of sorts. The actor wrapped up the shooting of the film in September this year. Read Co