# F.A.L.T.U

F.A.L.T.U (short for Fakirchand and Lakirchand Trust University, transl. Useless) is a 2011 Indian Hindi-language comedy film directed by Remo D'Souza and produced by Vashu Bhagnani, under the banner Puja Entertainment. Its plot is heavily borrowed from the 2006 Hollywood comedy, Accepted.
It stars Jackky Bhagnani, Puja Gupta, Chandan Roy Sanyal, Angad Bedi, Riteish Deshmukh and Arshad Warsi, while Akbar Khan and Darshan Jariwala appear in supporting roles. The film was released on 1 April 2011.

## Plot

A group of friends, Ritesh, Nanj, and Puja, all receive extremely bad marks in their exams. One of their close friends, Vishnu, has passed with top marks under the pressure of his father and has enrolled in the top high school in India.
To make their parents happy and proud, the four friends create a fake university titled "Fakirchand and Lakirchand Trust University" (F.A.L.T.U.) with the assistance of Ritesh's childhood friend Google. 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, to act as the principal for one day. However, after the parents's visit, a bunch of kids apply for F.A.L.T.U., believing it to be 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 an education. Near the end there is a song competition into which the trio, along with the college, sneak. As Vishnu's father is the one who had filed the case against them, it comes as something of a shock that, when the members of F.A.L.T.U finish their performance, he stands up and claps. He did not know which college was performing because it was very dark. The education minister asks Ritesh about F.A.L.T.U. and what it was, in response to which Ritesh makes a speech about the education system and how F.A.L.T.U. fixes it. In the end, the college is granted a license to function for three years as an official college, and Vishnu's father finally accepts the college along with him.

## 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 herself/ Contest Judge
* Mithun Chakraborty as himself/Contest Judge (special appearance)
* Remo D'Souza as himself/Content Judge (special appearance)

## Soundtrack

The soundtrack is composed by Sachin–Jigar with lyrics penned by Sameer.
| # | Title | Singer(s) |
| 1 | "Le Jaa Tu Mujhe" | Atif Aslam |
| 2 | "Char Baj Gaye" | Hard Kaur |
| 3 | "Rab Sab Se Sona" | Neeraj Shridhar, Apeksha Dandekar |
| 4 | "Awaaz" | Jigar Saraiya |
| 5 | "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" | Lehmber Hussainpuri |

## Reception
### Critical response

Taran Adarsh of Bollywood Hungama gave the film 3.5 out of 5, writing, "On the whole, F.A.L.T.U. banks heavily on the formula that the youth loves. It's funny, energetic and has a big ace in its smash hit musical score. I would go to the extent of saying that the movie works because it doesn't pretend to be path-breaking. It offers what the audience desires: Entertainment!" Ankur Pathak of Rediff.com gave the film 3 out of 5, writing, "Most of FALTU is pleasing. Although the premise is unrealistic, to stretch the parameters that decide authenticity, the movie convinces you, and moreover, even in its fabricated fashion, it does succeed in confronting the flaws in our educational scenario."
Conversely, Shubhra Gupta of The Indian Express gave the film 2,5 out of 5, writing, "If you are a college-goer, or an on-the-verge-of-college teen, chances are you might enjoy F.A.L.T.U." Mayank Shekhar of Hindustan Times gave the film 1.5 out of 5, writing, "Few titles express public sentiment better than this film’s. It’s called Faltu only, to use popular Indian expression. And that’s what most will assume the film to be – wasteful."

### Accolades

| Award Ceremony | Category | Recipient | Result | Ref. |
| 4th Mirchi Music Awards | Best Programmer & Arranger of the Year | "Chaar Baj Gaye" | Nominated | |