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Starring: Vatsal Sheth,
Tulip Joshi, Mukhesh Tiwari
Writer-Director - Manish Gupta
Few Indians are aware of the
number of suicides that occur in Indian Hostels as a
result of the phenomenon termed as ‘Ragging’. This
sadistic practice has become a ritual wherein students
are beaten up, stripped, paraded naked, starved,
tortured, molested and even raped by their seniors.
Since victims of ragging find it humiliating to report
sexual abuse to their parents or others, most
ragging-related crimes go unreported. Munnabhai MBBS and
even 3 Idiots had a scene or two about this suffering
which is called as ragging.
Feroz and the crooked warden bully and rags the new
entrants into following his commands. The fresh entrant Karan comes into
Feroz's line of sight and is ragged heartlessly, before Karan decides to hit
back.
In this hostel, ragging means anything like being paraded naked, to be beaten
up, and even up to rape and molestation, which incidentally goes unnoticed by
the university authorities. So every year the juniors are ragged, and with
time gone by, they become seniors and in turn rag the new comers, thus keeping
the wheel of this abuse on and on.
Writer director Manish Gupta takes on the politicians of the state, keeping
the central issue of ragging in the forefront. He deals sincerely with the
issue of ragging, this infectious unwanted trend prevalent in numerous
institutions in the country.
Cast:
Vatsal Seth - Karan
Tulip Joshi - Payal
Mukesh Tiwari - Feroz
Nagesh Bhonsle - Hostel Warden
Ramesh Chandane - Nilesh
Panne Chatterjee - Prostitute
Subeer Goswamin - Vishnu
Yusuf Hussain - Dean
Chandrachur Karnik - Peon Shantaram
Aashif Sheikh - Akshay
Padam Singh - Ayoob
Nirmal Soni - Bobby
Vikamra - Pawan
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Thus, this cruel practice continues year after year and
has claimed (and is still claiming) the lives and careers
of innumerable students. The film ‘Hostel’ is a shocking
eye-opener about this evil practice and is a wake-up call
for all of us.
Karan (Vatsal Seth), gets into an engineering college and
takes up lodging in the so-called hostel. Unfortunately
for him, the other occupants of this hostel are a bunch of
goons. They are senior students who have a leader in an
oppressive future political hopeful called Feroz (Mukhesh
Tiwari).
In recent times, it is widely reported in the newspapers
and electronic media about the negative results of this
abuts which leads to more and more suicides and deaths
every year.
Right from the beginning, there is torture and the
beatings of the students in full pace that continues
unabated till the ending with credits rolling.
Vatsal Seth as Karan is expressive with his scowls when
being a victim and impressive in his bouts of anger
exploding his pent up frustration. The lovely Tulip Joshi
has less scope in this drama, just appearing as Payal,
Vatsal's girlfriend of and on.
Nagesh Bhonsle as the dishonest warden of the hostel as
well as Mukesh Tiwari, as Feroz create a sense of terror.
Music of the film, background score and the songs are
nothing to mention about while it director Manish Gupta’s
option to attempt a film on this subject has to be
appreciated.
The students of engineering stream don't look like
students, actually they appear more like ruffians and
hooligans.
- PAW
Credits & Crew:
Writer-Director - Manish Gupta
Producer - Vicky Tejwani, Gurpal Sachar
Head Of Distribution - Sudhir N.R.
Director Of Photography - Srikanth Naroj
Action - Parvez Khan
Editor - Sanjib Datta
Music & Lyrics - Virag Mishra
Costumes - Darshan Jalan
Publicity Stills - Jitu Savlani
Publicity Design - Able & Will |
