Whats after FPS?

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The movie all is about Apurva the character and Imaad Shah the actor. As an actor he is fabulously flawless but the one of his USP that outperforms rest of his talents is his voice. Its depth along with his elocution perfectly matches his elusive persona. He narrates the movie in a voice that has delicate Urdu ascent along with a Colonial British clarity. One should hear when he says "aalam ye tha ki mere liye college aur kothe main farak karna mushkil ho gaya tha".

As a character Apurva believes that quest for life is endless and that why he leads an aimless, unplanned life and tries to find meaning of life in dissolute ways but is also very polished, elite and intelligent to impress people around him. He refuses offer from Yale and rather settles for a drift in a delhi college. He reads Kuerishi and craves to know the lesser known aspects of life. People who know Sahil Patel would immediately be able to identify this character!

I could talk incessantly about Imaad Shah and his character but lets talk about the movie now. If you have had an eventful college life in a conservative atmosphere then go for it for a a deja vu, if not then see what did you miss. The story line is more contemporary showing how the youth today is choosing their own way to live. "the possibilities are endless", thats what even the tagline also says. The male bonding between Apurva and Sanjay symbolises the thin line between perversion and idealism for todays generation. Their lives are full of ambiguities and vices but they but don't care about it. Sanjay is a confident and focused student who comfortably leads students around him but fails to lead his own ego. Prerna is uber cool babe who is thrilled by steadfast nature of Sanjay but finds herself in a confused state when he asserts his middle class values. Kintu is shown as an impish school girl who dares to experiment at her own terms.

On the acting front every one is upto the mark. As a script writer and director Manish Tiwary has done a pretty reasonable debut specially in capturing nuances of college life in north Indian region - the lingo used by the students, the election politics, underlying aggression, frustration and desperation. The script contains dark humor and has a very niche appeal, unlikely to move "Dil Chahta Hai" loving audience.

Its only Imaad Shah and Apurva that makes this movie a worth dekho apart from voyeuristic nature of the movie.