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{{short description|2011 film by Remo D'Souza}}
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{{Infobox film
| name = F.A.L.T.U.
| image = F.A.L.T.U.jpg
| caption = Theatrical release poster
| director = [[Remo D'Souza]]
| producer = [[Vashu Bhagnani]]
| writer = '''Dialogues:''' [[Mayur Puri]]
| screenplay = [[Tushar Hiranandani]]
| story = Sachin Bajaj
| based_on = {{Based on|''[[Accepted]]''|[[Steve Pink]]}}
| starring = [[Arshad Warsi]] [[Riteish Deshmukh]] [[Jackky Bhagnani]] [[Puja Gupta]] [[Chandan Roy Sanyal]] [[Angad Bedi]]
| music = [[Sachin–Jigar]]
| cinematography = Vijay Arora
| editing =
| studio =
| distributor = Puja Entertainment Ltd.
| released = {{Film date|2011|04|01|ref1=<ref name="autogenerated9">{{cite web |url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-02-28/news-interviews/28641234_1_jackky-bhagnani-screen-buzz |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121104232241/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-02-28/news-interviews/28641234_1_jackky-bhagnani-screen-buzz |url-status=dead |archive-date=4 November 2012 |work=[[The Times of India]] |title=Jackky, Puja are just good friends? | date=28 February 2011 }}</ref>}}
| runtime = 127 minutes
| country = India
| language = Hindi
| budget = {{INR|200 million}}<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.bollywoodhungama.com/features/2011/04/04/7270/index.html |title="F.A.L.T.U is going to be a bigger success than all other recent films" – Vashu |publisher=Bollywoodhungama.com |date=4 April 2011 |accessdate=26 April 2011 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110513200458/http://www.bollywoodhungama.com/features/2011/04/04/7270/index.html |archivedate=13 May 2011 }}</ref>
| gross = 
}}

'''''F.A.L.T.U''''' (short for '''''Fakirchand and Lakirchand Trust University''''', {{translation|Useless}}) is a 2011 Indian [[Hindi]]-language [[comedy film]] directed by [[Remo D'Souza]] and produced by [[Vashu Bhagnani]], under the banner Puja Entertainment (India) Ltd.<ref name="autogenerated1">{{cite web |url=http://iamfaltu.com/ |title=Jackky, Puja are just good friends? | date=28 February 2011 |work= [[Times of India]]}}</ref> Its plot is heavily borrowed from the 2006 Hollywood comedy, ''[[Accepted]]''.<ref>{{cite news|title=Vashu's 'Faltu' troubles|url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2010-05-19/news-interviews/28310257_1_film-jackky-vashuji|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110622083935/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2010-05-19/news-interviews/28310257_1_film-jackky-vashuji|url-status=dead|archive-date=22 June 2011|accessdate=23 March 2011|newspaper=[[The Times of India]]|date=19 May 2010}}</ref>

It stars [[Jackky Bhagnani]], [[Puja Gupta]], [[Chandan Roy Sanyal]], [[Angad Bedi]], [[Riteish Deshmukh]] and [[Arshad Warsi]] in the lead role, While [[Akbar Khan (director)|Akbar Khan]] and [[Darshan Jariwala]] appear in supporting roles. The film was released on 1 April 2011 and was recorded average at the box office.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://boxofficeindia.com/movie.php?movieid=49|title=F.A.L.T.U – Movie – Box Office India|website=boxofficeindia.com|access-date=30 July 2018}}</ref>

== Plot ==

A group of friends, Ritesh ([[Jackky Bhagnani|Jackky]]), Nanj ([[Angad Bedi|Angad]]), and Puja ([[Puja Gupta|Puja]]), all receive extremely bad marks in their exams. One of their close friends, Vishnu ([[Chandan Roy Sanyal|Chandan]]), has passed with top marks under the pressure of his father, and has enrolled in the top high school of [[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 ([[Arshad Warsi]]). 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 ([[Ritesh Deshmukh|Riteish]]), 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 (director)|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)

== Inspiration ==

This film was a remake of the 2006 United States movie ''[[Accepted]],'' which starred [[Justin Long]] and was directed by Steve Pink.

== Soundtrack ==

{{Infobox album
| name = F.A.L.T.U
| type = soundtrack
| artist = [[Sachin–Jigar]]
| cover =
| alt =
| released = {{Start date|2011|2|20}}
| recorded = 2011
| venue =
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| genre = [[Film soundtrack|Feature film soundtrack]]
| length =
| label = [[Sony Music]]
| producer = Sachin–Jigar
| prev_title =
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The soundtrack is composed by [[Sachin–Jigar]] with lyrics penned by [[Sameer (lyricist)|Sameer]].

{{Infobox album
| name = F.A.L.T.U
| type = Soundtrack
| artist = [[Sachin–Jigar]]
| cover =
| alt =
| released = 1 April 2011
| recorded =
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| studio =
| genre = [[Film soundtrack]]
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| label = [[Sony Music]]
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| prev_title = [[Life Partner]]
| prev_year = 2009
| next_title = [[Shor in the City]]
| next_year = 2011
}}

{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders"
|- bgcolor="#CCCCCC" align="center"
! # !! 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 Saraiya|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]]
|}

== Accolades ==
{| class="wikitable"
! Award Ceremony
! Category
! Recipient
! Result
! {{Abbr|Ref.|References}}
|-
| [[4th Mirchi Music Awards]]
| Best Programmer & Arranger of the Year
| "Chaar Baj Gaye"
| {{nom}}
|<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.radiomirchi.com/mma2011/hindi/nominees.php|title=Nominations – Mirchi Music Award Hindi 2011|date=30 January 2013|access-date=24 May 2018|url-status=bot: unknown|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130130161203/http://www.radiomirchi.com/mma2011/hindi/nominees.php|archivedate=30 January 2013}}</ref>
|}

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* {{IMDb title|1667076}}

[[Category:2010s Hindi-language films]]
[[Category:Indian films]]
[[Category:2011 comedy films]]
[[Category:Indian remakes of American films]]
[[Category:2011 directorial debut films]]
[[Category:2011 films]]
[[Category:Films directed by Remo D'Souza]]

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