most people did not even bother to give the film a chance and needless to say it was one of the year's many Bollywood flops. But not withstanding, 'Good Boy, Bad Boy' was actually watchable. Okay, so I know it would be quite hard for anybody at this point to get past the fact that once the title songs begins to play and you begin to get a feel of where the storyline is leading, it's really hard to get over the fact that Emraan Hashmi (as Raju Malhotra) and Tushar Kapoor ( Rajan Malhotra ) are playing high school students. But honestly, if you can suspend your disbelief for half a second or more then you're in for a semi-treat as these two showcase their decent acting abilities and great chemistry for two and a half hours of lies, heartbreak and redemption. Kapoor's Rajan is the studious good boy, while Hashmi's Raju is the notorious bad boy.
The film opens to a rally where we meet Hashmi looking much like himself, aided by a scantily clad Tanushree Dutta (as Dinky) egging their fellow students on in a campaign for shorter skirts and more recess. When their current faculty refuses to give in to their demands, the students trash the school and a new principal is brought in to replace the present one. This new principal is played by Paresh Rawal (Principal Diwan Chand Awasthi). He arrives and immediately begins to rule with an iron fist, even going as far as to suspend two students who jokingly call him boring.
In the midst of all of this, are two blossoming love stories. Bad girl Dinky has her eye on good boy Rajan, while bad boy Raju has his eye on good girl Rashmi (played by Kisna's Isha Sharvani) who also happens to secretly be the principal's daughter. One day, the principal decides to separate the students into classes according to how well they are doing in school. And like this plot twist, rather unpredictably Raju and Rajan's identities get mixed up. When the good lands where the bad is supposed to be and vice versa, the two decide to play it for all its worth. That is until they get caught, or do they? LOL! It wasn't the best of films, but I enjoyed it for all it was worth.
The film opens to a rally where we meet Hashmi looking much like himself, aided by a scantily clad Tanushree Dutta (as Dinky) egging their fellow students on in a campaign for shorter skirts and more recess. When their current faculty refuses to give in to their demands, the students trash the school and a new principal is brought in to replace the present one. This new principal is played by Paresh Rawal (Principal Diwan Chand Awasthi). He arrives and immediately begins to rule with an iron fist, even going as far as to suspend two students who jokingly call him boring.
In the midst of all of this, are two blossoming love stories. Bad girl Dinky has her eye on good boy Rajan, while bad boy Raju has his eye on good girl Rashmi (played by Kisna's Isha Sharvani) who also happens to secretly be the principal's daughter. One day, the principal decides to separate the students into classes according to how well they are doing in school. And like this plot twist, rather unpredictably Raju and Rajan's identities get mixed up. When the good lands where the bad is supposed to be and vice versa, the two decide to play it for all its worth. That is until they get caught, or do they? LOL! It wasn't the best of films, but I enjoyed it for all it was worth.