Good Boy Bad Boy Movie Review: Good Boy, Bad Boy: Cliches rein supreme

Director Ashwini Chaudhary obviously was not thinking when he decided to make a film like Good Boy, Bad Boy. It is one of those films which leaves you stumped. You are dumbfounded and know not what to do. Actually, you do. The only thing to do in such a case is head for the exit as fast as you can! But since we didn't, here goes:

The story of the film is quite evident from the title itself. It is about a good boy, played by Tusshar Kapoor and the Bad Boy (Emraan Hashmi). Of course, by the end of the film, all become good. The entire action of the film is set in a college campus ruled by one angry principal (Paresh Rawal). And to make the film complete we have our two heroines, Isha Sherwani, the good girl and Tanusree Dutta, the not-so-good girl.

Unfortunately, the good boy and the bad boy have very similar names. Good boy, Rajan Malhotra is our normal nerd-next door types, with his head inside a book, with no extra curricular activities. Raju Malhotra, the bad boy has no time for books and all the time for girls. Both sets of parents are worried about their offspring. Both find themselves in the same college but due to an error made by the clerk, the nerd lands up in a class of duffers and the playboy finds himself having to cope with the nerds. Cliches continue to rein supreme as bad boy is paired off with the good girl and good boy is ensnared by the bad girl. The climax of the film is a quiz competiton, where the bad boy bags the honours, and a dance competition, which predictably is won by the good boy. (Of course, followed by a crash dancing course from sultry girlfriend).

The problem with the film is not the cast. Not even the music given by Himesh Reshammiya. It's appropriate to the subject. The problem is the clich? ridden plot. There are no surprises. Everything is as you would expect it to be. And worse.

Totally bereft of ideas.