Why Cheat India has opened this week, with some fairly positive reviews and a decent box office occupancy. Earlier named just Cheat India, the movie's name attracted the Censor Board's ire over whether it is blaming the entire government for the theme it is presenting - corruption in the education system. Hence the change in title to Why Cheat India. Brought to us by the makers of Neerja and Tumhari Sulu, Why Cheat India is directed by Soumik Sen. The movie stars Emraan Hashmi in the lead, with debutante Shreya Dhanwanthary as the female lead. Why Cheat India Movie Review: Emraan Hashmi and Shreya Dhanwanthary Empower This Scathing Morality Tale With Fine Performances.

If you are planning to watch the movie this week, then don't read ahead. For the below post is filled with SPOILERS. So, Emraan Hashmi plays a dealer in Uttar Pradesh who cracks into the fallacies of our educational system to make money for himself. Through his character, we see the rotten corruption in the system that the well-off people exploit, while deserving students lose out on seats that have merit. And they don't even talk about reservations here. Why Cheat India Box Office: Here's Why Emraan Hashmi Should Hope His Film Does Well!

Here are 10 such instances when Why Cheat India exposes how compromised our education system is.

Scouting and  Hiring Brilliant But Poor 'Fake Candidates'

In the beginning, we see how Rakesh Singh (Emraan Hashmi) has his 'spies' scouting for brilliant engineering aspirants who can write competitive exams in place of other candidates who can't get through on their own. We see how Rakesh tempts these candidates, shown through the example of Sattu, with the lure of money. In turn, he takes more money from the parents of the rich kids, creates fake admit cards and gets the fake candidates to write the exams.

Retaining Them Through Money, High Life and Prostitutes

So how does Rakesh Singh keeps his 'employees' motivated? Not just money, he even rewards them with alcohol and prostitutes. That too, a day before the exams. If some of his candidates get more greedy, he blackmails them with threats of leaking their intimate pictures to the student's parents. Interestingly, Rakesh thinks of himself as a man with good moral conduct, and he doesn't want to blame himself even when one of his star performers starts taking drugs due to high pressure.

...Though No Guarantee of 100% Success Rate

It is not that every student has to pass through these means. Why Cheat India shows that there are parents who feel cheated by results and try to file a case against Rakesh. However, since the parents themselves are guilty and no proper evidence, the police can't do much about it.

Exploiting Students Through Coaching Classes

Kota, India's biggest coaching classes nexus, also has an integral part in the narrative. We see how the town is teeming with coaching centres in every nook and corner, filled with IIT and IIM aspirants. Rakesh is seen having deals with some of the classes, whose owners segregate the students, based on bright and poor performers. The poor performers and their parents are then targetted by Rakesh and his team as potential clients.

Student Suicides

With increasing pressure from both coaching classes and parents, Why Cheat India mentions cases of how a few students try to end their lives and some even, sadly, succeeds at that. At the beginning of the film, a student is seen writing his exam with a bandaged hand, and we are informed about how he had tried to commit suicide by slitting his wrist. Still, his father makes him write the test. In another scene, we hear about how a student committed suicide by hanging himself from a fan, after his coaching class declared him a bad performer. They even talk about having suicide-proof fans installed everywhere in Kota, after this.

Rampant Cheating In Exam Centres

In a satirically funny scene, an exam invigilator is seen allowing the candidates in his class to copy answers blatantly, after taking bribes from them (though he doesn't take money from the rowdy ones). When an honest candidate refuses to pay him, the man later tears off his paper citing that he had copied. What's hurting about this scene, that we have heard of these instances happening in many centres in India.

Fake Marksheets and Degree Certificates

In another scene, Rakesh Singh is seen making photoshopped fake certificates for an acquaintance to get him a job abroad. Though, this does not end well for the recipient.

Paper Leaks

During the second half, Rakesh gets into an MBA entrance scam. He uses a banker friend to get the MBA entrance paper leaked from the locker where it is kept. And then through a very organised event at a five-star hotel, he arranges for greedy parents of MBA aspirants to be invited in a secretive, but carefully planned way. It is at this event, where he leaks the answers in the right order, though not the questions. Rakesh also makes sure that parents living in other cities who have bribed him also get the answers through teleconferencing.

The Political Nexus

Rakesh doesn't often go scot-free. But whenever, he gets caught, his political friends often bail him out. Towards the end, when Rakesh is jailed for leaking papers, his politician friend assures Rakesh's father that he will get out of jail with ease, considering he is now a 'hero' among students and that there will be a biopic made on him. And in the end, Rakesh comes out stronger and perhaps, even more dangerous. Also, the honest police officers who are after him are later posted to the remote corners of the country. Who says Honesty is the Best Policy! Emraan Hashmi Wants 'Why Cheat India' To Be Tax Free As It Highlights A Key Social Issue!

Opening A College With Ease

The final scene has Rakesh, released from jail, opening an engineering college for himself. His father, who was unhappy about his son's unethical ways of making money, becomes proud of his achievement, completing Rakesh's personal arc. The scene shows how easy it is for anyone to open a college, accredited or not, in this country if you have the money and the right contacts.

The scariest part comes in just before the end-titles, when Why Cheat India throws actual statistics at us about how a very slim percentage of engineering and medical students have actually got through real merit. Moreover, many colleges in India have not even got accreditation and yet they make money out on unsuspecting parents and students. A really scary end indeed, because it's real!

(The above story first appeared on LatestLY on Jan 18, 2019 06:06 PM IST. For more news and updates on politics, world, sports, entertainment and lifestyle, log on to our website latestly.com).