Rocket science? Why, just read the `shastras’. We get to hear how the Vedas were fully scientific, stopping just short of making the kind of connections between hard science and nonsense that non-scientists have been throwing out at us in the past few years. This bunch, like in the bad old days, is never to be seen inside a classroom, swanning around outside instead, engaging in mind-numbing activities a true-blue IITian would faint at. Vasudev Shastri, an orphan from Mathura, is a genius who shows up at a top-flight tech institute, and falls into full stalkery mode as soon as he spies pretty co-student Nandini (Chauhan). In 2018, this film feels redundant, and in too many places, downright problematic. And not if the lead comes off strictly average, punching so high above his weight, that you end up feeling sorry for him. No harm in rejigging masala, but not if your style is mothballed.
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