College is just not the place for fun but the point that creates the ladder for the rest of life. There is so much one could learn in those few years and the first few days make or mar the psyche of a student. While ragging in any form is a cognizable and non-bailable criminal offence, Shekar Kammula’s Happy Days portrays ragging as a ‘bonding’ that provides a platform for interaction between seniors and juniors and further supports the tradition by creating an anti-ragging squad.
It’s all about how a few boys and girls epitomize college life, how they go crazy falling in love, go for parties, private excursions and how the biggest achievement is to own a girlfriend rather than achieving a university rank. Oops they could manage that too, the heroine is a topper.
Every person has a boy friend, girl friend and eventually even a studious girl too is shown as falling in love. Except for the parents being oh so broad-minded, there are other realistic scenes too like the boy and girl paint the town red on a bike, get drenched and eat the ubiquitous corn (thank god it’s not an ice cream this time), a guy getting infatuated with the lecturer, the thrill of watching a porn movie, winning and failing in love, what else and put your and my experiences in college together and voila, Happy Days is complete.
The movie is a good one to watch with your class mates but don’t dare to watch it with parents in India! The movie clearly explains what most of the college guys are doing these days. Good points are it doesn’t really raise any grown-up questions; instead, it explores situations and problems more likely to be seen in college, by students - having fun, meeting new people and especially finding oneself.
The debutants bring a freshness but it ends up being another clichéd teen soap opera. Not as uplifting as Anand or Godavari, you can resist the temptation to see it immediately.
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